The Martin Families of Jasper County, Missouri

HENRY MARTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Joplin, was born in Cooper county. Mo., June 25, 1837, his parents, Joshua and Sarah (Edwards) Martin, being natives of Kentucky. In the spring of 1847 our subject moved with his parents to Jasper county, locating where he now resides. He went overland to California in the spring of 1854, and for three years engaged in gold mining in that state; then went to Oregon, but returned to California, and shortly afterwards to the states via the Isthmus of Panama. He stopped for a time in Cooper county. Mo., and returned to his present farm in 1867, where he has since remained, engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Martin was married in Cooper county, Dec. 8, 1861, to Miss Missouri, daughter of Jas. J. and J. J. (Wood) Stephens, natives of Kentucky, she being born Nov. 3, 1846. From this marriage there have been nine children: William Jefferson, born Nov. 16,1862; Virginia Lee, born Feb. 8, 1864; Paris, born July 22, 1866, and died June 22, 1871; Henrietta, born June 22, 1868; Joshua, born May 28, 1870, and died July 11, 1870; Susan Effie, born Oct. 9, 1872; Mary A., born July 23, 1875; Charles T., born

Aug. 11, 1877; and Upton, born Aug. 25, 1878, and died Oct. 9, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Baptist Church.

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HENRY C. MARTIN, farmer, post-office Maple Grove. Jacob and Barbara Martin were born in Pennsylvania; they had ten children, the subject of this sketch being the seventh child, who was born in Bedford county, Pa., May 31, 1834, and moved to Cass county, Ind., where his father died before he was ten years old, and then our subject lived with his sister and brother-in-law. In 1852 his uncle died. In 1864 our subject learned the trade of plasterer and worked at that one year; then coated on the canal. In May, 1857, he was married to Malinda Long, who was born in Clark county, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1837. Mr. Martin ran a saw mill two years and then went into the grocery business. He enlisted in the Sixteenth Light Artillery Nov. 10, 1864, and served until July 5, 1865, when he returned to his store. In 1869 he sold out and came to Jasper county, Mo,, locating in Avilla. Remained there two years, keeping a grocery store; also held the office of constable. He settled on his present farm, consisting of forty acres well improved, August 4, 1874. His children are named Ira J., John

D., and William H. Mr. Martin belongs to the Odd Fellows order; in politics he is a Greenbacker, and himself and family are highly respected.

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IRA J. MARTIN, post-office Maple Grove. Among the rising young men of Jasper county is the subject of this sketch. His birthplace is Cass county, Ind., and the date Oct. 4, 1858, and he was reared on a farm and educated in Cass county and in Jasper county. Mo., to which place he moved with his parents in 1869. He worked out by the month on a farm until 1874, and then commenced to farm for himself. Oct. 4, 1881, he was married to Miss Erassmy, daughter of Erasmus and Elizabeth Chedester, natives of Indiana. She was born May 15, 1866, and was married in New Buffalo, Mich., in 1881. By this union they have one child, Mabel M. Mr. Martin now has a fine farm of 120 acres, all under cultivation, good orchard, and good house, and fair out-buildings, the farm being well watered. Mr. Martin is a member of the Odd Fellows order, and a good farmer.

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JEREMIAH MARTIN, post-office, Opolis. He purchased his farm in August, 1869, which consisted of 160 acres of raw prairie. The surroundings and subdivisions are by well trimmed usage hedge. The orchard has a variety of fine fruit; residence and out-buildings are good. Mr. Martin was born and raised in Cornwall, England, born Feb. 15, 1827, and is a son of John and Sarah (Osbourn) Martin, being land owners and farmers. The father is still living at the old homestead at the age of ninety years. He married Miss Mary Dennisshier, a native of England, where she was raised and educated. In 1866 Mr. M. with his family came to America and settled in Lorain county, Ohio, and purchased a farm of 200 acres, and devoted his time to the dairy business, where Mrs. M. died, leaving the following children: Jeremiah, William, Jane, Emma, Nathan, Jolm T., Mary, and Chas. W. Mr. M. was married the second time to Miss Harriet Hawk, and in 1859 moved to Jasper county, where his second wife died, leaving one child, George. He then married for his present wife Miss Mary Ann Bartlett, a native of Summerset, Eng., born Sept. 7, 1835, where she was raised and educated. In 1866, in company with her brother, she came to America and settled in Iroquois county, Ill., and in 1869 settled in Duval township, Jasper county, Mo. Mr. Martin is a member of the Episcopal Church.

