Martha Lowe Webb

   Cause of her death was mitral regurgitation; paralysis.

  General Notes:

Research on LDS site of James Townsend

census 1870 Essex, MA
Martha L. c1822 age 48 (w/o Horace Chase Straw Sr)
Samuel W. c1857 age 13 (s/o Martha L.)
Horace C. c1859 age 11 (s/o Martha L.)

1900 Danvers Essex MA
Martha w. 1822
other Straws listed for Danvers: Mary 1868

NEHGS MA VR Lynn death records
Matha Webb Straw widow of Horace; died 3 Sept 1906 of mitral regurgitation and paralysis at age 84y 5m 13 days; d/o Nathaniel born England and Nancy R. Smith born Kennebunkport, ME

The Salem Directory: Containing the City Record, Schools, Churches, Banks, Societies, Etc., Names of the Citizens, a Business Directory, General Events of the Years 1854 and 1855, an Almanac for 1857 and a Variety of Miscellaneous Matter
By George Adams
Published by H. Whipple, 1886
Original from Harvard University
Digitized Jun 1, 2007

www.fold3.com - rec'd pension beginning 27 June 1862 of $8.00/month...had 4 children under age of 16...

  Medical Notes:

Cerebral softening following by paralysis of lower extremities; senility

Martha married Horace Chase Straw, son of Samuel Straw and Rhoda Chase, on 13 Apr 1843 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Horace Chase Straw was born on 13 Apr 1818 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, died on 27 Jun 1862 in Curtis Farm, Virginia (Civil War casuality) and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Danvers, Massachusetts.). The cause of his death was malignant gluteal abscess [Civil War Casuality].