Copyright 1999, Esther Doyle Read
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JONATHAN OLIVER MARTIN4
772. JONATHAN OLIVER MARTIN4 (Lydia Read3, John Read2, Joseph Read1) was born 11 April 1842 in Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey and died after 1900, probably in Iowa (Kern 1938). He married Sarah Tomer Lundy, on 27 September 1870 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri (Ellsberry 1965). She was the daughter of Willets Lundy and Sarah Howell. Sarah was born 26 September 1846 in Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohios and died circa 1900 (Crosswell 2004; Kern 1938).
Jonathan Oliver Martin and Sarah Tomer Lundy had 3 children who were born between 1871 and 1879. They had 2 grandchildren who were born between 1900 and 1912. Total identified descendants equals 5.
Children of J.O. Martin and Sarah Tomer Lundy
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CHILDREN OF JONATHAN OLIVER MARTIN and SARAH TOMER LUNDY:
3300. (i.) MABEL EDNA "May" MARTIN5, was born 19 July 1871 (Crosswell 2004) in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri and died after 1930. In 1880, she lived with her parents, younger brothers and grandmother Lundy on Fourth Street in Maryville and attended school. The census gives her age as 8 years (1880 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 260, 1st Ward, Maryville, Nordaway County, Missouri, page 85B, 1 June 1880). By 1891, the Martin family had moved to the town of Muscatine in Muscatine County, Iowa. The city directory for Muscatine for the years 1891 through 1893 lists Miss Mabel Martin as a resident of 403 West Second Street in Muscatine (Barker 1891). She also appears as a resident of Muscatine on the 1895 Iowa state census. Her age in 1895 was given as 23. Mabel married circa 1898, Edward Hartley Hall, a native of England. Edward was born July 1861 in Hampshire, England and came to the United States in 1881. He became a naturalized citizen in 1892. In March 1900, the Davenport Times began to run the city directory in the paper. It listed Edward H. Hall and his wife Mabel M. as residents of 328 East 6th Street in the city of Davenport, Iowa. Edward's occupation was given as a salesman for T. Thompson. Mabel's entire family had moved to Davenport between 1895 and 1900. Her parents and her brother Ralph also lived at 328 East 6th Street. By June 1900, when the federal census was enumerated, John and Sarah Martin had moved into an apartment building in Davenport. Mabel and Edward were still at 328 East 6th Street, as was Mabel's brother Ralph. Edward was still employed as a saleman, but Ralph was unemployed. The family had a 17 year old live in servant, Dora Kiruth(?), who was born in Germany in October 1880 and who had migrated to the United States in 1882 (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 133, 5th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, page 10A, 6 June 1900). By 1910, Edward and Mabel had purchased a home at 210 College Avenue in Davenport. The Hall's home was in the same ward as the home of Mabel's brother Ralph. The Hall's house was still mortgaged in 1910. Edward was employed as an interior decorater, as was his brother-in-law Ralph Martin. It is probable that the two men were in business together. Mabel was not employed (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 146, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 7B, 20 & 21 April 1910). The couple had moved to another house by 1920. They lived at 122 Hillcrest in the 6th ward of Davenport. According to the census, Edward was a merchant dealing in art goods. His brother-in-law Ralph was a dealer in art and wall paper. It is not known if the two men were in business together (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 177, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 27A, February 1920). Mabel and Edward still lived at 122 Hillcrest Avenue in 1930. The census valued their house at $15,000. Edward Hall was the proprietor of a decorator shop. The couple had been married for about 32 years and did not have children (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 82-49, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 25A, 25 April 1930).
