Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Martin and Marietta Hope




Husband George Martin 1

           Born: 17 Dec 1839 - Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1908
         Buried: 


         Father: John Martin (      -1877) 1
         Mother: Margaret Dodds (      -1871) 3


       Marriage: 1866 4

   Other Spouse: Rosa A. Douthett (      -      ) 4



• Family Photo: George Martin & family.




Wife Marietta Hope 4

            AKA: Mary Hope 5
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1871 - Washington Co, IA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Hugh Hope (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 




Children

General Notes: Husband - George Martin


He attended the schools near his home through boyhood and assisted in cultivating the home farm. When the first call was made for soldiers for the Civil War, in 1861, he enlisted under Col. Robert McComb, but the quota was filled before this regiment was made up and their services at that time were not needed. He then went to Oil City, Pennsylvania, where he worked for a year and then went back to the farm, taking the management of it for his father and operating it until his first marriage, in 1866. At that time he moved to Washington County, Iowa, where he bought and operated a farm, remaining there until after the death of his wife, when he came back to Pennsylvania. After his second marriage he bought a farm of 150 acres in Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, situated seven miles southeast of New Castle. When he first acquired the place scarcely any improving had been done and little clearing. Years of activity followed and each year he made improvements. In 1876 he replaced the old barn with a more substantial structure, and in 1877 the old log house gave way to a modern, handsome residence. He carried on general farming and dealt largely in live stock and was a heavy shipper of cattle to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and of milch cows to the latter place.

He and his wife were strong workers for the cause of temperance, Mrs. Martin being an active member of the W. C. T. U.
He accepted no public office except that of school director. He was a leading member of the Covenanter or Reformed Presbyterian Church, and was a delegate in June, 1908, to the General Assembly of this religious body, which was held at Philadelphia.


General Notes: Wife - Marietta Hope


When she died, she left no children.

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Sources


1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 583, 814, 919.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 583.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 583, 814.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 584.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 814.


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