Larue-Green County KyArchives Biographies.....Martin, Henry P. March 7, 1845 - unknown
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Author: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.

HENRY P. MARTIN was born March 7, 1845 in Green County, Ky., and is the fourth 
of thirteen children born to Henry and Mary (Dearing) Martin. Henry Martin was 
born in Green (now Taylor) County, March 22, 1808. In the spring of 1835 he 
came to La Rue County, and in 1858 located on 120 acres three miles northwest 
of Hodgensville. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for 
forty years, and was for several years a local preacher. His wife died in 
January, 1863, after which he married Eliza Sutton, who died in January 1881; 
his third wife was America Cagle. Henry Martin was the only child of William L. 
and Sallie (Shofner) Martin, natives, respectively, of Charles City County, 
Va., and Mercer County, Ky. William L. Martin was born May 26, 1782, on the 
waters of James River, and came to Green County, Ky., in 1805, and in 1835 
moved to LaRue County. He was a farmer and a slave holder, and died in July, 
1857. He was a son of Hartwell Martin, who married Sallie Porter, both of 
Virginia.  Henry P. Martin's paternal grandmother was a daughter of Henry 
Shofner, who was a soldier of the Revolution, and served four years with Gen. 
Marion; was one of the early pioneers of Mercer County, and later moved to 
Green County.  He was of Dutch descent, and a native of New Jersey. H. P. 
Martin was reared on a farm, and came with his parents to La Rue County. At 
twenty went to Hodgensville and drove stage; then went to New Haven for three 
years, after which he engaged in the livery business. In 1874 he was elected 
jailer, but had acted in the same capacity four years previous, and had also 
engaged in the grocery business for five years. In 1878 he moved on a farm; in 
January, 1879, he located on forty-six acres, one and one half miles northwest 
of Hodgensville. He was married in August, 1866, to Sarah Redman, a daughter of
James and Nancy (Walters) Redman, the former of whom had been jailer of La
Rue County for many years. The issue of this union was one child, Emma D.
Mrs. Martin died in 1867, a member of the Christian Church, when Mr. Martin
married his second wife, Mary Redman, sister of his first wife, in January,
1879. There have been born to this marriage eight children, seven living:
Mollie, Lizie, Hattie, Thomas H., Richard R., Charles and Willie A. Mrs.
Martin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is a member of the
Masonic fraternity and I.O.O.F. In politics he is a Democrat, and in the
fall of 1885, was appointed store-keeper and gauger.


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