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Born 1817
From The history of Nodaway county, Missouri, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens (1882)
A. K. MARTIN, was born in Connelsburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of December, 1817. His father, Alexander Martin, was a native of Ireland, and a contractor by occupation. The maiden name of his mother was Mary A. McCorcan, and she was born in Donegal, Ireland. Alexander accompanied his parents to Knox County, Ohio, where he was reared and received a common school education. When nineteen years of age he commenced to learn the carpenter's trade, working for the small compensation of $4.00 per month for some two years. In the spring of 1839 he emigrated to Logan County, Illinois, where he was engaged in contracting, building, etc., and remained there until 1865, when he moved west and settled in Andrew County, Missouri. There he improved one of the finest farms in the county, but sold out in the fall of 1875, coming to Nodaway County in the spring ot 1876. He then settled in Maryville, and has now retired from active business life. He takes a deep interest in educational matters, and has been a member of the school board ever since he resided here, and has also been a member of the town council. Politically he is a Republican. He took a trip across the plains to California in 1850, spent one year on the coast and returned by the Isthmus. Mr. Martin was married in Logan County, Illinois, on the 28th of January, 1841 to Miss M. Hablit, a native of Greene County, Ohio, born January 10, 1826. They have had ten children, five of whom are now living: Mary P., born April 8, 1842, (now Mrs. Henry Ogle, of Andrew County); Catherine A., born November 15, 1848, (now Mrs. M. K. Hocker, of Colorado); Lodema T., born September 28, 1850, (now Mrs. Elias McAllister, of Nodaway County); Flora E., born January 15, 1855, (now Mrs. J. J. Beam, of Nodaway County); and Nellie, born December 10, 1869. William, James L., Angeline, John H. and Sarah B. are deceased. Mrs. B. is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.
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