Sarah Ann Martin

1843 - 1927  (83 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Martin
  Born	18 Dec 1843	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Aug 1927	Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA
  Buried	17 Aug 1927	Peach Creek Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I2963	Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	William Monroe Martin,   b. 1822, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 21 Jul 1861, Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, USA  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Ann Rippy,   b. 14 Feb 1820, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 7 May 1902, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F2543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen Greer,   b. 1 Dec 1845, Arkansas, USA ,   d. 30 Dec 1917, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1865	Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA
  Children	+ 1. James Greer,   b. 16 Sep 1869, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1917, Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA  (Age 48 years) + 2. John Greer,   b. 5 Mar 1872, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 Dec 1903, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 31 years) + 3. Thomas Jefferson Greer,   b. 1 Feb 1875, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 May 1965, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 90 years) + 4. George Washington Greer, Sr.,   b. 16 Aug 1877, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1935, Millican, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 57 years) + 5. Avery Monroe Greer,   b. 23 Dec 1881, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1973, Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)   6. Rhoda Ann Greer,   b. 1 Jan 1885, Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1903, Millican, Brazos County, Texas, USA  (Age 18 years)
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2017
  Family ID	F1148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Dec 1843 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Married - 16 Feb 1865 - Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA Died - 16 Aug 1927 - Peach Creek, Brazos County, Texas, USA Buried - 17 Aug 1927 - Peach Creek Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Sarah Martin Greer visits sister in Bryan Published in The Eagle on January 8, 1912
  		Confederate Pension for Sarah Martin Greer, on behalf of the death of Stephen Greer Confederate Penision for Use of Widows of Soldiers, signed by Sarah Ann Martin Greer on February 1, 1918
  		Death Certificate for Sarah Martin Greer Name: Mrs. Sarah A. Greer Birth Date: 18 Dec 1843 Birth Place: Bedford County, Tennessee Gender: Female Race: White Father: Wm Martin Mother: Rhoda Ann Age at Death: 84 Death Date: 16 Aug 1927 Death Place: Brazos, Texas, USA Cause of Death: Burns sustained from grass fire
  		Obituary of Sarah Ann Martin Greer Published in The Eagle on August 17, 1927
  		Aged Woman Burned Published in The Waco News Tribune on August 18, 1927

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone of Stephen "Steve" Greer and Sarah Ann Martin Greer Peach Creek Cemetery - College Station, Texas, USA

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary: FIGHTING FIRE IS FATAL FOR AGED WOMAN MRS. SARAH GREER, 85, LOSES HER LIFE WHEN FLAMES THREATEN HOME Funeral Today BODY IS SEVERELY BURNED AND CHARRED BEFORE HELP IS GIVEN News of the tragic death of Mrs. Sarah Greer, aged 85 years who was burned to death late Tuesday afternoon at the home of her son, Avery Greer in the Peach Creek community, reached Bryan this morning. Reports of the sad accident are to the effect that Mrs. Greer, and the other members of the family, who were at home at the time, saw the high, dry grass in the pasture near the house burning, and as the fire increased and was fast getting nearer the house, went out to fight against it. While trying to put out the grass fire, Mrs. Greer's clothing caught fire, and were burned off her, her body also becoming deeply burned and charred. So seriously was the aged woman injured, that she died before a doctor could reach the home. Deceased has been a resident of Brazos county for more than sixty years, having lived in Bryan with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, before the days of the Civil War. Only two sisters and one brother of the once large family survive: Mrs. Tom Caywood, and Mrs. Jane Collard of Bryan and Monroe Martin of Batesville, Texas. Three sons also survive the aged mother: Avery Greer, with whom she made her home, George Greer, and Bud Greer, all of Brazos county. The body was prepared for burial, and the funeral conducted under the direction of McCulloch-Dansby, funeral directors of Bryan, with interment made at the old Sims cemetery near Millican in the southern part of Brazos county. The hour of the funeral was ten o'clock Wednesday, August 16, and many old time friends and neighbors, who knew and loved the deceased were present to pay the last sad tribute of respect to her memory. To the bereaved family, and other relatives, sincere and heartfelt sympathy is extended in this sad hour of sorrow, because of the tragic death of mother, and grandmother, whose long life has been such a benediction to them, and whose sudden death brings them such untold grief. (Published in The Eagle on August 17, 1927)