Martha Frances Cothran

Abt 1876 - 1950  (74 years)

• Name	Martha Frances Cothran  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1876	Greenfield Bend, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Medical	Abt 1889	Tennessee, USA
  	Per her obit, she became crippled at age 13.
  Medical	Abt 1938	Tennessee, USA
  	Per her obit, she went blind about 12 years before her death
  Burial	1950	USA   [2]
  Death	11 Apr 1950	Lewis, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Obituary - Martha Frances Cothran	15 Apr 1950	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  		Newspapers.com - Nashville Banner - 15 Apr 1950 - 7 Obituary - Martha Frances Cothran
  Name	Mattie Cothran
  Reference Number	29878
  Person ID	I29878	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	William Rufus Cothran,   b. Abt 1844, Tennessee, USA
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Martha Frances McClure,   b. Abt 1848, Tennessee, USA d. Mar 1880, Maury, Tennessee, USA (Age 32 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Marriage	3 Jan 1868	Maury, Tennessee, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F19852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Medical - Per her obit, she became crippled at age 13. - Abt 1889 - Tennessee, USA Medical - Per her obit, she went blind about 12 years before her death - Abt 1938 - Tennessee, USA Burial - 1950 - USA Death - 11 Apr 1950 - Lewis, Tennessee, USA Obituary - Martha Frances Cothran - 15 Apr 1950 - Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Newspapers.com - Nashville Banner - 15 Apr 1950 - 7 Obituary - Martha Frances Cothran

  
  

• Sources

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