BIO: REUBEN MARTIN, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 308-309
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    REUBEN MARTIN, a successful merchant at Barnitz, Dickinson township,
  Cumberland county, who joined the silent majority in June, 1901, was one of
  the useful men of his day. Intelligent, progressive and energetic, honest,
  upright and independent, he held a place in the community that few men are
  able to fill.
 
    George Martin, his father, came from York county to Cumberland, and settled
  at Mooredale, where he opened a general store which he carried on with much
  profit for some time. He then bought a farm of 200 acres near Barnitz, where
  he made his home until his death. For some few years before his demise he had
  lived retired from active participation in affairs. He was the father of the
  following children: Jacob, Simon, William, George, Elizabeth, Mary and Reuben.
 
    Reuben Martin was born in Dickinson township in 1848, and received his
  education in the district schools of his native town and. in the village
  school at Plainfield. He was a lover of study, and had applied himself so
  diligently that he was competent to teach, which he did for several terms at
  Mt. Hope school, in Dickinson township. He then engaged in farming and in the
  stock insurance business for some four years, when he purchased the general
  store at Barnitz formerly conducted by Harry Brickerhoff. He proved
 
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  himself well adapted for the commercial world, and met with great success,
  in his undertaking. The post office was located in his store. He built
  himself a fine residence and made many improvements in his property, which
  had become quite valuable.
 
    In 1879 Mr. Martin was united in marriage with Anna M. Morrison, daughter
  of John and Jane (Lockard) Morrison, of Dickinson township. She was born in
  the old Morrison home in 1853, and attended the Farmers Academy. Two children
  blessed this union, Irene and Guy, both of whom art at home. Reuben Martin was
  a Democrat, and stanch in support of his chosen party. He belonged to the
  Methodist Church, of which his wife is a faithful member. His death was a
  severe blow, not alone to his family, but to his many friends and neighbors.
  Mrs. Martin has continued to carry on the general store, and has shown
  herself to be a woman of remarkable business ability and acumen. She has not
  only held the patronage secured by her husband, but has increased it, and
  with all her responsibilities, the difficult combination of business woman
  and careful mother, she has maintained her womanly sweetness and is making a
  happy home for her children.