Marion County WV Archives Biographies.....Martin, John VanBuren 1838 - 1876
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Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Author: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D.

Volume V. 
New York; Lewis Historical Publishing Company; 1915

Page 762, John VanBuren Martin

John Van Buren Martin, born in Farmington, Marion county, now West Virginia, in
1838, died September 1876. John Van Buren Martin read law in the office of his
brother, Benjamin Franklin Martin, who attained distinction at the bar, served
in the Congress of the United States from Virginia and was president of the
Grafton & Greenbrier Railroad now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio system in West
Virginia. During the war, 1861-1865, he was drafted for service in the Union
army, but was relieved from service after furnishing a substitute. He was a
distinguished citizen of the commonwealth and retained his influential position
until death. He married Sarah Amanda Burdette, born in Culpeper county,
Virginia, in 1838, died in October, 1909, daughter of Frederick and Susan
(Broaddus) Burdette, both of noted Virginia families. 

Sons of John Van Buren and Sarah A. (Burdette) Martin: 

  1. Frederick Thornton, born at Worthington, West Virginia, in 1862; 
     an attorney; now residing at Oakland, Maryland; 
     married Mary Sinnott, of Baltimore, Maryland. 

  2. John Franklin, born at Prunty Town, West Virginia, in 1866, 
     died at the threshold of life, aged twenty-one years. 

  3. Jesse B., born at Prunty Town, in 1868; 
     admitted to the Virginia bar; mayor of Luray in 1913; 
     married Nanny Mary in 1894. 

  4. Bernard Leslie, born at Prunty Town, in 1873; 
     now a printer of Fairmont, West Virginia; married Louise Stearns. 

  5. Arthur George, born in Prunty Town, in 1875, 
     now residing in Fairmont, West Virginia, an ex-mayor of that town. 

Daughters, both born in Prunty Town: 

  1. Marion, born in 1864; 
     married Frank C. Fisher, of Fairmont, West Virginia, now deceased. 

  2. Elizabeth Broaddus, married Herndon V. Abbott, 
     and resides in Fairmont, West Virginia. 

A brother of John Van Buren Martin, Jesse Thornton Martin, was a soldier in the
Confederate army, while Captain John C. Burdette, a brother of Sarah Amanda
(Burdette) Martin, was an officer in the Union army.


Additional Comments:
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From Death Register or Death Certificate
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Marion County Death Register Volume 8, Page 129, Line 2
Name: Arthur George Martin
Died: 15-Nov-1942 in Fairmont, Marion County WV (66yrs-22dys)
Born: 24-Oct-1874 in Grafton, WV
Husband-of: Mary S. Baker
Son-of: John VanBuren Martin and Sarah Amanda Burdette
Occupation: Pstmstr-Fairmont Office
Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery

Marion County Death Register Page 139, Line 24
Name: Bernard Leslie Martin
Died: 07-Aug-1929 in Fairmont District, Marion County WV (54yrs)
Born: 1875 in Prunty Town WV
Son-of: John V. Martin
Occupation: Proof Reader

Marion County Death Register Book 4, Page 51, Line 9
Name: Marian Fisher
Died: 28-Nov-1911 in Fairmont, Marion County WV (46yrs)
Marital-Status: Married
Cause: Cancer

Monongalia County Death Register, Volume A-C, Page 181, Line 3
Name: Elizabeth Abbott
Died: 01-Jul-1940 in Monongalia County WV (69yrs)
Dau-of: John V. Martin & Sarah A. Burdette
Cause: cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, septicemia


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