Biographical Sketch of Whitaker A. Martin, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

**********************************************************************

Whitaker A. Martin, a druggist, of Steelville, was born in Jefferson
County, MO., in 1835.  Reared a farmer and receiving a limited educa-
tion he began clerking in Washington County when twenty years of age,
in which capacity he was employed until 1861, when he entered the army
as captain of Company A, White's Battalion, Missouri State Guards;
having served his term of enlistment he was on his way to join the
regular service, when he was taken prisoner, though soon afterward
paroled.  From 1864 to 1866 he was engaged in mining gold in Montana;
and then returning to Missouri he spent some years in contracting on
the Iron Mountain Railroad.  For a short time he was commissioned a
stock merchant merchant in East St. Louis, and in 1886 he bought a
stock of drugs, in Steelville, where he has since been actively en-
gaged in business.  In 1870 he married Susan J. Scott, and to their
union were born two children.  Mrs. Martin died, and in 1885 Mr.
Martin married Mrs. Mollie Mayes, by whom he has one daughter. Pol-
itically, Mr. Martin is a stanch Democrat.  His parents were Willis
F. and Lucy N. (Mothershead) Martin, natives, respectively, of
Georgia and Kentucky, who reared a family of seven children. Willis
F. Martin, a farmer by occupation, came to Missouri in 1812; and he
died in 1864, at the age of fifty-four years.  Mrs. Martin is still
living, aged seventy-eight years.  They were among the earliest
settlers of Jefferson County.

====================================================================
     USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing
         free information on the Internet, data may be used by
         non-commercial entities, as long as this message
         remains on all copied material. These electronic
         pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit
         or for presentation by other persons or organizations.

         Persons or organizations desiring to use this material
         for purposes other than stated above must obtain the
         written consent of the file contributor.

         This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb
         Archives by: Joe Miller <mio@netins.net>
		      Penny Harrell <Incog3678@aol.com>

====================================================================