The Proeger Family · Generation 4 — Earl's great-grandparents and their siblings

Mary Jane Martin

Daughter of Joseph Daniel Martin · born 1868

Mary Jane Martin

Confirmed

Daughter of Joseph Daniel Martin · born 1868

Born
8 September 1868
Parents
Joseph Daniel Martin & Nannie Chenault
Married
Philip Harsh Rutherford
Sources
13

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED — added 24 September 2026 from a record that names the parents; entered in the family tree the same day.

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1868
Born 8 September 1868, Sumner County, Tennessee; Mary, 1, in the 1870 census and Mary, 11, in 1880 S202S207
Census1860
🆕 Philip Harsh Rutherford's parents were probably C. C. Rutherford and Lydia Rutherford, probably née Harsh Probable confirm or correct →: the 1860 census of the 5th District, Davidson County, Tennessee (post office Nashville), read from the image, lists P. H. Rutherford, 2, directly after C. C. Rutherford, 27, a farmer, and Lydia Rutherford, 25, with Griffith Rutherford, 1, in the household of Nathan Harsh, which fits a Harsh-born mother and Philip's middle name S880. What is weak: the 1860 census states no relationships; no document read names Philip's parents, gives Lydia's maiden name or spells out C. C. (Cheselton Cathey in family trees), and the birth and death dates offered for both are unsourced. Accepted by Earl on 28 September 2026 pending more evidence. added 28 September 2026.

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Parents
Daughter of Joseph Daniel Martin and Nannie Chenault; sister of Nancy Louise Martin
Marriage1858
🆕 Married Philip Harsh Rutherford (1858–1914) about 1890; the family history gives her birth as 8 September 1868 and her father as Joseph Martin of Sumner County, and lists eight children S408. In 1900 they farmed in the 10th Civil District of Sumner County with son Homer S409; the two eldest children were born in Texas. Their daughter Nannie Bell died at Nashville on 20 August 1906, aged 12; her death certificate names her mother as Mary Martin S410. In 1910 they owned a farm on Long Hollow Pike S411. By January 1920 she was a widow running a dairy farm near Cordell, Washita County, Oklahoma S412, and she stayed in Cordell with her youngest children Martin and Mary Bell through 1930, 1940 and 1950 S413S414S415. The records call her husband P. H. or Philip H.; the “Mrs. T. H. Rutherford” on the back of her childhood photograph is taken to be a misread P. The licence was issued on 31 December 1890 S572; her death is not yet sourced. added 24 September 2026.
Marriage1890
🆕 The Sumner County licence for P. H. Rutherford and Mary Martin was issued on 31 December 1890 S572. In 1940 her son Martin Rutherford, born at Gallatin on 2 April 1908, gave her, Mrs. P. H. Rutherford, as his contact on his draft card; they lived at 417 West 11th, Cordell S568. added 25 September 2026.

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Mary Jane Martin · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

