SIXTH GENERATION

232. John Filbert Martin was born on 20 Jun 1854 in Decatur County, Tennessee. He appeared on the census on 15 Apr 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. ⁽²⁵²⁾ He appeared on the census on 29 Apr 1930 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.⁽²⁵³⁾ He died on 30 Aug 1938 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.⁽²⁵⁴⁾ He was buried in Mobile, Alabama.

From the Evening Fort Worth Star Telegram, August 31, 1938, Page 20:

DEATHS FUNERALS

MARTIN, JOHN F., age 84, died 11:38 p.m. Tuesday at residence, Lake Worth.

Custodian of park property, Mosque Point, Lake Worth.

Survivors, his wife; one nephew, Ivory Martin; two nieces, Miss Era Bale and Mrs. R. A. Hunter, Fort Worth.

Funeral services will be held Tursday 2 p.m. Guardian Funeral Chapel.

Body to be shipped to Mobile, Ala., for interment there.

He was married to Mary A. "Minnie" Lang (daughter of Charles Lang and Sarah P. Rosson) on 22 Apr 1914 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Mary A. "Minnie" Lang was born in Jan 1865 in Mobile County, Alabama. She appeared on the census on 18 Apr 1910 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. ⁽²⁵⁵⁾ She died on 2 Aug 1949 in Mobile County, Alabama. ⁽²⁵⁶⁾