3301. (ii.) WALTER GUY MARTIN5, was born 25 July 1873 (Crosswell 2004) in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri and died between 1910 and 1920. In 1880, he lived with his parents, sister and brother and grandmother Lundy on 4th Street in Maryville. The census gives his age as 6 years, but he had not yet started school (1880 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 260, 1st Ward, Maryville, Nordaway County, Missouri, page 85B, 1 June 1880). By 1891, his family had moved to the town of Muscatine in Muscatine County, Iowa. The city directory for Muscatine for the years 1891 through 1893 lists Walter G. Martin, student, as a resident of 403 West Second Street in Muscatine (Barker 1891). He also appears as a resident of Muscatine on the 1895 Iowa state census. His age in 1895 was given as 21. His parents moved to Davenport, Iowa after 1895. Walter was married in about 1900 to Flora Love Lea. She was born November 1873 in Louisiana. Her father was from South Carolina and her mother was from Georgia. They lived in Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado in 1900, where Walter was employed as an asseyor (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 153, Precinct 5, Kokomo, Summit County, Colorado, page 6A, 8 June 1900; Crosswell 2004). By 1910, they had moved to Denver, Colorado. Walter was employed as a metallurigist in the ore smelting industry. They lived at 755 Sherman Avenue in a rented house. Walter and FLora had a nine year old son named Guy who was in school (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 167, 10th Ward, Precinct 4, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 5A, 16 April 1910). Walter and Flora adopted a son between 1910 and 1920. His name was William H. Johnson and he was born in about 1912. Walter died between 1910 and 1920. Flora appears on the 1920 census as a widow residing at 2615 Eudora in Denver with both of her sons. She owned the home free and clear of mortgages. Neither Flora nor her sons were employed (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 299, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 12A, 15 January 1920). By 1930, both of Flora's sons had moved out of the house. She lived at 1308 Steele Street in Denver and was the landlady of a boarding house. She did not own the house but was renting it at $55 per month (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 16-106, Election District L, Block 3964, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 12B, 9 April 1930). Children of Walter and Flora Martin:
3303. (i.) GUY VERDIER MARTIN6, was born circa 1901 in Colorado. In 1910, he lived with his parents at 755 Sherman Avenue in Denver, Colorado and attended school (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 167, 10th Ward, Precinct 4, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 5A, 16 April 1910; Crosswell 2004). He was still in school in 1920 and lived with his widowed mother and adopted brother at 2615 Eudora in Denver (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 299, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 12A, 15 January 1920).
3304 (ii.) WILLIAM H. JOHNSON6, was born circa 1912 in Colorado. He was adopted by Walter and Flora between 1912 and 1920. His biological father was born in Missouri and his biological mother was born in Colorado. In he lived with Flora Martin (who was a widow) and his adopted brother Gray Martin at 2615 Eudora in Denver and attended school (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 299, Denver City, Denver County, Colorado, page 12A, 15 January 1920).
3302. (iii.) RALPH EARL MARTIN5, was born 1 December 1879 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri and died unknown. In 1880, he lived with his parents, older siblings and grandmother Lundy on Fourth Street in Maryville. The census lists his name as "Earl" and places in birth in December 1879 (1880 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 260, 1st Ward, Maryville, Nordaway County, Missouri, page 85B, 1 June 1880). Crosswell (2004) gives Ralph's birth year as 1880, however as he is on the 1880 census (which was enumerated in June 1880) this birth year is unlikely. By 1891, the Martin family had moved to the town of Muscatine in Muscatine County, Iowa. Ralph appears as a resident of Muscatine on the 1895 Iowa state census. His age in 1895 was given as 15. Between 1895 and 1900 Ralph's family moved to Davenport, Iowa. In March 1900, the Davenport Times began to run the city directory in the paper. It listed Ralph Martin as a resident of 328 East 6th Street in the city of Davenport. Ralph shared the home with his parents, John and Sarah Martin, his sister Mabel and Mabel's husband Edward H. Hall. While John Martin and Edward Hall were both employed, Ralph was not. By June 1900, when the federal census was enumerated, John and Sarah Martin had moved into an apartment building in Davenport. Ralph, Mabel and Edward were still at 328 East 6h Street. Edward was employed as a saleman, but Ralph was still unemployed (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 133, 5th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, page 10A, 6 June 1900). Ralph married circa 1904, Bessie MacGinnis. She was born circa 1880 in Illinois. By 1910, the couple had bought a home at 1020 Charlotte Street in the 6th Ward of Davenport. Their home was in the same ward as the home of Ralph's sister Mabel Martin Hall. Ralph was employed as an interior decorator, as was his brother-in-law Edward Hall. It is probable that the two men were in business together. Bessie was not employed (1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 146, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 7B, 20 & 21 April 1910). The couple still resided on Charlotte Street in 1920. According to the census, Ralph was a dealer in art and wall paper. His brother-in-law Edward Hall was a merchant dealing in art goods. It is not known if the two men were in business together (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 177, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 27A, February 1920). By 1930, Bessie's mother—76 year old Lana MacGinness—had moved in with the couple. Ralph and Bessye (as spelled in the census) had moved to 210 Forest Road in Davenport. They owned the home, which was valued at $25,000. They also owned a radio. Ralph was a partner in an art goods shop. The couple had been married for 26 years and did not have children (1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 82-49, 6th Ward, Davenport City, Davenport Township, Scott County, Iowa, sheet 18B, 21 April 1930).
