Martha Street Paden. Her parents were James Street and Mary Newton. She was 1/4 or 1/8 Cherokee Indian probably from Mary Newton. Her grandmother was Elizabeth _____ Newton. Martha Street was born
Martha Street
in Illinois January 27, 1825. She married John Milton Paden April 20, 1843 in Montgomery County, Illinois. She died in Litchfield, Montgomery County, Illinois November 3, 1886 and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery. She had the
following children:
Jenny Paden
James Squire Paden
Benjamin Franklin Paden
John Milton Paden
Charles Milton Paden
Minnie Paden
There are others.
The family moved to Illinois from Kentucky around 1818 or 1814.
They lived in Henderson County, Kentucky in 1810. Her father James
Street was a Baptist preacher who gave one of the first sermons of the
county.
Information from History of Montgomery county, IL - Vol II - 1918 - Bateman