From "Genealogical
History of the Families of McConnells, Martins, Barbers, Wilsons, Bairds,
McCalls and Morris", by Newton W. McConnell, 1913
Pages 102 to 124:
{Also see related website Descendants of John
Martin}
The Descendants of Josiah Martin.
Josiah Martin was born
in 1756 and died in 1835. He married in 1783 Mary McClarey who was born
September 15, 1765, and died in 1852. Of this union there were born the
following children: Abigal, William, Hannah, Robert McClarey, Clarissa,
Marilla, Mary McDowell, and Matilda, Martin.
Abigal Martin, born March 28, 1784, died in 1855; married
in 1843, William Dinwiddie Baird, who was born March 4, 1780, and died April
17, 1843.
I. Of
this union there were born Lemuel Martin, September 4, 1804, and died in 1851;
married Violet Henderson, who died in 1853. Of this union there were born, 1.
Violet, 2. Amanda, 3. Charles, and 4. William Dinwiddie, Baird, Jr.
1.
Violet Baird
married John Price, and of this union there were born two children, Kate and
John, Price, Jr.
2.
Amanda Baird married
Minus Leatherman. Of this union there were born (a) Mary Leatherman, who
married Venerable Pitts, of which union there was born Minus Leatherman Pitts,
Jr. There were also born of the union between Amanda Baird and Minus
Leatherman, (b) Kate, (c) Linda, (d) Charles, (e) Leland, and (f) Emmett
Ramsey, Leatherman. Charles Leatherman married Miss Spain.
3.
Charles Baird
never married.
4. William
Dinwiddie Baird Jr., married in 1906, Lena Maria Donakey.
II. James Pinckney Baird, the second son of
Abigal and William Dinwiddie, was born August 9, 1808, died in 1900, married in
1833, Eliza White Kirk, born in 1817, died in 1846. Married again in 1849,
Sarah J. Ward, who was born in 1825, and died in 1898. Of these two unions
there were born the following children: 1. Jane Abigal, 1834; 2. William, 1837;
3. Robert, 1863, died 1890; 4. Mary Texana, born 1851, died 1888; 5. Ada
Martin; born 1858, died in 1884; and 6. Hugh Pinckney, Baird, born 1843, died
1903, married Victoria Ward, first, and Mattie Allen, second.
1. Jane
Abigal Baird married James Ward.
2. William
Baird married Bennette Patillo, who was born in 1845 and died in 1910.
5. Ada
Martin Baird married George McGaughey.
6. Of
the union of Hugh Pinckney Baird and his first and second wives, there were
born the following children, (a) Sallie Fannie, (b) Ellen Louisa, (c) Jack
Ward, (d) Jennie May, (e) William Dinwiddie, and (f) Belle, Baird.
(b) Ellen
Louisa married Herrad Malone, and of this union there were born Frank and
Victoria, Malone.
(c) Jack
Ward married Miss Burnet, and of this union there was born Victoria Baird.
(d) Jennie
May Baird married William Dubois, and of this union there were born Hubert,
Emmett, and Mabel Dubois.
(e) William
Dinwiddie Baird, married Sadie Ward, and of this union there was born Mary Dean
Baird.
(f) Belle
Baird married James Rice, and of this union there was born Mattie Sue, and
Irene, Rice.
III. Josiah
Martin Baird, the third child of Abigal Martin and William Dinwiddie Baird, was
born 1811, died 1887, married 1835. Elizabeth Henderson, who was born in 1816,
and died in 1845. Married a second time in 1851, Sarah J. McKnight, who died in
1906. Of these two unions there were born the following children: 1. Violet L.,
2. William Dinwiddie, 3. Mary Abigal, 4. Lemuel Martin, 5. Elizabeth Alvira, 6.
Edwin Montesque, 7. Josiah Martin, 8. Isabella Eliza, 9. James Sylvanus, and
10. Charles McEwin, Baird.
1. Violet
L. Baird, born in 1936, died in 1905, married in 1854, Thomas Blair, who was
born in 1833, and died in 1869. Of this union there were born the following
children:
(a) Ella W. Blair, in 1855, who married in 1878,
W. B. Henley, who was born in 1853.
(b) William Blair, the second child of Violet L.,
and Thomas Blair, was born 1860, married Mattie Blair, and later Reba
Robertson.
