Louisiana Martin was
born on May 4, 1865 in Bradley, Tennessee to John and Caroline Martin (). She died on November 9, 1945 in Tuscumbia,
Alabama, at the age of 80, and was buried in Sheffield, Alabama. The first record that I can find of
Louisiana is the 1870 census. From it we
are able to see that her father is either no longer alive or lives elsewhere. Her brother, 21-year-old Samuel, is the main
male of the household. In the 1900
census, Louisiana (Lou) is the head of the household. She has in her care her son, sister, two
nieces and a nephew. We learn that she
did attend school and can read and write.
We are also able to see that she rents a house. In the 1910 census she is married to Francis
Franklin. It appears that they have been
married for five years. From this we are
also able to learn that they own their own farm and are mortgage free. In the 1930 census we find Louisiana in
Alabama with her son John and his second wife Annie. There we discover that they are renting a
farm.
(step-father of John
Frank Martin) Francis Elijah Franklin
was born in Sep 1856 in Bradley County Tennessee. He passed away on March 14, 1925 in Clinton,
Anderson, Tennessee.
I was also able to
find several documents on him starting in 1860.
In the 1870, census it says that his occupation at 15, was a
farmhand. In the 1910 census it says
that he is a self-employed farmer, that he cannot read or write, he owns his
home without a mortgage. It also says
that he is already married to Louisiana and that John Frank Martin is his
stepson. In the 1920 census, he can
read and write, he is a farmer and he is self-employed. The next document that I found was his death
certificate. It says that his cause of
death was paralysis and that he was buried in Clinton.
(biological father
of John Frank Martin) Dr. Perry Watson
Cate
was born on October
12, 1854, in Polk, Tennessee, his father, Andrew, was 40 and his mother, Nancy,
was 36. He had one son with Louisiana Martin in 1888. He died on December 10,
1915, in Cleveland, Tennessee, at the age of 61, and was buried in Bradley, Tennessee. His only wife, Lillian Ross, died December
23, 1882 at the age of 19. It was
previously believed that Louisiana had had an affair with a married doctor with
the last name Brown. However, through
dna analysis, it was discovered the Perry Cate was John Frank Martin's
biological father and that he was in fact a widower. In the 1870 census, Perry is
16-years-old. At this time it says that
he is still attending school along with two of his three siblings. In the 1880 census it says that he is now a
physician, his wife is keeping house and that they have a one-year-old daughter
named Pearl. In the 1900 census, we find
that he is widowed. We also discover
that he has another daughter, Inez R Cate, and a son-in-law, Benjamin
Hornsby. All of them are able to both
read and write. We are also able to see
that they rent a farm. In 1910 his
occupation has changed from physician to farmer. He now owns his own farm and works for
himself. Perry Cate passed away five
years later from cirrhosis of the liver and complications according to his
death records.
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