Knox County KyArchives Biographies.....John Dalton Martin, August 15, 1872

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Ian Martin athelhampton@gmail.com NOV 2008


John Dalton Martin was born on August 15, 1872 in Knox County, Kentucky on August 15, 1872. 

His father was George Valentine Martin,II, nicknamed "the Cub" b. Jun 1, 1846, Knox County, KY, d. Oct 22 1911. His mother was Rachel Ann Keck. b. Apr 11, 1849, in Claiborne, Tennessee.

John' Dalton Martin's syblings, the other children of George Valentine Martin and Rachel Ann Keck, were:

Mary S. Martin was born Aug 1867, 
Ellen Martin was born Mar 1869, 
Thomas Martin was born 1870, 
Margaret Martin was born ABT 1874, 
George Valentine Martin was born Nov 30 1882, 
Florence Martin was born Nov 25 1885 in 25 Nov 1885, 
Cornelius Martin was born Mar 28 1889. 


Though I have not found marriage record in the Knox or other nearby Counties, it appears that John Dalton Martin married Lucy Frances Johnson circa 1888 to 1890.

John Dalton Martin & Lucy Frances Johnson were the parents of: 

Rachel Ellen MARTIN b: 27 SEP 1891 in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky,
David Reed MARTIN b: 15 DEC 1893 in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky,
James Parker MARTIN b: JAN 1895 in Knox County, Kentucky,
Charlie MARTIN b: 15 DEC 1898 in Knox County, Kentucky,
Creed Dalton MARTIN b: 26 MAY 1901 in Knox County, Kentucky,
Chester Arthur MARTIN b: 24 SEP 1903 in Knox County, Kentucky,
Samuel "Sam" A. MARTIN b: 16 JUN 1906 in Knox County, Kentucky

According to a family account, John Dalton Martin was cutting down a tree in 1909, on his farm, when the tree fell on him pinning him to the ground by the neck. He was asphixiated so severely that permanent brain damage ensued.
 
He was found by his wife and children, after they searched for him, due to his long absence, from home. They frantically removed him from under the tree. 

His condition disabled him so severely, and altered his behavior so greatly that  Lucy, when John became unbearably belligerent, after four years under her care at home,  was helped to have her husband admitted him to the State Hospital in Danville for care, since she was not equipped to both raise their young family, and care for her husband John.

Records show that Ellen Martin, John's sister, did attempt repeatedly to have John Dalton Martin released into her care, but the Hospital administration refused her several requests.

John Dalton Martin perished on March 13, 1953 Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, and was returned for burial to the Farm he loved so much in his youth, at Arapaho Trail, in Gray, Knox County Kentucky.


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