Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Martin, William 1841 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILLIAM MARTIN, miller and lumberman, Palestine, was born March 19, 1841,
grandson of John Martin, from Kentucky, who came here 1810, when the country was
in a wild state, and the forest was filled with wild beasts and wilder men. His
son, Hezekiah Martin, was joined in matrimony to Nancie McColpin, who was the
mother of a large family, of whom William, our subject, was the youngest. He was
educated in this county, where he was also married December 28, 1871, to Miss
Sarah Nethery, born 1844; she died October 28, 1882. She was a daughter of John
and Margaret (Crawford) Nethery, who, with their daughter, were born in Ireland.
Mrs. Martin was the mother of three children, of whom two are now living-John
O., born March 10, 1873, and Rosalie, born April 24, 1878. Mr. Martin's
occupation in early life was that of an engineer in his father's mill, of which
he took possession about 1870. He connected a woolen mill with it, which may be
said to have been the only industry in the township, Mrs. Martin was a member of
the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Martin was rocked in the Democratic cradle, and
therefore has been identified with that party. Be is now engaged in the lumber
business in Palestine.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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