(Obituary - Mrs. Martha Gafford, one of the pioneers of Hopkins County,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Lyster, Wednesday night on 
the 4th about 12 oclock. Mrs. Gafford was taken sick Saturday afternoon
with a severe chill and gradually grew worse all the time. She was well 
advanced in years, having passed her 84th birthday. She came to Hopkins
County in 1859 and had lived here ever since. She leaves five children, 
John, Tom, Jim, Frank, and Mrs. Lyster, and many grand and great-
grandchildren. She will be buried in Gafford^Òs Chapel cemetery (Sulphur 
Springs Gazettte, Jan. 5, 1906)