Josiah (aka Joseph) Rawlins was born 1833 in Greene County, Illinois, the son of John Rawlins (1805-1875) and Elizabeth Palmer (1808-1845).
He married Martha Knapp Bailey in 1863; Josiah and Martha Rawlins arrived in Texas from Illinois in 1878 with five of their children and Martha's son, William Bailey whose father was killed during the Civil War.
The Josiah Rawlins family settled for a short time in Dallas County, Texas where Josiah's and Martha's youngest son, Warren, was born in 1880. Josiah purchased land in 1894 in the Deepwater community (located on the San Jacinto River between present day Pasadena and Deer Park)and subsequently took over the postmaster's job.
Josiah and Martha moved from Deepwater to Pasadena in 1910 to be closer to family members who had settled there. Josiah Rawlins died in 1918 at the age of 85 and the Joseph Rawlins home was sold in 1922.
At the time of her death in 1929, Martha Rawlins was living with her son, Warren Rawlins and granddaughter, Ruth Aline. Children of Josiah and Martha Rawlins: Martha, Marquis, Eben, Robert, Florence, and Warren
