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Submitted: 5/3/22 • Approved: 5/3/22 • Last Updated: 5/6/22 • R511115-G511114-S3
John Dudley
August 5, 1850-April 11, 1912
Mason
Martha Jane
July 1, 1864-March 19, 1959
Order of Eastern Star
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary John Dudley
The J. D. Bourn family came to Hereford from Denton County in 1906 and bought the home on East fourth where two of the daughters still live. Bourn was a real estate dealer and died here in 1912.
Martha Jane Bourn was married to J. D. Bourn on Oct. 11 1883. They were parents of: Mrs. Essie Cardwell and Miss Mary Bourn, Hereford; Mrs. Johnnie May Fuqua, Amarillo; and one son who died in 1925.
(A History of Deaf Smith County, by Bessie Patterson, 1964).
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Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: J. D. Bourn
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1882
Marriage Place: Denton, Texas, USA
Spouse: Mattie Hall
Spouse Gender: Female
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: J D Bourn
Death Date: 11 Apr 1912
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 9864
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: J D Bourn
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 5 Aug 1850
Death Date: 11 Apr 1912
Death Place: Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
*Obituary Martha Jane
HEREFORD, March 20 - Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Bourn, 94, wife of the late J.D. Bourn, will be held here Saturday.
The Rev. Howard Scott, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and the Rev. Gilbert Davis Jr., pastor of the First Christian Church, will conduct services at 2:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church.
Burial will be in West Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Bourn died Thursday at her home at 711 E. 4th here after an illness of several months. She was a native of Wise County. Her husband died in 1912.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Essie Cardwell and Miss Mary Bourn, both of Hereford, and Mrs. Johnnie May Fuqua of Amarillo; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 20 Mar 1959, Fri - Page 21)
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Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014
Name: Mattie Hall
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Oct 1882
Marriage Place: Denton, Texas, USA
Spouse: J. D. Bourn
Spouse Gender: Male
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Martha Jane Bourn
Death Date: 19 Mar 1959
Death County: Deaf Smith
Certificate: 13039
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Martha Jane Bourn
[Martha Jane Hall]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 94
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1864
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 19 Mar 1959
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Elijah Hall
Mother: Mary Laytham
Contributed on 5/3/22 by neldapat
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