Marty Davis

Born Martha Lucinda, Marty Davis has long brown hair and blue eyes. She was only 19 upon the death of first husband Clem and marriage of second husband Clark. She is the mother of 8 children (5 biological, 3 adopted), and the grandmother of 24 (or more).

Love Comes Softly
The book begins with Marty grieving for her deceased husband, Clem, who was killed when his horse stumbled, causing Clem to fall and die. She is grief-stricken and does not know what to do. When Clark approaches her and suggests they get married so that she will have a home and his daughter, Missie, will have a mother, she is insulted by his offer. After thinking though, she decides she cannot survive without marrying Clark.

In the beginning of their marriage, neither Marty or Clark seem thrilled at the idea. Marty resents both Clark and little Missie for the most part of the first year of their marriage. It is unknown to most that Marty is expecting her first child with deceased husband Clem, and she is hurt by the idea of the child not having his father's name (Claridge); by the time her son is born she decides on the name Claridge "Clare" Luke.

Loves Enduring Promise
The book begins three years after Love Comes Softly ends. Marty is pregnant for the second time. It is not long before little Arnold "Arnie" Joseph is introduced into the world. Shortly after this, Marty travels to the Larson residence when she learns Mrs. Larson has fallen ill. In seeing the state of the Larson household, she makes a promise to Mrs. Larson that she would take her daughters and raise them right - to give them a chance.

Not long after Mrs. Larson passes and Marty and Clark do what they can to take Nandry and Clae Larson. In the end, Clark ends up "buying" them from their father, who wishes to head out west. Not long after Nandry and Clae are living with the Davis'.

Elvira "Ellie" is born three years after Arnie, and three years after that Luke is born.

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