General Notes

Father:  John Southern (b: 25 AUG 1774 OR 1776 in Stokes County, North Carolina)
Mother:  Elizabeth B. Duncan (b: 20 JAN 1791 in North Carolina)

First Wife:  Melinda Meadows (b: 10 OCT 1818; married: 27 AUG 1838 in Giles County, Virginia)

Children with Melinda:

   1. William H. Southern (b: ABT 1839 in Virginia)
   2. Elizabeth Jane Southern (b: 7 MAY 1842 in Iowa)
   3. Leonard W. Southern (b: ABT 1843 in Iowa)
   4. Minerva A. Southern (b: ABT 1846 in Iowa)

Second Wife:  Elizabeth Ann Bolton (b. 25 Dec 1828 in Giles County, Virginia; married 17 Feb 1850 in Cedar County, Iowa; d. 5 May 1900)

Children with Elizabeth:

   1. Margaret M. Southern (b: ABT 1853 in Iowa)
   2. Charles Henry Southern (b: 14 MAY 1855 in Iowa)
   3. Emarilla Francis Southern (b: 17 JUL 1859 in Iowa)
   4. Lowella or Luella Southern (b: 3 JUL 1863 in Iowa)
   5. Martin Estell Southern (b: 21 APR 1869 in Iowa)


Census: 1850 Center, Cedar, Iowa
Census: 1860 Union, Delaware, Iowa
Census: 1870 Silveyville, Solano, California


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  Burial Notes

Rice Cemetery, Plot: Located between William Bolton and Emma Southern, per 1965 cemetery survey by Ramsey & Gurley.

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Gallery: Martin Southern footstone in Rice Cemetery, in 1877, near Petersburg, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.

• He was buried at the Rice Cemetery near Petersburg, Wasco County, Oregon, USA in 1877.