13 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S2021870 U.S. Federal Census — Joseph D. Martin household, District 12, Sumner County, Tennessee (P.O. Gallatin). Ancestry record 14376304. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Joseph D. Martin, 37, farmer; Nannie, 26; Louisa, 3; Mary, 1. 🔑 Louisa is Louise Bell (Martin) Harsh [S191] [S204]; Mary (c.1869) is new. ⚠ His age of 37 agrees with the 1832 headstone; the card's dates are under review.
  2. S2071880 U.S. Federal Census — Martin household, 10th Civil District, Sumner County, Tennessee. Ancestry record 16828687; ED 214, page 32. Read from the image at full resolution, 22 September 2026. Martin [given name left blank], 47, farming; Nannie, 36, parents both born Kentucky; children Luisa B. 13, Mary 11, Emma 10, Kate 7, Mattie 5, Joe 3 and Nannie 1. 🔑 Two children not otherwise on this record: Kate (c.1873) and a son Joe (c.1877). Mattie is Martha Martin McConnell [S203]; Nannie, 1, is Nancy Louise (Martin) Timberman.
  3. S408Gen. Griffith Rutherford and Allied Families (Harsh), page 141 — Philip Harsh Rutherford and Mary Martin. Ancestry record 4295225622. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed “Philip Harsh Rutherford b. Mch. 15, 1858 d. Dec. 5, 1914 at Geiger, Ala. M'd Mary Martin b. Sept. 8, 1868 m'd 1890. Was dtr. of Mr. Joseph Martin of Sumner Co., Tenn. … Mrs. Martin was a member of the Chenault family”; eight children with birth dates: Homer Harding (1892), Nannie Bell (1894, d. Nashville 1906), Emma Louise (1896), Amanda Catherine (1899), Philip Horace (1902), Joseph Cheselton (1904), Martin (1908) and Mary Bell (1911). The same book as S204 (page 175). A published genealogy, not a primary record; its 1890 marriage year agrees with the 1910 census (S411) but not with 1900 (S409).
  4. S4091900 U.S. Federal Census — P. H. Rutherford household, 10th Civil District, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 118, sheet 15A, lines 48–50). Ancestry record 61310653. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed P. H. Rutherford, head, born March 1858, 42, farming; wife M. M., born September 1868, 31, married 9 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; son H. H., born July 1892. The rest of the household (three daughters and a servant, per the index) is on sheet 15B, not yet examined. Married 9 years here points to c.1891; 1910 says 20 years (c.1890).
  5. S410City of Nashville, Tennessee, death certificate no. 1106 — Nannie Bell Rutherford, 20 August 1906. Ancestry record 22516515. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Nannie Bell Rutherford, schoolgirl, born 14 February 1894 in Texas, died 20 August 1906 at Douglas Infirmary, Nashville, of peritonitis following appendicitis; father P. H. Rutherford, informant, of Gallatin R.F.D. 3; mother's maiden name Mary Martin; buried at Gallatin. The father gave his own initials as P. H. The reverse of Mary's childhood carte de visite reads “Mrs. T. H. Rutherford”; every record here says P., so the T is taken as a misread P.
  6. S4111910 U.S. Federal Census — Philip H. Rutherford household, Long Hollow Pike, Civil District No. 4, Sumner Co., Tennessee (ED 134, sheet 8A, lines 12–19). Ancestry record 129787485. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Philip H. Rutherford, 52, farmer and employer, owning his farm free; wife Mary M., 42, married 20 years, mother of 7 children, 6 living; Homer H., 17, and Emma L., 14, both born Texas; Amanda, 11, Philip H. Jr., 8, Joseph E., 5, and Martin, 2, born Tennessee; street written in the margin as Long Hollow Pike. The two eldest children's Texas birthplaces place the family in Texas about 1892–96.
  7. S4121920 U.S. Federal Census — Mary M. Rutherford household, Cordell Township, Washita Co., Oklahoma (ED 187, sheet 1B, lines 72–79). Ancestry record 49525031. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Mary M. Rutherford, head, 51, widowed, farmer on a dairy farm, employer, owning the farm free; children Homer, 27, farmer (born Texas), Louise, 23, rural-school teacher (born Texas), Amanda, 20, Horace, 17, Joseph, 15, Martin, 11, and Mary Bell, 8; enumerated January 1920.
  8. S4131930 U.S. Federal Census — Mary A. Rutherford household, College Street, Cordell, Washita Co., Oklahoma. Ancestry record 95451856. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Mary A. Rutherford, 61, widowed, head, owning a $1,000 house, born Tennessee, first married at 22; sons Joseph, 25, and Martin, 22, and daughter Mary B., 18, all single and born Tennessee; a lodger. Written as Mary A. here; M. or M. M. on every other sheet. Married at 22 fits 1890–91.
  9. S4141940 U.S. Federal Census — Mary Rutherford household, Cordell City, Washita Co., Oklahoma (ED 75-5A, sheet 2A, lines 34–36). Ancestry record 93015860. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Mary Rutherford, head and informant, 71, widow, born Tennessee, owning her house ($1,000), living in the same house in 1935; son Martin, 32, and daughter Mary Bell, 28, both single. Ancestry's index reads “Martue”; the image reads Martin.
  10. S4151950 U.S. Federal Census — Mary M. Rutherford household, 319 W 4th, Cordell, Washita Co., Oklahoma (ED 76-5, sheet 4, lines 14–16). Ancestry record 57486505. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Mary M. Rutherford, head, 81, widow, born Tennessee; son Martin, 42, and daughter Mary B., 38, both never married. The latest dated record of her alive. A death year of 1955 on an unsourced member photo is not used. Ancestry's index reads “Marcy M”.
  11. S568U.S. World War II Draft Registration Card — Martin Rutherford, Cordell, Oklahoma, 1940. Ancestry record 1214071803. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Martin Rutherford, 32, born 2 April 1908 at Gallatin, Tennessee, of 417 West 11th, Cordell; the person who will always know his address is his mother, Mrs. P. H. Rutherford, at the same address. Only the front of the card was fetched.
  12. S572Tennessee marriage licence, Sumner County, 31 December 1890. Ancestry record 5597708. Image examined, read 25 September 2026. Confirmed Licence for P. H. Rutherford and Mary Martin, given at the clerk's office 31 December 1890 by Harris Brown, county court clerk. Only the licence half is on the image; the return of the marriage is not.
  13. S8801860 U.S. Federal Census — Nathan Harsh household, 5th District, Davidson County, Tennessee, post office Nashville (page 59, dwelling/family 425, lines 11–21). Ancestry record 19036980 (image 4296186_00059). Image examined, read 28 September 2026. Confirmed Nathan Harsh, 35, farmer; Mary J. Harsh, 29; Sarah E., Sophia R., Lena and Harry Harsh; William Harsh, 27, grocer; C. C. Rutherford, 27, farmer; Lydia Rutherford, 25; P. H. Rutherford, 2; Griffith Rutherford, 1. The 1860 census has no relationship column; the birthplace column was not read.

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