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     CENSUS:
     1910 Marion Twp, Jasper Co, IN census: has Homer Slaughter 27, b. IN, Laborer-Tele Factory; Zora Slaughter 23, b. VA; Hellen Slaughter 4, b. IN; and Lewis Aulter 28, b. IN, Laborer-Tele Factory (Boarder).
     1920 Elkhart Ward 1, Elkhart Co, IN census: has Homer Slaughter 37, b. IN, Yard Foreman-Factory; Zora Slaughter 35, b. VA; and Hellen Slaughter 14, b. IN.
     1930 Elkhart, Elkhart Co, IN census: has Carl G Schenk 34, b. IN, Accountant-Music Store; and Marie Z Schenk 35, b. VA, Fitter-Ladies Clothing.
     1940 Elkhard, Elkhart Co, IN census: has Carl G Schenk 39, b. IN, Compound Dept-Medical Factory; Marie J Schenk 51, b. VA; James Nusbaum 14, b. IN (Grandson); and Robert Nusbaum 12 (Grandson).

06-Martha Zorah Blankenship
Birth: 10 May 1889, Franklin Co, VA?
Death: 11 Dec 1972, Sulphur Springs, Hopkins Co, TX- age 83, acute coronary thrombosis
Burial: Rice Cemetery
Home: Elkhart Co, IN
Father: Thomas Montague Blankenship

Marriage: 8 Dec 1904, Jasper Co, IN: Bk4/276
1st Spouse: Homer C SLAUGHTER ​(Brother of Amanda Pearl)
Birth: 19 Aug 1882, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN 
Death: 30 Jan 1966, Rensselaer, Jasper Co, IN- age 73
Burial: Weston Cemetery
Occupation: Farmer, SSN: 309-40-8321/IN, registered for draft WW1 and WW2
Father: Martin J Slaughter (1841-1915)
Mother: Sarah Jane Staton (1842-1929)

     1ST MARRIAGE: Martha Zorah returned to Indiana when she was about sixteen and married Homer Slaughter. Homer was a brother to Amanda Pearl who married Kenton Taylor Blankenship in Jasper Co, IN. Martha Zorah, unhappy with this marriage to Homer Slaughter, ran off and married Carl Schenk. (In Kenton's obituary Martha Zorah is listed as Mr Carl Shenk, living in Elkhart, IN).

Marriage: 18 Feb 1928, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
2nd Spouse: Carl G SCHENK     
Birth: 12 Oct 1892, Elkhart, Elkhark Co, IN
Death: Jun 1983, Elkhart, Elkhart Co, IN- age 81
Burial: Rice Cemetery
Occupation: Accountant, SSN:308-03-7103/IN

     CHILDREN: Martha and Carl had daughter:
07----HELEN MARIE SLAUGHTER [b. 9 Oct 1904, Jasper Co, IN; d. 27 Dec 1930, Concord Twp, Elkhart Co, IN- age 26, ruptured appendix, bur. Rice Cemetery], m. Wayne Woodford NUSBAUM [b. 26 Feb 1899, Elkhart, IN; d. Jan 1963- age 63, bur. Rice Cemetery] on 16 Aug 1924, Elkhart County, IN, he the son of John H Nusbaum and Sarah Garberick, had 2 sons:
     08----JAMES KENNETH NUSBAUM [b. 7 May 1925, Elkhart Co, IN; d. 28 Nov 1988, Elkhart Co, IN; d. 28 Nov 1988, South Bend, St. Joseph Co, IN- age 63, cremated] SSN: 317-18-1598/IN, US Marines 1943-1946; and 
     08----ROBERT WAYNE NUSBAUM [b. 9 Aug 1927; d. 20 Oct 2016, LaPorte Co, IN- age 89, bur. Rice Cemetery], Civil Engineer, m. Naomi PHILLIPS [b. 21 Oct 1932; d. 27 Apr 1985- age 52, bur. Rice Cemetery] on 20 Feb 1993, Sparta, TN.
​     Robert 2nd m. Juanita Joan HECKMAN Starr [b. 8 Jun 1931, Elkhart Co, IN; d. 22 Aug 1989, Elkhart Co, IN- age 58, bur. Plum Grove Cemetery], daughter of Albert Heckman and Mary Arzola Shaffer, on 11 Jul 1986, Bristol, Elkhart Co, IN.

     BIOGRAPHY: Martha Zorah and her sister Bessie went from Virginia to Wheatfield, Indiana to visit her brother, James Montague after their mother Jenney's funeral in 1902. Many years later she would visit Virginia from Indiana with her brother James, his wife, Minnie, and their youngest daughter Ruth Evelyn. Martha Zorah, when her brother Luther died, promised Minnie Thurman she would come to the funeral if her doctor would allow it-- asking to be met in Roanoke. They never heard any more from her.

[Ruth Evelyn Blankenship]