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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company; Elwood Roberts, Editor.  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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HENRY MARTIN, deceased, was a well known dealer in stock, residing in the township of Worcester, in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He was a native of the city of Philadelphia, where he was born on the 26th of December, 1848.

The family are of German descent. Nicholas Martin, father of Henry Martin, was a native of the city of Hamburg, in Germany, where he grew to manhood. On reaching the age of thirty years he decided to emigrate to America. He landed in Philadelphia, where he engaged in business and reared a family, dying in that city at the age of fifty-five years. The only living relative of Mr. Henry Martin is a sister, Mrs. Mary Devau, residing on Seventh street, between York and Cumberland, Philadelphia.

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This family biography is one of more than 1,000 biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania published in 1904 by T. S. Benham & Company and The Lewis Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

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