Martha Willard White1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 15901, (1862 - 1937)
FatherWilliam Tillman White4 (1836 - Apr 1880)
MotherModena A. Clark4,5,6 (Jan 1841 - 23 Nov 1908)

Key Events:

Birth: 13 Aug 1862, Trenton, Kentucky7,8,9
Marriage: 12 Sep 1883, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, James Young Cabaniss (23 Jan 1862 - 2 Nov 1939)10,11
Death: 18 Jul 193712
Burial: Edgewood Cemetery, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky13
AncestryThe Cobbs of Pawlet, Vermont

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     14 Martha Willard White was born on 13 Aug 1862 in Trenton, Kentucky.7,8,9 She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Elkton, Todd Co., Kentucky, in the household of her parents, William Tillman White and Modena A. Clark.15
     Her father died in Apr 1880, when Martha was 17 years old.16,17 She appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Trenton, Kentucky in the household of her mother.5
     Martha married James Young Cabaniss, son of Rev. Asa B. Cabaniss and Martha E. Adkisson, on 12 Sep 1883 in Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky, with P. N. Lockett officating.10,11
     Martha and James moved to Evansville, Indiana, by 1893, when they were living at 2 Madison Ave.18 The following year they moved to 115 Jefferson Ave..19
     About 1896 Martha and James moved to 1104 Upper 6th St..20 They appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at 1104 6th St., enumerated 13 Jun 1900, reporting that the family rented it's home. Their children Hallie, Jamie and Asa were listed as living with them, as were her mother, Modena A. Clark, and her brother, James Cross White, and Georgia Walker, a 40 year-old black domestic survant.14
     About 1903 they moved to 414 Chandler Ave.21 They moved to 1054 Upper 1st. St. about 1908.22 They moved to 519 Upper 3rd St. about 1912.23
     Martha and James appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, at 1054 First St., enumerated in Apr 1910, reporting they were renting their home. Their son Asa was listed as living with them, as were her brother Henry and George Altondorf, an accountant at a chair factory, who was listed as a lodger.24
     Martha and James have not been found in the 1920 census. They are last listed in the Evansville city directory in 1916. No record of them has been found from then until they appeared in 1921 at 21 W. Lomax, Jacksonville, Florida, living with their daughter Hallie and her husband, who had just moved there from another address in Jacksonville.25
     Martha and James appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Jacksonville, Duval Co., Florida, in the household of their daughter Hallie and her husband, James Francis Dobbin.26
     Martha and James appeared on the 1935 State Census of Duval Co., Florida, at 621 Lomax St., in the household of their daughter Hallie and her husband.27
     Martha died on 18 Jul 1937 at age 74.12 She was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky.13

Children:
     Children with James Young Cabaniss:

  • Hallie S. Cabaniss28,29 (30 Jul 1884 - 4 Oct 1968)
  • Jamie Clark Cabaniss30,31 (18 Jan 1887 - 23 Apr 1966)
  • Asa B. Cabaniss30,32 (13 Aug 1889 - 12 Mar 1983)

Citations

  1. [S960] William T. White household, 1870 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows name as Meattie White.
  2. [S1894] Modena A. White household, 1880 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows name as Mattie W. White.
  3. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 108709213, Martha Willard White Cabaniss, includes tombstone photo showing same.
  4. [S960] William T. White household, 1870 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S1894] Modena A. White household, 1880 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky.
  6. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows Modena as his mother-in-law, and Mattie as his wife.
  7. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 108709213, Martha Willard White Cabaniss, shows date, with year as 1862, city, and state, and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  8. [S960] William T. White household, 1870 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky, shows age 8 and state.
  9. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows month, year, as 1863, age 36, and state.
  10. [S8441] Marriage Record, Trigg Co., Kentucky, D:56, J. Y. Cabaniss and Mattie W. White, shows date, town, county, and officant.
  11. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows married, 17 years.
  12. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 108709213, Martha Willard White Cabaniss, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  13. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 108709213, Martha Willard White Cabaniss, includes tombstone photo.
  14. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  15. [S960] William T. White household, 1870 U.S. Census, Todd Co., Kentucky.
  16. [S8435] William T. White entry, 1880 U.S. Census, mortality schedule, Todd Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 108709279, William Tillman White, shows month, as Feb, and year and includes tombstone photo showing year.
  18. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1893, pg 139, 621.
  19. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1894, pg 143, 629.
  20. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1896, pg 149, 669.
  21. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1903, pg 150.
  22. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1908, pg 146.
  23. [S8310] Bennett & Co.'s Evansville City Directory, 1912, pg 171.
  24. [S8440] James N. Cabaniss household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.
  25. [S8453] Polk's Jacksonville City Directory, 1921, pg 355, shows James and Martha Cabaniss at 21 W Lomax, pg 460, shows James and Hallie Dobbin at same address; 1920, pg 455, shows the Dobbins at 1505 St. John's Ave.
  26. [S8444] James F. Dobbin household, 1930 U.S. Census, Duval Co., Florida.
  27. [S8446] James F. Dobbin household, Tenth Census of the State of Florida, 1935, Duval Co., Florida, Precinct 9-B.
  28. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows Hallie as the daughter of Mattie's husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  29. [S8444] James F. Dobbin household, 1930 U.S. Census, Duval Co., Florida, shows Martha as mother-in-law and Hallie as wife of head of household.
  30. [S961] James Cabaniss household, 1900 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband, and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  31. [S8445] James Clark Cabaniss, Certificate of Death.
  32. [S8440] James N. Cabaniss household, 1910 U.S. Census, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.