Martha Rofheart (born Martha Jane Jones, â€") was an American writer
of historical novels, an actress and early in her career, a model.She
was born Martha Jane Jones, May , in Louisville, Kentucky, to Evan
Jones and his wife, the former Noreen Sorrell. When her mother Noreen
died in the flu pandemic, Martha was a year and a half old, and with
her young father unable to care for her, she was raised by her
paternal grandparents Evan Jones and his wife Elizabeth or Lizzy, who
were of Welsh and Scottish extraction.She grew up in the Portland,
Louisville neighborhood, surrounded by a large upper-middle-class
extended family, that was spread out along Portland Avenue and nearby
streets. Her great-grandfather, W.O. Jones, and her grandfather, Evan
Jones, were partners in a boiler works factory, C.J.Walton & Son, that
employed some of her extended family as boilermakers, including her
father, Evan Jones.
of historical novels, an actress and early in her career, a model.She
was born Martha Jane Jones, May , in Louisville, Kentucky, to Evan
Jones and his wife, the former Noreen Sorrell. When her mother Noreen
died in the flu pandemic, Martha was a year and a half old, and with
her young father unable to care for her, she was raised by her
paternal grandparents Evan Jones and his wife Elizabeth or Lizzy, who
were of Welsh and Scottish extraction.She grew up in the Portland,
Louisville neighborhood, surrounded by a large upper-middle-class
extended family, that was spread out along Portland Avenue and nearby
streets. Her great-grandfather, W.O. Jones, and her grandfather, Evan
Jones, were partners in a boiler works factory, C.J.Walton & Son, that
employed some of her extended family as boilermakers, including her
father, Evan Jones.
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