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Jonathan Oliver Martin was the fourth son and eighth child of the nine children of Jonathan Martin and Lydia Read. He was born 11 April 1842 in Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey (Kern 1938). As an adult, he appears in documents as either J.O. Martin or John O. Martin. In 1850, Jonathan O. Martin (as given in the census) was an 8 year old boy living in his parents household in Hardwick township. Several of his older siblings had already moved out of the house. His brother Benjamin and sisters Elizabeth, Hannah and Sarah were all married and his brothers David and John were both serving apprenticeships. David was in Belvidere, New Jersey apprenticed as a cabinet maker and John Ogden was in Northfield on Staten Island, New York learning the trade of tailoring (1850 United States Census, Stillwater Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, page 86B; Belvidere, Warren County, New Jersey, page 487B; Town of Northfield, Richmond County, New York, page 165B). In 1850, the only Martin children still living at home were Jonathan Oliver, his older sister Lidia and his younger brother Philetus (1850 United States Census, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 495B). By 1860, Oliver Martin (as he was named in the census), had moved out of his parents home and was living with his brother John Ogden Martin and John's wife Louisa on their farm in Hardwick Township. He was 18 years old and was employed as a farm laborer (1860 United States Census, Hardwick Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 555). J.O. Martin traveled west between 1860 and 1870. He must have settled in Wyandot County, Ohio for awhile, which is where the widow of his brother David R. Martin lived with her children. It was also where Sarah Lundy lived. He married Sarah in 1870, but not in Ohio, they were married in Missouri.
Sarah Tomer Lundy was born 26 September 1846 in Wyandot County, Ohio. Her parents were Willets Lundy and Sarah Howell, who were married in Warren County, New Jersey on 17 February 1829. The Lundys were Quakers. Their first son Aaron Howell Lundy was born in Warren County on 5 March 1830. He was joinned two years later, on 16 December, by a sister named Savilla (Crosswell 2004). The 1830 census lists Willets Lundy as a resident of Independence Township in Warren County. The Lundy household included Willets, Sarah and one male under five years of age (their infant son Aaron). The census listed Willet's father, Levi Lundy, just prior to him in the township; and Levi Howell, his father-inlaw, just after him in the township (1830 United States Federal Census, Independence Township, Warren County, New Jersey, page 406). Willets and Sarah left Warren County and settled in Sycamore Township, Crawford (now Wyandot) County, Ohio by the 1840s. They had at least two more children in Sycamore Township: Rufus Willson Lundy (born February 1844) and Sarah Tomer Lundy in 1846. Sarah was named after her father's mother. Willet's parents, Levi and Sarah (Tomer) Lundy, also settled in Ohio. By 1850, a series of deaths had taken Sarah's grandfather Levi Lundy, her father Willets Lundy and her sister Savilla Lundy. There are stones for Willets and Savilla (or Civilla) in Quaker Cemetery in Tymochtee Township, Wyandot County (Wyandot County Genweb). In 1850, Sarah lived with her mother, her 80 year old grandmother Lundy, and her brothers Aaron and Rufus in Sycamore Township, Wyandot County (1850 United States Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, page 300B, 28 July 1850).
Sarah's brother Aaron married Frances Cougill, on 4 October 1853 (Crosswell 2004). They settled in Sycamore Township and had at least three children—Ferris (1855), Alice (1858) and Elma (1861)—before Frances died on 25 April 1863. She was buried in Old Sycamore Cemetery (Wyandot County Genweb). While Aaron, Frances, Sarah and Sarah Howell Lundy are not on the 1860 census, Sarah's brother Rufus Lundy is. He lived in the village of Sycamore in the household of J.W. Reynote, who was a blacksmith. Rufus was probably an apprentice. The Reymote household was in dwelling 1018, while David and Drusilla Martin were in dwelling 1013 (1860 United States Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, page 421, 21 July 1860). David Martin was Jonathan Oliver Martin's older brother. So it is clear, that the Martins and the Lundys knew each other in Sycamore, Ohio, if not in Warren County. David Martin died in 1861 while serving in the Union Army (Union Brick Cemetery). It is possible that Jonathan Oliver Martin came west to Ohio to help his sister-in-law Drusilla, and that he met Sarah Lundy while he was there.
