Thomas C. Martin and Catherine Paul

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Husband Thomas C. Martin ¹

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           Born: 11 Dec 1848 1
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         Father: John M. Martin (1805-1873) 2
         Mother: Jane Brenneman (1815-1896) 1

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       Marriage: 23 Oct 1895 1

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Wife Catherine Paul ¹

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           Died: 1903 1
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         Father: Morgan Paul (      -      ) 3
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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas C. Martin

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He was educated in the common schools, and after finishing his studies taught for one term in Illinois. With the exception of this one year, spent partly in Iowa and partly in Illinois, his entire life, was passed on the homestead, of which he took charge on his return from the West. In 1883 he purchased the Blackburn farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres, and in 1887 the Brenneman farm of thirty-eight acres, about the same time inheriting twenty-five acres of the home farm. For many years he took an active part in the councils of the Democratic party. He was nominated for county com­missioner and was elected by the largest vote on the ticket. Later he received the nomination for county treasurer, but was defeated, the county having be­come strongly Republican. He was frequently a delegate to the state convention, and belonged to the school board, on which he has served over two decades. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 629.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 628.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 624.