My Genealogy Hound

JAMES MARTIN, an old and well-known citizen of Spencer County and the present postmaster at Gentryville, was born on the 1st day of May, 1821, and is the eldest in a family of eight children born to the marriage of Woody Martin and Docia Alley. Woody Martin was a native of Halifax County, Va., and was a soldier of the second war between the United States and Great Britain. His wife was a native of North Carolina. James Martin, subject of this biography, was reared by his parents to manhood, and in youth received such education as the common schools of that day afforded. He was married on the 9th of August, 1841, to Levina Alley, and to their union two children have been born, named William H. and James W., only the last named now living. In May, 1864, Mr. Martin located in Gentryville, Ind., and embarked in the general merchandise business, and Gentryville has since been his home. He has here contributed from his means in the support of all laudable public enterprises, is a Republican in politics, and an honorable, upright, Christian gentleman, and a member of the United Brethren Church.