PRISCILLA MARTIN - Biography

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This biography appears on page 655 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

PRISCILLA MARTIN Sec. 20, P. O. Union Grove; widow of James Martin, who
died Oct. 25, 1875; he was born in Cornwall, England, September, 1811;
he came to Wisconsin in 1841. Married July 5, 1847, in Yorkville. He
bought, about this time, 120 acres of land; he was a saving,
hard-working man, and his wife was a faithful helpmeet; they toiled many
years together, and accumulated enough of this world's goods to carry
them comfortably through life; he died much respected and beloved. John
Martin, a nephew, came here in 1869, and is now running the farm;
married Helen Munroe, March 29, 1876; have one child- James M., born
Aug. 24, 1877.