1821 Birth:2779 Birth year of 1821 estimated based on age (29 years) enumerated in the 1850 census; birth place taken from same source.

1841 Marriage:2783, p. 264. Lewis Focht married Martha Bailiff in October 1841 in Allen County, Ohio.

1850 U.S. Census:2779 Martha enumerated in the household of her husband Lewis Focht in Union Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 29, born in Ohio. Children Andrew, age 8; Amanda, age 6; Adam, age 4; William, age 1; and laborer Francis McCurnes, age 18, were also enumerated in the household.

Death Prior to 1860:2780 Martha is assumed to have died prior to the 1860 census when husband Louis Focht was enumerated in Sidney Township, Fremont County, Iowa with wife Mary, age 23. Children living in the household were: Andrew, age 18; Amanda, age 16; Adam, age 13; William, age 11; Susannah, age 8; and Gilbert, age 4.