Martha, who was called Jonnie, was a daughter of Elizabeth Shute and Brent Spence. Her family lived in West Nashville on the Charlotte Pike near Richland Creek.
On Aug. 15, 1855 she married James T. Dunlap, a lawyer and state senator, who was a widower with 5 children.
She went on to have 6 of her own as well. Elizabeth S., Martha (Drury), Hugh, Willie (Rice), May (Yopp) and Devereux Gilliam.
When her husband James died in 1879, she was left with a large house and six children still at home. She let rooms out to boarders, as I expect she did while her husband was away during the Civil War, and after the war, while her husband was prohibited from practicing law. In June of 1880, there were 18 boarders staying there and four domestic servants employed.
Jonnie moved to Memphis later in life and died Oct. 25, 1898 at the home of her daughter, Willie Rice. She is buried at Elmwood with her grandson, John E. Rice, Jr.
(bio by: Census taker)
On Aug. 15, 1855 she married James T. Dunlap, a lawyer and state senator, who was a widower with 5 children.
She went on to have 6 of her own as well. Elizabeth S., Martha (Drury), Hugh, Willie (Rice), May (Yopp) and Devereux Gilliam.
When her husband James died in 1879, she was left with a large house and six children still at home. She let rooms out to boarders, as I expect she did while her husband was away during the Civil War, and after the war, while her husband was prohibited from practicing law. In June of 1880, there were 18 boarders staying there and four domestic servants employed.
Jonnie moved to Memphis later in life and died Oct. 25, 1898 at the home of her daughter, Willie Rice. She is buried at Elmwood with her grandson, John E. Rice, Jr.
(bio by: Census taker)
Martha, who was called Jonnie, was a daughter of Elizabeth Shute and Brent Spence. Her family lived in West Nashville on the Charlotte Pike near Richland Creek.
On Aug. 15, 1855 she married James T. Dunlap, a lawyer and state senator, who was a widower with 5 children.
She went on to have 6 of her own as well. Elizabeth S., Martha (Drury), Hugh, Willie (Rice), May (Yopp) and Devereux Gilliam.
When her husband James died in 1879, she was left with a large house and six children still at home. She let rooms out to boarders, as I expect she did while her husband was away during the Civil War, and after the war, while her husband was prohibited from practicing law. In June of 1880, there were 18 boarders staying there and four domestic servants employed.
Jonnie moved to Memphis later in life and died Oct. 25, 1898 at the home of her daughter, Willie Rice. She is buried at Elmwood with her grandson, John E. Rice, Jr.
(bio by: Census taker)
On Aug. 15, 1855 she married James T. Dunlap, a lawyer and state senator, who was a widower with 5 children.
She went on to have 6 of her own as well. Elizabeth S., Martha (Drury), Hugh, Willie (Rice), May (Yopp) and Devereux Gilliam.
When her husband James died in 1879, she was left with a large house and six children still at home. She let rooms out to boarders, as I expect she did while her husband was away during the Civil War, and after the war, while her husband was prohibited from practicing law. In June of 1880, there were 18 boarders staying there and four domestic servants employed.
Jonnie moved to Memphis later in life and died Oct. 25, 1898 at the home of her daughter, Willie Rice. She is buried at Elmwood with her grandson, John E. Rice, Jr.
(bio by: Census taker)
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