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Born 1849
From Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913), The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884)
B. W. MARTIN was born in Little Sandusky, Ohio, December 25, 1848. He is a son of Caleb S. and Elizabeth (Coons) Martin, natives of Maryland and New York respectively. They came to this locality in 1835, the father, a shoe-maker by trade, still a resident of the above village. Their children were Burke W., Mary P., Alice L., Charles R. and Minerva, the two latter deceased. The mother is also still living:. B. W., the subject of this sketch, was engaged in daily and monthly labor and in clerking till twenty-one years of age, obtaining a fair education in the meantime. He then purchased the grocery stock of J. F. Myers, and has since engaged in mercantile business, first independently, then with William Montee, next with J. L. Lewis, the present firm of Martin & Whittker being established in 1874. They do a thriving business, dealing in all kinds of country produce. Mr. Martin was married, October 4, 1871, to Miss Ivy E. Hughes, daughter of Barnet and Catharine E. Hughes. They have four children — Luella M., Alice B., Charles S. and Sidney W. Besides their stock in store, the firm also owns 150 acres of land in good repair, valued at $65 per acre. In politics, Mr. Marti d is a Democrat.
As printed in The history of Wyandot county, Ohio, containing a history of the county: its townships, towns, churches, schools, etc.; (1884). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
BURKE W. MARTIN.
Burke W. Martin, prominently connected with mercantile interests of Little Sandusky as a successful general merchant, is a native son of the city, born December 25, 1849, his parents being Caleb S. and Elizabeth (Coons) Martin. The father was born in Maryland in 1819 and from an early age followed the shoemaker's trade. He came to Ohio when he was about fifteen years of age and resided in this state imtil his death, which occurred in 1906. The mother was born in New York state in 1837 and died in Ohio in 1909. They were the parents of five children: Minerva, who died in infancy; Burke W., of this review; Mary P.; Alice L.; and Charles B., who met death by accident at the age of seventeen.
Burke W. Martin acquired his education in the country schools of his native locality, attending until he was eighteen years of age. He worked upon a farm until 1870, after which
.Google he turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, establishing himself as a grocer in Little Sandusky. After one year he added a general merchandise stock and has made both branches of his enterprise extremely profitable. The business has increased steadily and Mr. Martin now carries a five thousand dollar stock and enjoys an extensive and representative patronage which has come to him in recognition of his straightforward business methods and his well selected line of goods. He owns besides his busine property in Little Sandusky, eighty acres of land in Antrim township and several town lots.
On the 4th of October, 1871, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Iva E. Hughes, a daughter of Bamett and Catherine (Woodcock) Hughes, the latter of whom passed away in 1908. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born five children: Luella M., who married William J. Bumsides, a farmer of Little Sandusky, by whom she has one child, Mabel M.; Alice B., who married Frank Barber, a farmer of Antrim township, by whom she has four children, George W., Ross, Francis C. and Bamett W.; Charles S., who died at the age of twenty-one; Sidney W.. who is engaged in the automobile business at Upper Sandusky; and Bamett H., at home.
Mr. Martin is a democrat in his political beliefs and has served as a member of the local school board for over twenty years. He has met with prosperity as a citizen and as a business man, his career proving conclusively that success is not a matter of chance, but is the outcome of clear Judgment, experience and close application.
As printed in Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Little Sandusky William Montee (b. 1829)
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