Martha was the fourth wife of Zerah Pulsipher. She was 15 years old and he was 69 when their first child, Martha Ann Pulsipher, was born. Following Zerah's death she became the fifth wife of Dudley Leavitt.
In the 1900 US Census for Bunkerville Precinct, Lincoln, Nevada, Martha (Hughes) Pulsipher was enumerated with the family of Dudley Leavitt, Jr. as follows:
Household #53; Family #53
Pulsipher, Martha M.; Mother-In-Law; W; F; b. May 1843; 57; Widowed; Mother of 8 children; 4 children living; b. Wales; Father b. Wales; Mother b. Wales; Date of immigration and number of years in the US not known; Speaks English; Cannot read or write.