Husband John Martincourt 1
Born: Jun 1807 - Nancy, France 1
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Died: 25 Dec 1881 1
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Marriage: 1 May 1861 1
Other Spouse: Nancy Allen (Abt 1824-1859) 1 - 2 Apr 1846 1
Wife Elizabeth McMillen 1
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Died: Aft 1883
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1 M S. Burt Martincourt 1
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General Notes: Husband - John Martincourt
He was born in the city of Nancy, France, and there received his education. At the age of twenty-one, he emigrated to America, and some time afterward settled at Gallipolis, Ohio. He came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, about 1843 and engaged in the mercantile business at Prospect in partnership with William Allen. He afterward continued the business with Robert Allen. The partnership resulted disastrously to Mr. Martincourt, and he was left with only a large business experience. Having no capital, he went to Clarion County, where he acted as book-keeper and manager of certain iron furnaces. By this means he gained enough to purchase a farm west of Prospect, to which he removed, and there remained several years. He then went to Pittsburgh for a short time, then returning to Prospect he purchased the Allen property, renovated the house and opened it to the public as the Prospect Hotel. He was a most popular landlord, genial, affable and polite, and his house soon gained an enviable reputation. His character was above reproach, and his circle of friends large. A published obituary says of Mr. Martincourt: "During his sojourn in Prospect he was called upon to fill every position of trust and importance. In all these he did his work admirably, especially in the office of Justice of the Peace, which he filled for many years. Litigant parties ever found his decisions equitable, nor were they ever, on the same testimony, reversed by a higher court. His life was a busy one. His vigorous constitution enabled him to withstand the encroachments of disease for many years. But, finally, the increase of years and the complication of disorders prevailing, his body gave way, his mind continuing unimpaired to the end. As sinks the full orbed sun in the West, so departed his soul." He died of asthma, a disease from which he had suffered forty years.
Mr. Martincourt was a strong Republican.