When Martha Elizabeth Chisum was born on 21 October 1842, in Nacogdoches, Texas, United States, her father, Isham Russell Chisum Sr, was 29 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Walling, was 23. She married John Chapman about 1860. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, United States in 1880 and Justice Precinct 8, Limestone, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 23 February 1916, in Thornton, Limestone, Texas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Thornton Cemetery, Thornton, Limestone, Texas, United States.
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