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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cedar County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Isaac J. Martin may be classed among the many successful farmers of Cedar County, for he is the owner of 280 acres of fertile land about four and a half-miles southeast of the county seat, of which 175 are under cultivation. He was born in Overton County, Tenn., April 21, 1852, and is the third of nine children, eight living, born to the marriage of Obadiah Martin and Anna Johnson, who were also Tennesseeans, born in 1807 and 1821, respectively. The father was of Irish-Welsh descent, a farmer by occupation, and for a number of years was justice of the peace and held the office of surveyor of Overton County, Tenn., in which State he died in 1873. His parents, Mynad and Betty Martin, also died in that State. The boyhood days of Isaac J. Martin were spent in tilling the soil and attending the common schools, and in 1878 he was married in Cedar County to Miss Lucretia Allen, a native of that county, and a daughter of William R. Allen, whose sketch appears in this volume. Mr. Martin cast his first vote for U. S. Grant for the presidency, but is now a member of the Union Labor party. He and wife are members of the Christian Church.
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This family biography is one of 92 biographies included in The History of Cedar County, Missouri published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Cedar County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
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