SIXTH GENERATION

239. John Wesley Martin ⁽²⁸⁰⁾ was born on 21 Dec 1866 in Decatur County, Tennessee. He appeared on the census on 13 Jun 1900 in Precinct #2, Lamar County, Texas.⁽²⁸¹⁾ He appeared on the census on 10 May 1910 in Ambia, Lamar County, Texas. He died on 3 Nov 1922 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.⁽²⁸²⁾

Name: John Wesley Martin
Born: 21 Dec 1866
Died: 3 Nov 1922
Buried: Evergreen
Location: 18-32-04

Notes: From Rodgers & Wade Furniture Co. Funeral Records in possession of Fry & Gibbs Funeral Home; Book #10; p.216; Service #119; charge to Estate; secured by same; funeral date 4 Nov 1922; residence 216 Dickson Ave.; place of death at same; services at same; time 3pm; Clergyman Knickerbocker and MtCastle; Physician R.B. Palmer; cause of death tuberculosis and 'hem'; date of death 3 Nov 1922 at 6am; married; aged 55 years; casket size 5/9; manufactured by Cincinnati; interment at Evergreen; coffin price $180.00; embalming $25.00; folding chairs and flower car $3.50; hearse $10.00; coach $7.50; open grave $6.00; pressing suit $0.25; total $232.25. *On the same stone with Gertrude Waits Martin.

He was married to Gertrude Waits on 13 Dec 1896 in Lamar County, Texas. Gertrude Waits was born on 17 Aug 1874 in Texas. She died on 26 Oct 1944 in Lamar County, Texas.⁽¹⁴²⁾ She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas. ⁽²⁸³⁾ John Wesley Martin and Gertrude Waits had the following children:

491 i. Cecil Martin was born on 20 Jun 1897 in Lamar County, Texas. She died on 11 Jun 1979 in Lamar County, Texas.⁽¹⁴²⁾ She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.

Name: Cecil Martin
Born: 20 Jun 1897
Died: 11 Jun 1979
Buried: Evergreen
Location: 18-32-02
Notes: On the same stone with Lillian Boyd Martin.




+492 ii. Thelma Martin.
493 iii. Lillian Boyd Martin was born on 9 Aug 1902 in Lamar County, Texas. She died on 22 Jun 1979. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Paris, Lamar County, Texas.