Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Martin, A S 1836 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

A. S. Martin, agricultural implements, Gardner, was born October 4, 1836, in 
Ohio, is a son of Peter and Jane A. (Wells) Martin, natives of New York and 
Vermont, respectively; they were the parents of seven children - J. J., Maria, 
N. W., A. S., Catharine, Abigail and Isabella; the parents emigrated from Ohio 
to Beloit, Wis., in 1848, and thence to Green Bay, where they are living. Mr. 
Martin attended school and farmed during his younger days; at the age of 
fifteen, he was employed with his parents in a hotel at Kaukauna, Wis., until 
twenty years old, when he left for other parts of the State, for a short time, 
and then attended school at Aurora, Ill., afterward teaching until 1862, when 
he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Illinois Volunteer 
Infantry; was Sergeant, and served till the close. He then resumed teaching, 
and added real estate at Gardner. In 1875, he entered into the grocery and 
farming implement business. In 1879, he disposed of the grocery department and 
has since continued handling all kinds of farm implements at a small profit on 
the articles, yet aggregating a large amount of gain. He was married, in 1866, 
to Julia A. Petit, a native of New York, the result of this union being three 
children, two of whom survive - B. A. and L. A. He and wife are members of the 
Baptist Church. He votes the Republican ticket.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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