Individual Details

Martha married A. D. Bourland.

1880 Census. Precinct 4, Tarrant Co, TX Hh 310
A. D. Bourland, age 40, b. NC as were his parents
Martha E., age 30, wife, b. TX [she wasn't his first wife - several of the children too old and Martha was still at home with her parents in 1870]
Thomas, son, age 19, b. AL
Arrelus, son, age 18, b. AL
Harriet F., dau, age 16, b. AL [married Charles M. White, Martha's younger brother]
William S., son, age 13, b. AL
George W., son, age 11, b. TX
these children are probably Martha's:
Andrew M., son, age 5, b. TX
James E., son, age 3, b. TX
Louis P., son, age 1, b. TX
Thomas M. White, brother-in-law, age 29, b. TX

1900 Census. Keller, Tarrant Co, TX, Hh 511
Bourland, Arelius, b. Mar 1840, age 60, married 27 years, farmer, b. NC, parents b. NC
Martha E., b. Dec 1848, age 51, has had 9 children, 5 are living, b. TX, father b. NC, mother b. TX
John H., son, b. May 1885, age 15
Elija, son, b. Apr 1887, age 13
Eliahu G., son, b Jun 1889, age 11
James E., son, b. Oct 1876, age 23, married 1 year
Lula E., dau [dau-in-law], b. Aug 1876, age 23, no children

1910 Census. Justice Precinct 4, Tarrant Co, TX, Hh 115
J. E. Bourland, age 33, married 11 yr
Lula, wife, age 33, has had 6 children, 3 are living
Lewis, son, age 9
Lee, son, age 5
Lester, son, age 2
M. E., mother, age 63, widowed, has had 9 children, 5 are living
E. G., brother, age 21.

Two sons claimed she lived with them in 1920....
1920 Census. Justice Precinct 4, Tarrant, TX, Hh 307
James E. Bourland, age 43
Lula C., wife, age 43
Lewis E., son, age 19
Robert L., son, age 15
Mattie E., mother, age 71, widowed
1920 Census. Prec 1, Wilbarger, TX, Hh 78
Elizah Bourland, 32, Farm operator
Mary B., wife, 35
Hazel, dau, 9. Carl, son, 8. Myrl, dau, 7. Anne Joe, dau, 5.
Martha Bourland, mother, 70, widow

1930 Census. Precinct 4, Tarrant, TX, Hh 107
Ed. J. Bourland, age 53, married at age 22
Lulu C., wife, age 53
Martha E., mother, age 81, widow
Henry Shelton, laborer, Neg., age 33

Her grave marker, Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Tarrant Co, TX:
Martha E. Bourland
Wife of A. D. Bourland
Dec 27, 1848
Nov 7, 1936

Martha's Death Certificate #56935. Martha Elizabeth Bourland was living at 1716 Belmont, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co, TX and died at home. She was widowed - her husband the Rev. A. D. Bourland. She was born 27 Dec 1848 and died 7 Nov 1936, age 87 years, 10 months, 10 days. Her father was Andy White, b. MO. Her mother was _____Sebastin, b. MO. John Bourland of Ft. Worth was the informant. Cause of death was listed as senility, age. Buried Bourland Cemetery.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, TX, 8 Nov 1938, Sunday, p. 10
MRS. BOURLAND FUNERAL TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Bourland, 88, who died yesterday morning at the home of her son, County Tax Assessor-Collector John Bourland, 1716 Belmont Avenue, will be held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at the Keller Baptist Church.
Rev. J. R. Hardy will officiate and burial will be in the Bourland Cemetery at Keller. Pallbearers will be six grandsons, Lee, Lewis, Jack, Delphus and Hugh Bourland, and John White.
Mrs. Bourland had resided in Tarrant County for 64 years. She was the widow of Rev. A. D. Bourland, minister in the Primitive Baptist church.
Survivors are five sons, John and J. E. Bourland, Fort Worth; Andy, Lige and Green Bourland, Vernon; one brother, C. M. White, Keller; and two sisters, Mrs. Lou Brigance and Miss Mary White, Commerce.

Birth	27 Dec 1848	Texas
Marriage	1 Jul 1872	Fannin County, Texas, Fannin County, Texas - Aurelius Delphus "A. D." Bourland
Death	7 Nov 1936	Tarrant County, Texas

Spouse	Aurelius Delphus "A. D." Bourland (1840 - 1904)
Child	Andrew Martin Bourland (1874 - 1964)
Child	James Edward Bourland (1876 - 1947)
Child	Louis P. Bourland (1879 - )
Child	John Hiram Bourland (1885 - 1954)
Child	Elijah Bourland (1887 - 1954)
Child	Elisha Green Bourland (1889 - 1954)

Father	ANDREW WHITE (1821 - 1881)
Mother	Elizabeth Sebastian (1829 - 1859)
Sibling	William White (1844 - )
Sibling	Thomas M. White (1852 - )
Sibling	Frances A. White (1853 - 1931)
Sibling	Hiram S. "Hige" White (1856 - 1930)
Sibling	Charles Marion White (1858 - 1937)