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Below is a family biography included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. 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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SAMUEL MARTIN, Sec. 1; farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Pikeville; one of the old settlers of Richland Township, born in Darke Co. Jan. 11, 1844; he was a son of Sebastian Martin, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Darke Co. at an early day, and located in Richland Township; Samuel Martin was raised upon the home farm until he attained his majority, when he was united in marriage with Julia Ann Beanblossom May 29, 1864; she was born in Darke Co. They have three children now living, having lost one in infancy; the living are Franklin M., born May 3, 1865; Mary C., Oct. 7, 1867; Viola G., Nov. 8, 1873. Upon the marriage of Mr. Martin he commenced farming, and the same year went to Nebraska, where he followed butchering one year, and returned in the fall of 1865 to Darke Co., and engaged in farming in Jackson Township, where he remained until 1872, when he located upon his present place, where he has since lived; he has 50 acres in his home farm with good farm buildings and under a good state of cultivation; he also followed thrashing for six years, and operated the first steam thrasher ever run in Darke Co. Mrs. Martin is a daughter of David Beanblossom, one of the pioneers of Darke Co., whose biography appears among the sketches of this township.
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This family biography is one of 659 biographies included in The History of Darke County, Ohio published in 1880 by W. H. Beers & Co. For the complete description, click here: Darke County, Ohio History and Genealogy
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