If Jonathan Oliver Martin traveled to Ohio to help his brother's widow, he had left there by 1870. In 1870, J.O. Martin (as named in the census) lived in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri in a hotel run by John G. and Emma A. Green. His occcupation was given as capitalist. Jonathan Oliver owned no real estate, but he did possess a personal estate valued at $8,000. His father had died in 1869 and some of J.O. Martin's holdings may have been his share of Jonathan Martin's estate. The Lundy's also appear to have settled in Missouri. Sarah Tomer Lundy and her mother Sarah Howell Lundy also lived in the town of Maryville in 1870. Mother and daughter appear to have been renting a house. They held $300 in personal estate, but no real estate (1870 United States Federal Census, Polk Township, Nodaway County, Missouri, 7 and 8 September 1870, pages 641 and 644, Post Office Maryville). Sarah Tomer Lundy and J.O. Martin were married in Nodaway County, Missouri on 27 September 1870, less than three weeks after the census (Ellsberry 1965).
It is probable that Sarah's brothers Aaron and Rufus also settled, at least temporaily in Maryville. Once Sarah's marriage had been settled, they probably moved on. Aaron, and his second wife Sidney eventually settled in Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County, Kansas. They were in Kansas by about 1866. Aaron's daughter Alice, who married Theodore Fisher, had her first son in Kansas in about 1867. Aaron probably died in Glen Elder in 1879 (1880 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 179, Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County, Kansas, 4 June 1880, page 49B; Croswell 2004). Rufus Lundy married Mary Jane Emerson by 1866. They were in Missouri in 1867 when their daughter Eva was born, but had returned to Sycamore, Ohio by November 1869 when their daughter Mabel was born. Rufus was a blacksmith in Sycamore . By the mid-1870s, Rufus and his family lived in Kansas, his son Willets was born there in 1875. By 1910, Rufus, Mary Jane, Willets and Willets's wife and children lived in Myrtle Point City, Coos County, Oregon, where Rufus and Willets ran a hardware store (1870 United States Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio, 23 June 1870, page 832, Post Office Carey; 1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 60, Myrtle Point City, Coos County, Oregon, 15 April 1910, page 1B; Croswell 2004).
After Sarah and J.O. Martin were married, they settled in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri. Nodaway County was in the northwest corner of the state on the Missouri/Iowa border. They were there in 1871, when their first child, Mabel Martin, was born. In 1880, they lived on Fourth Street in Maryville with their three children—Mabel, Walter and Ralph Earl—and Sarah's widowed mother, Sarah Lundy, who was 70 years old. John O.'s occupation is given as money giver, whether this means he made loans and mortgages on his own account or worked for a bank or loan association is unclear (1880 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 260, 1st Ward, Maryville, Nordaway County, Missouri, page 85B, 1 June 1880).Table 1: Household of J.O. and Sarah (Lundy) Martin in 1880
1880 United States Federal Census
Enumeration District 260, 1st Ward, Maryville, Nordaway County, Missouri, page 85B
Name |
Age |
Relation to Head |
Place of Birth |
J.O. Martin |
37 |
Head |
New Jersey |
Sarah Martin |
34 |
Wife |
Ohio |
Mabel Martin |
8 |
Daughter |
Missouri |
Walter G. Martin |
6 |
Son |
Missouri |
Earl Martin |
6 months |
Son |
Missouri |
Sarah Lundy |
70 |
Mother-in-law |
New Jersey |
By 1891, the family had moved north into Iowa and had settled in the town of Muscatine in Muscatine County. Jonathan's sisters Sarah Martin Keen Raub and Lidia Martin Wintermute both resided in the county. The city directory for Muscatine for the years 1891 through 1893 lists J.O. Martin, Capitalist, as a resident of 403 West Second Street. His daughter Mabel and son Walter are also listed at that address. Sarah's mother, Sarah Howell Lundy was still living, but she appears to have moved to Kansas. In 1900, she was 90 years old and she lived with her grandson Ferris Lundy in Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 83, Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County, Kansas, 7 June 1900). Ferris was Aaron Howell Lundy's son. John O. Martin and family appear on the 1895 Iowa State Census (Table 2). Several members of John O's family also lived in Muscatine. These individuals included his nephew Arthur B. Raub, son of his aunt Sarah Martin Keen Raub and his sister Lidia Anna Martin Wintermute.
Table 2: Household of John O. and Sarah (Lundy) Martin in 1895
1895 Iowa State Census
Muscatine, Muscantine County, Iowa
Name |
Age |
Place of Birth |
John O. Martin |
52 |
New Jersey |
Sarah Martin |
48 |
Ohio |
Mable E. Martin |
23 |
Missouri |
Walter G. Raub |
21 |
Missouri |
Ralph E. Raub |
15 |
Missouri |
I have been unable to track John and Sarah Martin in the records after 1900. It is possible that they both died around the turn of the twentieth century.
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