Martha Louise Hall married John Curtis Thurman in 1884 in Tennessee. The couple had 10 children. Among them were Mailan (possibly Maylon or Malon), Gordon, Amanda, Rhea, Laura, Lela, Juanita, and Gwen. Lou was a midwife in Tennessee. She rode horseback sidesaddle to attend her patients.
In 1909 Lou and Curtis took their family west during the homesteading migration arriving by train at Kenna, New Mexico. The family first settled south of Kenna. Later they bought land six miles south of Elida, NM. Curtis died in 1920, and Lou moved to the town of Elida. She worked at a hotel and did sewing for the public. She was very skilled at embroidery and crochet. Mrs. Thurman held life memberships in Rebekahs and the Eastern Star.
Primary Source: "ELIDA: To the Best of Our Recollection," ©2007
Editor's Note: When I was a child she was my neighbor and friend. We visited often. She was kind and patient. We were not related, but to me she was "Grandma Thurman."
—Diane Carmichael Blank
In 1909 Lou and Curtis took their family west during the homesteading migration arriving by train at Kenna, New Mexico. The family first settled south of Kenna. Later they bought land six miles south of Elida, NM. Curtis died in 1920, and Lou moved to the town of Elida. She worked at a hotel and did sewing for the public. She was very skilled at embroidery and crochet. Mrs. Thurman held life memberships in Rebekahs and the Eastern Star.
Primary Source: "ELIDA: To the Best of Our Recollection," ©2007
Editor's Note: When I was a child she was my neighbor and friend. We visited often. She was kind and patient. We were not related, but to me she was "Grandma Thurman."
—Diane Carmichael Blank
Martha Louise Hall married John Curtis Thurman in 1884 in Tennessee. The couple had 10 children. Among them were Mailan (possibly Maylon or Malon), Gordon, Amanda, Rhea, Laura, Lela, Juanita, and Gwen. Lou was a midwife in Tennessee. She rode horseback sidesaddle to attend her patients.
In 1909 Lou and Curtis took their family west during the homesteading migration arriving by train at Kenna, New Mexico. The family first settled south of Kenna. Later they bought land six miles south of Elida, NM. Curtis died in 1920, and Lou moved to the town of Elida. She worked at a hotel and did sewing for the public. She was very skilled at embroidery and crochet. Mrs. Thurman held life memberships in Rebekahs and the Eastern Star.
Primary Source: "ELIDA: To the Best of Our Recollection," ©2007
Editor's Note: When I was a child she was my neighbor and friend. We visited often. She was kind and patient. We were not related, but to me she was "Grandma Thurman."
—Diane Carmichael Blank
In 1909 Lou and Curtis took their family west during the homesteading migration arriving by train at Kenna, New Mexico. The family first settled south of Kenna. Later they bought land six miles south of Elida, NM. Curtis died in 1920, and Lou moved to the town of Elida. She worked at a hotel and did sewing for the public. She was very skilled at embroidery and crochet. Mrs. Thurman held life memberships in Rebekahs and the Eastern Star.
Primary Source: "ELIDA: To the Best of Our Recollection," ©2007
Editor's Note: When I was a child she was my neighbor and friend. We visited often. She was kind and patient. We were not related, but to me she was "Grandma Thurman."
—Diane Carmichael Blank
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