Families of Blanche Louella Martin

BLANCHE LOUELLA MARTIN, daughter of HORTENSE LORENE HOUSTON and ALTON GORDON MARTIN, was born June 18, 1901 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma,^{6735, 456} and died August 15, 1942 in Denver, Colorado.⁶⁷³⁵ She is buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

She married (1) HOMER GLASS on October 23, 1916 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma.⁶⁷³⁸

She married (2) FRANK MERIDETH SHEPHERD on September 16, 1928 in Archer County, Texas.⁶⁷³⁹ He was born November 26, 1891 in Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Oklahoma,^{12004, 456} and died June 22, 1951 in Oklahoma.¹²⁰⁰⁴ He is buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas.⁴⁵⁶

• Descendant Reports
  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Blanche L. Martin)

Children of BLANCHE LOUELLA MARTIN and HOMER GLASS:

1. JEANNE RUBY GLASS, b. June 13, 1918, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma;⁴⁵³² m. EDWIN WREN BOWYER on June 25, 1936 in El Reno, Canadian, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸; d. July 21, 1981, Edmond Memorial Hospital, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.⁹⁸⁰⁹
2. GWENDOLYN GLASS, b. March 16, 1920; d. August 15, 2008.⁴⁷¹⁷

Personal Information

Frank M. Shepherd

• was a Veteran of World War I⁴⁵⁶
• worked for the Oklahoma City police department for 7 years¹²⁰⁰⁴

Marriage Information

• Blanche Louella Martin and Homer Glass were divorced in 1928.

Obituaries

Miami Daily News-Record, August 17, 1942⁶⁷³⁵

Mrs. Blanche Shepherd

Mrs. Blanche Martin Shepherd, 41 year-old former resident of Miami, died at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in a Denver Colo., hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Shepherd, who was born here, had lived in Miami until eight years ago.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. A. G. Martin of Miami; two daughters, Mrs. Gene Bowyer of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Gwendolyn O'Hern of Pryor; one sister, Mrs. Nellie Scudder of Okmulgee, and one brother, Ben Martin, Miami.

The body is being returned here to the Lane Funeral home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

Del City Leader, June 29, 1951¹²⁰⁰⁴

Funeral Rites Held For Frank Shepherd

Services were held last Sunday for Frank Shepherd, 59, of 6340 SE 15, who died last Friday in Will Rogers hospital after a long illness. Burial was in Wichita Falls, Tex.

A native of Kingfisher, Shepherd lived in Wichita Falls several years before joining the Oklahoma City police department in 1920. He resigned seven years later. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Jeanne Bowyer, 6340 SE 15.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
April 28, 19106732	Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma	Alton Gordon Martin Hortense Lorene Houston Benjamin Houston Martin Nellie May Martin Blanche Louella Martin
January 12, 19206733	Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma	Alton Gordon Martin Hortense Lorene Houston Benjamin Houston Martin Blanche Louella Martin Jeanne Ruby Glass
April 17, 19306739	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma	Blanche Louella Martin Frank Merideth Shepherd Gwendolyn Glass
19402537	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California	Blanche Louella Martin Frank Merideth Shepherd