Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Martin, John S. 1829 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   John S. Martin, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown, born in Miami county, Ohio,
June 6, 1829, was the son of Ephraim and Rhoda (Sayers) Martin. The family
settled in Richland township in 1832, on the place a quarter of a mile east of
Mr. Martin's house, and now occupied by his son Thomas. He has always lived here
on the homestead. In 1852 he married Ellen, the daughter of Thomas and Unity
Maharry. She was born in Montgomery county in 1833, and her mother in Virginia
in 1802. They have had the following children: Rhoda Unity, born in 1853; Thomas
E., 1856; Ida May, 1861; Jessie, 1867; Annetta, 1872; and William, 1865, died
September 21 of same year. Rhoda Unity is the wife of A. C. Schermerhorn, and
Thomas married Miss Lizzie Fisher. Thomas Maharry moved here from Ohio in 1828,
and after a residence of one year in this township settled over in Montgomery
county, where he died a few years since. Mr. Martin's father was born in 1794,
and died in 1868; his mother was born in Morgan township, Greene county.
Pennsylvania, in 1795, and is living with her son, in fair health for a person
of her advanced age. Mr. Martin and his wife own an extensive and valuable tract
of land, comprising 1,361 acres. Both are Methodists. The former cast his first
presidential vote for Gen. Pierce, but in 1856 he joined with the republicans
and has belonged to that party ever since.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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