Escambia County AlArchives Biographies.....Martin, John E. April 10 1849 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JOHN E. MARTIN, physician and surgeon, Brewton, is a native of Macon county,
Ala., and dates his birth from the 10th day of April, 1849. His paternal
grandfather, John Martin, was born of Irish parentage, and lived all his life in
South Carolina. William A. Martin, the doctor's father, was born in Edgefield
district, S. C., in 1829; is a planter by occupation, served with distinction as
a lieutenant in the Third Alabama infantry during the Civil war, and now resides
at Union Springs in his native state. He married, in 1848, Nancy Strom, daughter
of John Strom, also of South Carolina, and had a family of seven children,
namely: John E.; Janie; Willie, wife of R. L. Williams; Mollie; Moses; Sudie,
wife of C. F. Rankin, and Nannie, deceased in infancy. The mother of these
children died in 1863, and in 1869 Mr. Martin entered into the marriage relation
with Nancy Books, who has borne him the following children: Lewe, Flora B.,
William, Thomas, and Maggie. Dr. Martin was raised on a farm, and at the age of
twenty engaged in the pursuit of agriculture on his own responsibility,
continuing that useful calling about two years. He then attended school one
year, and in the winter of 1873 carried out a long-felt desire of becoming a
physician by entering the office of Dr. J. H. Reynolds, at Bullock, under whose
instructions he pursued his professional studies until 1874, during which, and a
part of the succeeding year, he attended a course of lectures in the State
Medical college at Mobile. He received a diploma from this institution in the
spring of 1875, and at once opened an office at Bullock, where he practiced
successfully until his removal to Brewton in the winter of 1883. The doctor has
met with gratifying success in his profession, and ranks among the progressive
medical men of the county. His reputation as a citizen is first class, and he
enjoys in a large measure the confidence and esteem of the public. The doctor
and Miss Jessie, daughter of Benjamin. Lovelace, were united in marriage
December 22d, 1881. Dr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Baptist church at
Brewton.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 982-983
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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