Martha Knapp Bailey married Josiah Rawlins in 1863 after her first husband, William Bailey was killed during the Civil War. Josiah and Martha Rawlins arrived in Texas from Illinois in 1878 with five of their children and Martha's son, William Bailey.
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 and Martha purchased land in 1894 in the Deepwater community; then moved from Deepwater to Pasadena in 1910 to be closer to Martha's son William Bailey and other family members who had settled there. 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, Warren. Child of Martha Knapp and William Bailey: William Benjamin Bailey (1860-1934)
