U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin, Luther (d. 1919) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 506-507 LUTHER MARTIN, one of the oldest and largest retail coal dealers at Buckhannon. His parents came here before the Civil War and the subject of this sketch was a Major in the 133d Virginia Militia up to the breaking out of the war, when he became wagon master in the Northern Army. His parents were Jonas and Mariah (Paugh) Martin, and his grandfather was William Martin of Loudin County, Va., and his grandmother, the wife of Levi Paugh, the father of his mother, Peggy Conley, was fresh from the green field of Erin. He was the second child of a family of eight, his brothers and sisters being: William Marshall, Jonas W., dead, Margaret, dead. John D., Matilda Jane, Susan E., Orvill F., Tilletson, Vassilla. Mr. Martin was raised on a farm as a farmer and has always lived up to his early teaching. Owns 120 acres of good grass and coal land, one mile north of the town of Buckhannon, on which he keeps ever good horses and fine cattle. He married Mary L. Jackson, daughter of Peter Jackson, of Scotch- Irish descent, of Virginia. And his children are: Henry Clay, who lives in Colorado; Benjamin L., Guy, who married Lily Haskins; Daisy, Ernest J., and Opha. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #118 FULL-NAME: Luther Martin BIRTH-DATE: BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co. DEATH-DATE: December 21, 1919 (at 86 years of age) DEATH-PLACE: Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Jonas Martin (born in West Va.) MOTHER: Mariah Paugh (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Paralysis INFORMANT: Okey Martin BURIAL: Mt. Lebanon Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------