William Lauffer Martin and Nancy J. "Nan" Blair

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Husband William Lauffer Martin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Aug 1858 - near Harrison City, Penn Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: Joseph B. Martin (1831-      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Lauffer (1838/1841-Aft 1915) 3 5 7

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       Marriage: 9 May 1889 2 3

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Wife Nancy J. "Nan" Blair ^{2 3 8}

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           Born: 29 Jul 1864 3
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         Father: John Blair (1828-      ) 3 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnes (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M John B. Martin ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1 Jun 1890 2 3
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2 M James L. Martin ³

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            AKA: James C. Martin 2
           Born: 3 Nov 1892 2
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3 F Elizabeth M. Martin ^{2 3}

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           Born: 27 Oct 1894 2 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Lauffer Martin

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He received a common school education, and in 1875 entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as assistant agent at Manor Station, where he also learned telegraphy. At the end of two years he was transferred to Irwin, Pennsylvania, as night telegraph operator for the same company, resigning in 1881 to accept a clerical position in the general superintendent's office of the Westmoreland Coal Company at Irwin. He continued with this company for some time, 1906, becoming head of the shipping department and sales agent on the western end of the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania railroad.
He was a member of Shidle Lodge, No. 601, F. and A. M.; Kedron Commandery, No. 18, K. T., Greensburg, and other Masonic bodies.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 653.

2 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 46.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 654.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 618.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 203.

6 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 45.

7 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 42.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 581.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 580.