1838 - born in Stouts Mills, Lewis (now Gilmer) county, (West Virginia). Stout family bible: “Martha ____...” [rest illegible].”

1850 - Gilmer co., VA: federal census, 17th District of Gilmer county, VA, p. 7, fam. no. 97:
Hezekiah Stout age 62 farmer real property worth $1, 800 born Virginia
--Mary, age 60, born Virgnia
--Perry, age 16 farmer, born Virginia
--Martha, age 12, born Virgnia
--Samuel, age 8, born Virginia

1854, 28 December - marries William H. Wood (probable son of Nathaniel & Jane (Rakey??) Wood) in Gilmer co., Virginia. Martha was 18 years old and William was 22 years old. They were married by Rev. S. M. Brannon. (Marriage certificate, 1995 issuance of marriage certificate from original records by Gilmer County Clerk.)

1860 federal census, Stouts Mills Post Office, Gilmer co., (West) Virginia, enumerated 20 Jul 1860, p. 992, family 449:
Wood, William, age 31, male, farmer, $500 real property; $150 personal property, born Buckingham county, Virginia
--Martha J., age 22, female, born Lewis county, Virginia
--Samuel S. Stout, age 17, male, attending school, real property worth $1,600, personal property worth $150, born Lewis county, Virginia, fam. 450.

1861, June 30 - husband William H. Wood enlists in Confederate army, 31st Virginia Infantry, Company D at the Gilmer county, (W) VA courthouse in Glenville by Rev. John R. Mitchell for 1 year. (Ashcroft, John M., jr., 31st Virginia Infantry (2nd ed.), H.E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (1988).)

1862 January 24 - husband William H. Wood died of measles at Camp Alleghany, Certifi. #2919. (Ashcroft, John M., jr., 31st Virginia Infantry (2nd ed.), H.E. Howard, Inc., Lynchburg, VA (1988).)

1863 - 19 March - Martha J. Wood, age 24, born in Gilmer county, married William Schieffer, age 29 who was born in Maryland,; both widows, in Gilmer county, Virginia. William was then residing in Braxton county, while Martha was living in Gilmer. They were married by J.M. Cain. (Gilmer co., WV marriage book.)

1870 federal census not found. Assume she had died before the 1870 census. Husband William Schieffer living in household of Martha’s stepsister Elizabeth (Stout) Heater. 1870 federal census, Stout Mills Post Office, Gilmer county, WV. p. 215:
Heater, Jemason, age 50, farmer, $50 personal property, born VA
--Elizabeth, age 41, keeping house, born VA
--Lurena J., age 15, at home, born VA
--Clarissa M., age 14, at home, born VA
--Maria S., age 5, born WV
Shiefer, William, age 37, farmer, born Maryland:

No children have been located for Martha.
Posted 09 May 2011 by PattSeitas


Marriage
28 Dec 1854 • Gilmer co., VA
Marriage record shows Martha was 18 years old, William was 22 years old. Married by Rev. S.M. Brannon.
William H. Wood (1830–1862)


Marriage
19 Mar 1863 • Gilmer co., WV
William was age 29, born Maryland, living in Braxton county. Martha J. Wood was age 24, born & residing in Gilmer. Both were widowed. Marriage performed by J.M. Cain.
William Schiefer (1833–1893)