Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Martin, J. A. 1856 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  DR. J. A. MARTIN, physician, Palestine, was born January 1, 1856, in Barren
County, Ky. His father, F. M. Martin, is a carpenter by occupation; he was born
February 26, 1831, in Kentucky. He was married, in Barren County, Ky., December
12, 1853, to Miss Mary Jane Newberry, born February, 1834, in Kentucky. She is
the mother of four children-James A., Winfield Scott, Joseph T. and John W. Mr.
J. A. Martin came to Palestine in 1864, with his father; went to school there,
and at the age of fourteen he commenced to clerk in a general store, continued
in that till he was seventeen; for the next three years, he attended the village
school, and in the fall of 1876 he went to Cincinnati, where he attended
lectures in the Medical College. In the spring of 1877, he came home and read
medicine with Dr. Rafferty for eighteen months. In October, 1878, he again
attended the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, and graduated February 28,
1879. Since then he has practiced most of his time in Palestine. Dr. Martin is a
young man who deserves a great deal of credit in fitting himself for his present
position. He is a Knight of Honor, and a member of Crawford County Medical
Association. Is a Democrat in politics.



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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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