Martha Jane Webb

Martha was born September 11th, 1950 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She attended school at Methodist College in Fayetteville, NC and received a business administration degree. From there she moved to New York City and had a series of jobs before landing a job at Jefferson Enterprises as a secretary to its owner/CEO of the time James Thomas Jefferson in the fall of 1974. The two were quickly married in the Virgin Islands after just a few months of courtship. After becoming married Martha remained his traveling secretary so that they could spend more time together however she moved to his residence in Gulfport, Mississippi to live.

In 1975 she gave birth to their only son John Thomas Jefferson who would later become Patriot

She miscarried two twin girls in 1978.

Martha was noted for her charity work especially in relation to women's rights and to ensuring women had educational opportunties. She was fond of quoting Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington. She fully believed an education was the key to success. As such she drove John strongly towards an education pushing him far harder than his peers.

She died in a small plane crash on August 7th, 1998. The plane experienced mechanical failure and crashed into the Mississippi river about a hundred miles south of St. Louis. She had been en route to a charity event. Her husband was not with her as he had business in New York City. The pilot was also killed in the accident.

In her memory James T. Jefferson started the Martha Jefferson Foundation, which is a charitable organization that helps poorer women get an education.