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Martha Lou Ella BARNETT

Martha Lou Ella was born on September 13th, 1885. Martha Lou Ella's father was David Layfatte BARNETT and her mother was Mary Eliza SHAW. Her paternal grandparents were Asa Franklin BARNETT and Martha Elizabeth Ann BARNETT. She had seven brothers and eight sisters, named Thomas, Bosco Houston, Virgil (Hood) Clayton, Asa Warren, Audie Lee, Chester Arthur, Oliver L., Amanda Elizabeth, Etta Neomia, Tamsie Ophelia, Donie Pearl, Selora, Clara A., Ethel L. and Vernon L.. She was the fifth oldest of the sixteen children. She died at the age of 102 on December 6th, 1987.

General Notes
- aka Ella
  
  d. alt. 1989
  buried in Barnett Cemetery alongside husband Eugene and children, plus DAVIS, Mollie A., (b.) 2 Feb 1888; and DAVIS, William I., b. 7 Jun 1882, d. 17 Dec 1969; Ella's birth/death dates on tombstone
  
  children:
  1) Infant DAVIS (died at birth)
  2) Herman L. DAVIS
  3) Ora Lee DAVIS (FIELDS)
  4) Nora Lee DAVIS (died at 10 mos.) (b. 16 Aug 1910, d. 12 Jun 1911)
  5) Verta Dell DAVIS (BASHOR)
  
  Martha Lou Ella BARNETT (DAVIS), the fifth and only surviving child (of David Layfatte BARNETT, at the age of 97, on Feb. 27, 1983, gave most of the information on her siblings and
  their children for a booklet entitled The family tree of David Layfatte BARNETT and Mary Eliza SHAW. Aunt Ella died at the age of
  102

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Ezekiel BARNETT
  - b.  1779 d.17 Jul 1871
  
  Asa Franklin BARNETT
  - b.09 Jan 1825 in South Carolina (Pendleton District?) d.03 Nov 1897 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  
  Olive LNU
  - b.28 Jul 1784 d.03 Apr 1864
  
  David Layfatte BARNETT
  - b.12 Aug 1857 d.29 Nov 1935
  
  Jacob BARNETT
  - b.  1780
  
  Gideon BARNETT
  - b.  1803 d.16 Mar 1867
  
  Elizabeth LNU
  
  Martha Elizabeth Ann BARNETT
  - b.  1830 in Tennessee d.28 Dec 1858 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  
  David HOWELL
  
  Martha HOWELL
  
  Elizabeth LNU
  - b.  1796
  
  Martha Lou Ella BARNETT
  - b.13 Sep 1885 d.06 Dec 1987
  
  Mary Eliza SHAW
  - b.22 Jul 1861 d.09 May 1917

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