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Martha "Mattie" Adams Remington

Female 1831 - 1898  (66 years)


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  • Name Martha "Mattie" Adams Remington 
    Born 29 Jul 1831  Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 May 1898  Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Old Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I10678  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Edward Remington,   b. 7 Jun 1804, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1878, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Mary Arnold Smith,   b. 25 Sep 1803, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1856, Thomasville, Thomas Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married Abt 4 Sep 1826  Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Notes 
    • This marriage or marriage intention is listed in Elder James Wilson's Marriages, but the newspaper report says the minister was Rev. Mr. Shurtleff. There is also a discrepancy in the dates, as "Family Notes" by James N. Arnold has the date as 15 September, rather than 4 September.

      The marriage intention was published on 20 & 27 Aug 1826 and also on 3 Sep 1826. At that time Edward was of Providence and Mary was of Pawtuxet.

      A descendant, Martha Adams (Remington) (Davies) Bower, has the marriage date as 4 Sep 1826.

      The cemetery information at usgwenwebarchives.net has the marriage date as 4 Sep 1826.
    Family ID F04182  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Theodosius Bartow Davies,   b. 15 Jun 1825, Savannah, Chatham Co., GA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1859, Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years) 
    Married 3 May 1848  Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. William Edward Davies,   b. 23 Aug 1849,   d. 26 Apr 1899  (Age 49 years)
     2. Sarah "Sallie" Remington Davies,   b. 29 Nov 1850,   d. 23 Jan 1928  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04208  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Peter Shively Bower,   b. 4 Dec 1833,   d. 19 Dec 1897, Thomasville, GA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married Aft 28 Jan 1859 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F04209  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (If you use any portion of these notes, please give source credit to Lois Sorensen, Remington family researcher and compiler, and to other sources as noted herein.)

      Martha Adams Remington was named after her paternal grandmother, Martha "Pattey" Adams.

      Martha ran a hotel called the Mitchell Hotel or Piney Wood Hotel. See notes below.

      "In this large lot is also buried a woman of tremendous energy with a great and kindly heart. Back in Thomasville's great winter resort days, Martha Adams Remington, known then to Thomasville and to the world as "Mrs. Bowers" operated the Piney Woods Hotel in all of the sparkling glory at a time when Akin, SC, St. Augustine, FL, and Thomasville, GA were the great winter resorts of the Atlantic Seaboard. Miami, FL, then wasn't even a whisper as a winter resort. Martha Adams Remington married twice, first to Mr. Davies, and after his death to Dr. Peter S. Bower. Mrs. Bower operated the great hotel while her husband, Dr. Bower, ministered to the guests who had come down from the North on account of ailing health. And so it is fitting that Mrs. Bower, in her day one of the grand ladies of the South, should be buried in the Old Cemetery with gallant Confederate soldiers, and near the grave of her kindly husband, Dr. Peter S. Bower." (THE OLD CEMETERY by James B. Burch, from Thomasville Cultural Centers)

      From the Georgia Genweb site, cemetery records (somewhat edited) from The Old Cemetery, Thomasville: Theodosius B. Davies, 15 June 1825 - 28 Jan 1859, h/o Martha Adams Remington, d/o Col. Edward Remington. Martha is said to be the first white child to have been born in this city after the town was formally incorporated. Martha Adams Remington Davies later married Dr. P. S. Bower. Dr. Bower was born 4 Dec 1833 died 19 Dec 1892.

      Peter Shively Bower, 4 Dec 1833 - 19 Dec 1897 CSA Dr. h/o Martha Adams Bower, 29 July 1831 - 5 May 1898; mn Remington

  • Sources 
    1. [S012762] Emails from Chandler Smith Cheek: 7, 16, and/or 17 July 2003.

    2. [S013766] Gravestone information at US genweb Archives.

    3. [S012704] Family Notes, James N. Arnold, (unpublished manuscripts).

    4. [S012621] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. XVII, 578.
      Reported in the Providence Gazette: "Edward Remington of Providence and Mary A. Smith daughter of Capt. Simeon, of and at Pawtuxet, by Rev. Mr. Shurtleff"