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LEWIS M. MARTIN, farmer and stock-raiser, post-oflSce Sarcoxie, was born in St. Louis county. Mo,, March 10, 1821. His parents, Sarah and David Martin, were natives respectively of Yirginia and Kentucky. Our subject grew to maturity in St. Louis county and engaged in agricultural pursuits, and attended the common schools. When seventeen years of age he moved with his parents to what was then Crawford county, Mo., and located on a farm, where they remained about seven years. The family then went to Moniteau county, this state, and purchased a farm and continued farming, and came to Jasper county in the fall of 1872, locating where he now resides. Mr. Martin was married in Moniteau county, Aug. 7, 1845, to Miss Sarah A. Williams of that county. From this union there have been twelve children: George W., born June 27, 1846, died in May, 1872; Desdemonia

C, born Dec. 15, 1848, died May 4, 1863; Pardina S., born Sept. 27, 1849; Sarah J., born June 10, 1851; John D., born April 1, 1852, died in the fall of 1860; Addison G., born May 14, 1854, died Sept. 22, 1863; Mary C, born Nov. 3, 1855; Parthena J., born Feb. 12, 1859, died July 15, 1860; Robert L., born Aug. 4, 1860; Cordelia, born June 25, 1862; Olive, born April 9, 1863; James S. and Franklin W. (twins), born April 5, 1867; and one who died in infancy. Mrs. M. died in Aug., 1868; she was a member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Martin was again married in Moniteau county Dec. 8, 1870, to Mrs. Rebecca Sandy. From this union there have been four children: Libbie P., born Aug. 19, 1871, died Dec. 8, 1874; Chas. G., born July 17, 1873; Permelia M., born Aug. 20, 1876; and Lilly B., born July 29, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. M. are both members of the Missionary Baptist Church. They have a very pleasant home two miles west of Sarcoxie, where they have a splendid little farm, well improved.

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R. P. MARTIN, station agent, Frisco Road, Sarcoxie, was born in Casey county, Ky., Feb. 27, 1853. His parents, Jesse and Eliza Martin, were also natives of the Blue-grass State. "When five years of age our subject moved with his parents to Missouri, locating in Camden county, where he grew to manhood and engaged in agricultural pursuits and attended the common schools. He finished his education in the Lebanon High School, graduating in the spring of 1874. After quitting school he engaged to learn the art of photography, but three years later commenced to learn telegraphy at Lebanon. In Nov., 1879, he took charge of the telegraph office at Neosho, Newton county, and six months after he went to Stoutland, Camden county, and took charge as station agent and operator for a time; he then engaged as night operator at St. Clair, Franklin county. He then went to Fredonia, Kan., and shortly after came to Sarcoxie, taking charge of the station as agent and operator, Aug. 14, 1881. Mr. Martin was married in Neosho, Newton county, this state, Feb. 6, 1879, to Miss Fannie Jordan. They have one child: Virgil Edward, born April 11, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have a very pleasant home in Sarcoxie, and are surrounded by a wide circle of friends. Mr. M. is a member of the I. O. O. F.

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MILES MARTIN, born in Morgan county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1837, and there raised. He removed to Davis county, Iowa, in 1857, coming to Woodson county, Kas., the coming May. He enlisted at lola, Kas., Oct. 19, 1861, in the Ninth Kansas Cavalry, serving three years and four months. He was married June 13, 1867, to Nancy E. Nash, who was born in Nodaway county. Mo., Feb. 4, 1847, and raised there. The children are Timothy D., Sallie J., William, Alta Gr., and four not living. Mr. Martin owns a farm of 60 acres, where he resides, and 240 in Cherokee county, Kan., just across the state line from his Missouri farm. Forty acres sown to wheat averaged 20 bushels, and seventy-five acres of corn averaged 40 bushels to the acre. There is a small orchard started. Mr. Martin has one of the best farm-houses in this part of the country, and although comparatively a new farm is making rapid substantial improvements. It is located in sight of Smithfield, in township 28, range 34, and section 3.

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HENRY H. MARTIN was born in Lawrence county, Ark., July 4, 1832, but raised in Dallas county. Mo. In 1850 he married Rachel Hutchinson, of Dallas county. Mo., her native state, however, being Ohio. The names of the children are Mary F., Thomas D., Ella N., John W., Edward, Cora A., Arona B., and Athelene, and three grandchildren, children of their oldest daughter, Mrs. Mills, whose names are James, William H., and Lewella. Mr. Martin enlisted from Lawrence county. Mo., in 1863, in the Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry Volunteers. Both he and his wife are members of the M. E. Church in good and regular standing. Mr. Martin has a small farm of forty acres near the mining town of Carterville, and has prospected with a degree of success upon his farm.

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