CENSUS:
age 3 1850 census home 1129 family 1129 Sangamon Co. Illinois p. 207
name given as Martha Stice.
age 13 1860 home 1764 family 1732 Morgan Co. Illinois p. 582
name given as Martha Stice.
age 22 1870 census home 418 family 449 Morgan Co. Illinois.
taken from FHL # 977.3463 X29G page 200
Name given as Martha Stice.
age 52 1900 census home 176 family 176 Santa Cruz ward 2, Santa Cruz county, CAlifornia ED 89 p. 9A
name given as Martha E. Elkin, married, living with sister Melinda, but spouse not listed
NOTE: a male, which could be her son, listed as Harry W. Marsh, age 29, born in Illinois

NAME: given as Mattie E. by source #1

BIRTHDATE: stated in 1900 as June 1847

BIRTHPLACE: stated in 1850 and 1860 census as Illinois.

MARRIAGE DATE:
1. source #2, vol C. page 55 certificate 2255: Groom: Josiah March; Bride: Martha E. Stice; date 3 November 1869; place: Morgan county, Illinois
2.

CHILDREN: stated in1 900 that she had given birth to 3 children, but that only 1 was living at the time of the census. That one is probably Harry W. Marsh

SOURCES:
1. Leslie Stice, unpublished research papers, in the possession of Merlin & Carolyn Stice Kitchen, Orem, Utah. Folder: Wallace Stice/Ruth Herbert
2. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900, available for searching on the internet at http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlet

RESEARCH NOTE: married surname at the time of death of her father (1896) is Elkins or Oelkin