Martha Doughtie

  General Notes:

The 1910 Federal Census for Police Jury Ward 3, Richland Parish, Louisiana, District 115, page 87B, dated April 28, 1910 records Martha (26 - VA/Unknown/Unknown) and Henry (36 - AL/AL/AL) Hudson with children Herbert G. (2 - LA) and Joshua C. (7/12 - LA). Martha and Henry have been married for 5 years and have had 2 children both of whom are still living. Henry is a Farmer.

Martha dies in December 1915 and by 1920 Henry has remarried to a 19 year old. Perhaps Martha died in child birth in that the youngest child listed in 1920 is 6 years old:
The 1920 Federal Census for Police Jury Ward 10, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, District 7, page 289B, dated February 13, 1920 records Rettie (19 - Mississippi/Mississippi/Mississippi) and Henry (44 - AL/AL/AL) Hudson with children Herbert (12 - LA), Clide (10 - LA), Henry (8 - LA), and Mae (6 - LA).

  Medical Notes:

Louisiana, Statewide Death Index, 1900-1949
Name: Martha Hudson
Death Date: 24 Dec 1915
Estimated birth year: 1887
Age: 28 years
Parish: Richland
Certificate Number: 23036
Volume: 18
Title: Louisiana Statewide Death Indeces 1900-1929

Martha married William Henry Hudson circa 1905. (William Henry Hudson was born circa 1874 in Alabama and died on 18 Dec 1966 in Quitman, Jackson Parish, Louisiana.)