Martha was born in 1888. She was the daughter of David Hightower and Bonita Dumas. She passed away in 1979.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLM-P49 : accessed 5 December 2017), Martha Hightower in household of William W Willis, Los Angeles Assembly District 73, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 190, sheet 7A, family 168, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 83; FHL microfilm 1,374,096.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVP-8MV : accessed 5 December 2017), Martha N Hightower, Los Angeles (Districts 0251-0500), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 435, sheet 19B, line 81, family 526, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 149; FHL microfilm 2,339,884.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CZ-91L : accessed 5 December 2017), Nell Hightower in household of Christine Willis, Councilmanic District 4, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-254, sheet 6A, line 35, family 196, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 395.
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCQ-8YH : 26 November 2014), Martha Nelle Hightower, 17 Dec 1979; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
For further research: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149527929/Martha-Nell-Hightower
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