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MARTIN MARTINDALE, farmer, Sec. 13; P. O. Gettysburg. John, his father, was a native of North Carolina, born in 1798. He came with his parents to Ohio when he was about 3 years old, locating in Montgomery Co., where he spent his boyhood days on his father’s farm; was united in marriage when he was 22 years old, with Mary Sidney, after which he obtained his education by boarding a school teacher. Unluckily for him, his wife died in about twenty-two months after they were married; one child was born to them, viz., Jesse, who now resides near Dayton, Ohio. His second marriage was celebrated with Amelia Campbell, who was a native of Ireland, born in about 1804; twelve children were born to this union, of whom ten are living, viz., Elizabeth, Robert, Samuel, Mary, Rachel, John, William, Steward, Martin and Rebecca. Mr. Martindale departed this life in March, 1858. Amelia, his widow, survived the storms of life till April, 1865. Martin, the subject of this sketch, is of Scotch descent on the paternal side, and Irish on the maternal, born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, on the 26th of January, 1839; he spent his boyhood days on his father’s farm, assisting in the clearing and cultivation of the soil: obtained a good common-school education in the district schools of his county; he lived at home till he was about 22 years old, when, on the 18th of April, 1862, he celebrated his marriage with Rebecca C. Yount, who is of German descent; Fredric Yount, her father, was born in North Carolina; her mother is a native of Ohio. Rebecca was born in Miami Co., Ohio, on the 4th of June, 1842. After his marriage, he rented his father-in-law’s farm, where he remained till September, 1862, when he purchased 79 acres of land in Adams Township, Darke Co., where he moved and has resided since; he has erected a beautiful two-story frame house, at a cost of about $1,600, and has cleared or put under cultivation since his residence here about 22 acres, and at present has 59 acres in a good state of cultivation; has a good frame barn, 40x76 feet. Mr. Martindale has by his hard labor, connected with correct business and temperate habits, accumulated a considerable amount of property, in which he has been nobly assisted by his good and industrious wife. They are active workers in the cause of religion, being members of the Christian Church. They have no children of their own, but have taken Sheridan Ingle, a bright and promising little boy, born on the 23d of September, 1867. Mrs. Martindale’s grandmother was a native of Scotland, and her grandfather on her father’s side, Duben Campbell, whose father was Duke of England.