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ROBERT MARTIN, farmer; P. O., Greenville. Among the early pioneers of Darke Co., we take pleasure in giving notice of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, July 23, 1804; was a son of William Martin, who was born in Pennsylvania, where he was married to Sarah Larimore; they came to Darke Co. in March, 1816, and entered 60 acres upon Sec. 5, and located upon the same section in Greenville Township; Mrs. Martin died in July, 1816, and Mr. Martin died about the year 1864. The subject of this sketch located upon his present place in 1816, where he has continued to reside for a period of sixty-four years, and is probably the oldest continual resident upon any one section in Darke Co.; he received a limited education in an old log schoolhouse with stick and mud chimney, the whole end of which was used as a fire place; the benches were made of split logs, with plank laid upon pins inserted in holes bored in the logs of the house for writing desks; he was raised to agricultural pursuits upon the farm of his father until the 24th of April, 1828, when he was married to Dorcas Boyd; she was born in Warren Co., Ohio, July 21, 1807, and came to Darke Co. with her parents when 6 months old, who were among the very earliest pioneers of this county; the children of Robert and Dorcas Martin were twelve in number—Ira, born March 11, 1829, died June 9, 1879; Martha A., born Sept. 23, 1830; Sarah, born June 27, 1832, died July 30, 1834; Minerva born May 6, 1834; Emily, born Jan. 14, 1836; Nancy J., Jan. 25, 1838; William and Sarah (twins), Feb. 22, 1841; Hettie, born Aug. 17, 1842, died Sept. 24, 1869; Eliza, born May 4, 1845, died March 20, 1870; Robert K., born Dec. 1, 1848, and Mary L., born Sept. 19, 1851. Mrs. Martin died Nov. 4, 1877. Upon the marriage of Mr. Martin, he commenced life for himself, and after following tanning upon the old place for ten years, he then engaged in farming, which business he followed until the last twenty years, during which latter time the home farm has been carried on by his son Robert K., who has always lived at home; he was united in marriage with Florence A. Judy Oct. 2, 1873, who was born in Greene Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1853; they have two children—Huldy Jane, born Jan. 3, 1875 Clarence E., June 21, 1878.