Basic Identification
Gender: female
Ethnicity:
Immigration: no
Attributed Race: black
Free or Enslaved: enslaved
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1826/00/00
Birthplace: Powhatan County, Virginia
Mother: unknown
Father: unknown
1st Spouse: George Edley
2nd Spouse: female
Age Details
Age: 94
Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): domestic servant (“housemaid”)
Last Church: unknown
Military Service: none
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address: 2450 Rivermont Avenue
Death
Death Date: 1920/03/26
Death Note: none
Place of Death: home?
Cause of Death: arterio-sclerosis; old age
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1920/03/27
Funeral Home: Diuguid
Diuguid ID Number:
Indigent?: private interment
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section: 105.Z
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s): (?)Miss Elizabeth Gish(?)
Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
Notes
Note on death certificate from Elizabeth Gish: “Martha Spence was the widow of George Edley who died during the Civil War (1862). For business reasons my grandfather, Judge David E. Spence, invested her funds and paid her taxes under the name of Martha Spence.”