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, Obadiah Warren (1844-1917) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 507 OBADIAH WARREN MARTIN was born March 10, 1844, in Marion County, Va., now West Virginia. Immigrated to Upshur County, W. Va., in 1859, with his father, Josiah Martin, and his grandfather, George W. Martin, and settled on the Buckhannon River near what is now Alexander. His grandfather, George W. Martin, was a pioneer M. E. Minister, who lived during the Civil War, in that country, and married a larger number of people than any other man in that country. O. W. Martin's mother was Kizziah Vincent, daughter of Enoch Vincent and Elizabeth (Duvol) Vincent. George W. Martin married Prudence Lucy Carpenter. O. W. Martin enlisted in Company B, 10th West Virginia Infantry, at Beverly, Randolph County, August 20, 1862, and was discharged at Richmond, Va., June 30, 1865. He was in fifteen hard fought battles and in his own language, "He dreaded entering each succeeding battle more than he did the preceding one." He was married May 23, 1867, to Louisa Stansberry of Barbour County, W. Va., daughter of Jonah and Sarah Stansberry, and nine children were born to them: Lasora, wife of Dr. F. F. Farnsworth; Victoria, wife of J. D. Miller; Enoch E., who was shot by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of Roy Carpenter, August 12, 1904, and died August 18, 1904, leaving a widow, "nee" Cora M. Allman, and one son, Dexter Clayton, aged two years; Stalnaker, who died July 31, 1897, at the age of 22 years; Thomas S., who married Mary Raikes; Granville Ray, who married B. Maude Wilson; Clayton J. and Josiah, both single, and Sarah, dead. After his marriage he settled on the head waters of Laurel Fork, a branch of French Creek in the virgin forest, and improved a good farm and built good buildings and continued (o live there until 1902, when he moved to Beechtown, where he bought the farm of the late Jared M. Armstrong, which contains 200 acres, on which he now resides. He is much interested in good stock and good buildings. In 1877 he was converted and united with the M. E. Church, and helped to build the old log Bethlehem Church. He was prominent in supplanting the old log church by a good frame building, second to no country church in Upshur County, in 1899. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #3378 FULL-NAME: Obadiah W. Martin BIRTH-DATE: March 10, 1844 BIRTH-PLACE: Taylor Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 20, 1917 (at age 72y-11m-10d) DEATH-PLACE: Frenchton, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Josiah Martin (born in Marion Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: ____ Vincent (born in Taylor Co., W.Va. CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Arterio-Sclerosis INFORMANT: F. F. Farnsworth (of Frenchton, W.Va.) BURIAL: Beechton 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------