My great-great-grandparents,
James Frederick MARTIN
and Eliza Jane (LOWMILLER) MARTIN
had 8 children:
- Katherine "Kate" (Martin) Schoper (Born 14 December 1867
in Pennsylvania. She had two husbands, the first one being a Willard Schoper. She and Mr. Schoper adopted and
reared Kate's niece, Florena,
who was the biological daughter of Kate's sister, Emma Martin, and a Mr. Sherman.
Kate and Willard Schoper also had a son. We have two photographs of Kate's second husband,
but don't know his name yet.)
- Carry Martin (I'm confused about Carry. We have a
birthdate of 05 November 1869 in Pennsylvania for her, which would make her younger than Kate. But, my
grandmother told me that Carry was the daughter of Eliza Jane (Lowmiller) and her first husband, Mr. Plank.
Similarly, my great-grandmother, Nannie Martin Routh, described herself as the 7th daughter, so it is likely
that this 05 November 1869 birthdate was for another daughter that we have not yet identified, with Carry
actually being older than Kate. We do know that
Carry had poor health and became obese and bedfast, so that her caretakers had to use sheets to turn
her in bed.)
- Elizabeth "Lizzy" (Martin) Schaefer Eckard
(Born 01 March 1871 in Pennsylvania. Lizzy first married Peter Dorman Schaefer and they had children
including Leo D. Schaefer, Violet Schaefer, and Olive Schaefer. After Peter Dorman Schaefer's death,
Lizzy next married William H. Eckard.)
- Emma (Martin) Sweeny (Born 19 September 1873
in Pennsylvania. Emma and a Mr. Sherman were biological parents of
Florena (Schoper) Vaught who was
raised as the daughter of Emma's sister, Kate. Emma later married George Sweeny and was the mother
of their three children, including, Mable Sweeny. Mable Sweeny married a Mr. Hackin.)
- Sarah Jane "Sadie" (Martin) Shuey (Born
31 October 1875 in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Married to Oscar Clyde Shuey in Pennsylvania.
Mother of Sara Elizabeth (Shuey) Mabry, Grace Shuey, Oscar Clyde Shuey Jr., Margaret "Peggy"
(Shuey) Denman, Frederick James Shuey,
Edith Catherine (Shuey) Polson Moll, and John Shuey.
Sarah died 23 April 1956 in California.)
- Nannie (Martin) Routh (Born 22 January 1877
in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Married 11 March 1907 to
Simon Elias Routh in Blair County, Pennsylvania.
Mother of Velva Delilah "Jean" (Routh) Houghton,
Elda Elizabeth (Routh) Eddleman, and
Lawrence Routh.
Nannie died 19 August 1955 in Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana. Nannie is buried at Greene County Chapel Cemetery,
Greene County, Indiana, just across the county line from Stanford, Monroe County, Indiana.)
- John Henry Martin (Born 18 October 1883 in
Blair County, Pennsylvania. Married to Lewetta M. Gibbs and Sadie Striker. John was father of Grace Pauline
Martin, Violet Mary Martin, and
James LeRoy Martin.
John Henry MARTIN married his second wife, Sadie STRIKER,
on 18 October 1928 in Los Angeles County, California.)
- Jesse (Martin) Thalbo (Born 31 August 1886
in Blair County, Pennsylvania. Married to Tony Thalbo, and the mother of Mary Thalbo.)
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John and Rachel Martin were
my great-great-great-grandparents. John came from Ireland.
John was born in 1814 in Ireland.
Rachel was born in 1817 in Pennsylvania.
John and Rachel lived in Greenwood, Mifflin County,
Pennsylvania. John and Rachel had four known children:
