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    Martha Thompson was Asbury’s second wife. Asbury Ogletree married first, 30 January 1832, Lowndes County, Alabama, to Sarah Meadows, born circa 1810, died September 1836, Taliaferro County, Georgia, [See Meadows chapter, No. 105] daughter of Ransom Meadows. [See Meadows chapter, No. 28] Asbury’s sons, John R. and Thomas R. Ogletree, were by his first wife, Sarah Meadows. The rest of his children were by Martha Thompson.
    Asbury Ogletree lived in Taliaferro County, in 1840,157 1850,158 1860,159 1870,160 and 1880.161 Asbury and Martha Ogletree had nine children.162

    157 1840 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga. Asbury Ogletree, 3 males, 3 females, 3 slaves.
    158 1850 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 652, Div. 78, #195/195. Ogletree, Asbery, age 38, male, farmer, $1000; Martha, age 37, female; John R., age 16, male, farmer; Thomas R., age 13, male; Precila Ann, age 10, female; Sarah, age 8, female; Elizabeth F., age 7, female; Samuel, age 5, male; Daniel, age 3, male; James R., age 2, male; Arthur, age 1, male. All b. Ga. Martha unable to read & write. The three girls have attended school. 1850 Taliaferro Co. Slave Schedule – Asbury Ogletree, 1 slave.
    159 1860 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 726-727, P.O. Crawfordville, #206/203. Ogletree, Asbury, age 49, male, farmer, $1000/$800; Martha, age 48, female; Sarah, age 18, female; Elizabeth F., age 17, female; Samuel T., age 15, male; Wm. D., age 14, male; Jas. R., age 13, male; Arthur, age 12, male; Asbury, age 10, male; Edmond, age 7, male, all born in Georgia.Next door, p. 727, #207/204, lived their daughter Priscilla: Solomon M. Lunceford, age 37, male; Priscilla M., age 20, female; Jane, age 2, female; unnamed, 6/12, female. All born in Georgia.
    160 1870 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 151, #4/4. Ogletree, Asburry, age 57; Martha, age 53; James B., age 21; Asburry J., age 18; Wm. D. Ogletree, age 16; Sarah Lunsford, age 24.
    161 1880 U.S. Census, Taliaferro Co., Ga., p. 408A, 606th Dist. Asbury Ogletree, age 67, b. Ga. Ga. Ga.; Martha Ogletree, age 64, b. Ga. Ga. N.C.; Sarah Lunsford, age 32, b. Ga. Ga. Ga.
    162 Research by Rhoda Fone: (1) Priscilla Ann Ogletree, b. ca. 1839, m. 11 Oct. 1857, Solomon W. Lunceford; (2) Sarah S. Ogletree, b. ca. 1842, m. 19 Dec. 1860, David H. Lunceford; (3) Elizabeth F. Ogletree, b. 1843, m. E. T. Nunn; (4) Samuel Thomas Ogletree, b. 7 March 1844, m. Martha J. Williams, Margaret A. Underwood, Ellen Moon, Net Taylor, & Eufaula Woodruff Baker Taylor; (5) William Daniel Ogletree, b. Oct. 1845, m. 18 Dec. 1866, Sara C. Underwood; (6) James Redmon Ogletree, b. ca. 1847, m. 24 Dec. 1874, Martha Leona Harrison, m. 22 Dec. 1878, Emma E. Harrison; (7) Arthur Ogletree, b. 1849, m. 18 Dec. 1873, Rebecca Jane Moore; (8) Asbury Ogletree, b. 25 March 1851, m. 2 Feb. 1876, Eutopia Harrison; (9) Edmond H. Ogletree, b. ca. 1853, m. 18 Nov. 1874, Lucy Ann Moore, m. aft. 1900, Julia Sherrer.