Garland Martin (1907 - 1963)

Born 31 Aug 1907 in Cleburne, Johnson Co., Texas

Ancestors

Died 2 May 1963 at age 55 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas

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Biography

Garland Martin was born in 1907 to Jesse Martin and Lillie Ann (Adams) Martin. He contracted polio in his pre-teens and was wheelchair bound the rest of his life. He lived with his mother until her death in 1959, and then in a nursing home. ^[1]

He passed away on May 2, 1963 on his sister Thelma's birthday, and was buried next to his mother in Shannon Rose Hill Memorial Park.

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by grand-niece Rebecca Peterson, Monday, March 24, 2014.

See also:

• 1910 United States Federal Census for Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas. With father Jessie Martin 26 farmer, mother Lillie Martin 23, sister Thelmer Martin 5, & self Garland Martin 2.
• 1920 United States Federal Census for Oakwood, Leon, Texas. With father J M Martin 35, mother Lillie Martin 34, sister Thelma Martin 15, self Garland Martin 12, & brother J L Martin 0. Birth locations of children and their parents has been botched by enumerator.
• 1940 United States Federal Census for Tarrant, Texas. With mother Lillie Martin 54 WPA librarian, self Garland Martin 32 unable to work, brother-in-law Earl K Watson 25 apprentice machinist RR, & sister Lilly Gayle Watson 18. Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Denton, Texas.