HARLAN PIONEER DIES

     Mrs. Martha Nolan, widow of Joseph Nolan was born in Harlan County,
March the 3, 1841 and died Sunday morning, March 6.1927 being at the
time of her death 86 years and three days old.
     She was born in Harlan on the Poor Fork of the Cumberland River. Her 
first marriage was before the Civil War. The second was after the war in 1874, she
moved to Laurel Creek in the same County.
     She was the mother of five children; Mrs. W.H. Tolliver,who died last 
June; Elizabeth Nolan and Patience Nolan, of Garrad County, and Enock Nolan and
Susan Nolan of Harlan County.
     With the exception of eleven months, she had made her home with her son 
in-law, W. H.  Tolliver, during the past seven years.
     She was a church member for over 40 years and died peacefully. The cause 
of death was old age, hastened by cancer.

Researcher:
Elva Nolan Morgan
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Submitted By: Elva Nolan Morgan-[email protected]