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JEREMIAH MARTIN, post-office, Opolis. He purchased his farm in August, 1869, which consisted of 160 acres of raw prairie. The surroundings and subdivisions are by well-trimmed osage hedge. The orchard has a variety of fine fruit; residence and out-buildings are good. Mr. Martin was born and raised in Cornwall, England, born Feb. 15, 1827, and is a son of John and Sarah (Osbourn) Martin, being land owners and farmers. The father is still living at the old homestead at the age of ninety years. He married Miss Mary Dennisshier, a native of England, where she was raised and educated. In 1866 Mr. M. with his family came to America and settled in Lorain county, Ohio, and purchased a farm of 200 acres, and devoted his time to the dairy business, where Mrs. M. died, leaving the following children: Jeremiah, William, Jane, Emma, Nathan, John T., Mary, and Chas. W. Mr. M. was married the second time to Miss Harriet Hawk, and in 1859 moved to Jasper county, where his second wife died, leaving one child, George. He then married for his present wife Miss Mary Ann Bartlett, a native of Summerset, Eng., born Sept. 7, 1835, where she was raised and educated. In 1866, in company with her brother, she came to America and settled in Iroquois county Ill., and in 1869 settled in Duval township, Jasper county, Mo. Mr. Martin is a member of the Episcopal Church.