(c) James Blair, the third child of Violet L.,
and Thomas, was born 1862, married Rosa Hill.
(d) Joseph Blair, fourth child of Violet L., and
Thomas, born in 1866, married Jeffey Griffin.
(e) Martin Blair, fifth child of Violet L., and
Thomas, was born in 1858, and married Allie Patton.
(f)
Thomas Blair,
the sixth child, born 1869, married Amanda Blair.
(g) Robert L. Blair, was born in 1864, and died
in 1867.
2.
William
Dinwiddie Blair, born 1838, died 1872.
3.
Mary Abigal
Baird, born in 1841, died in 1883, married William Martin, who died in 1903.
4. Lemuel
Martin Baird, born in 1843, married Mattie Henderson. Of this union there were
born the following children: (a) Elizabeth, (b) Sarah, (c) Mary, who married
James Blair, (d) Mattie, (e) Estora, who married Charles Moore, (f) Willie (a
girl), (g) James, (h) Joe, (i) Nettie and (j) Lou, Baird.
5. Elizabeth
Alvira Baird, born in 1851, married Rufus Jarman. Of this union there were born
the following children: (a) William, (b) Edwin, who married in 1906, Daisy
Byrn, (c) Hall, (d) Martin, (e) John, who married in 1905, Julia Ransom, (f)
Fred, and (g) Nellie, Jarman.
6.
Edwin Montesque
Baird was born in 1853, died in 1878.
7.
Josiah Martin
Baird, Jr., born in 1856.
8.
Isabella Eliza
Baird, born in 1858.
9.
James Sylvanus.
Baird, born in 1861, married Cordelia McSwine, and of this union there was born
Griffith Edwin Baird in 1895.
10. Charles
McEwin Baird was born in 1867.
IV. Mary
Rohena Baird, born in 1816, died in 1851, the fourth child of Abigal Martin,
and William Dinwiddie Baird, married John Alexander. Of this union there were
born the following children: 1. Elizabeth, 2. Cora, 3. Tinnie, and 4. Abigal
Alexander.
1. Elizabeth Alexander married
. McGaughey.
Of this union there were born (a) Laura McGaughey, who marred
. Thompson,
and (b) George, and (c) Andrew
McGaughey.
2. Cora Alexander married
. McGaughey. Of this union there were
born, (a) Eva, (b) Mary, and (c)
Barnett, McGaughey.
3. Tinnie Alexander married first
. Lane. Of this union there were born (a)
Edgar, (b) William, and (c) Andrew, Lane.
Tinnie married the second time,
. Haines. Of this union there were
born, (a) Laura and (b) Frank, Haines.
4. Abigal Alexander married McGaughey. Of this union there were born,
(a) Lena, (b) Samuel, (c) Miller, and (d) Ruth, McGaughey.
V. William
Baird, the fifth child of Abigal Martin and William Dinwiddie Baird, died when
a child.
William Martin, second child of Josiah Martin and Mary
McClarey, was born on December 8, 1787,
married in 1814, Isabel Martin. After the death of Isabel Martin in
1853, he married Caroline
. who survived him, living until 1877. He was a
soldier in the war of 1812.
Of the first union
there was born, I. Zenas Alexander Martin, who married Eugenia McKnight and of
this marriage there was born one son, 1. William Martin, who married Abigal
Baird, who was, born in 1841, and died in 1883. William died in 1903. Of this
union there was born a son and a daughter, (a) William, and (b) Elizabeth,
Martin. (a) William Martin married Margaret Edmonson, and of this union there
were born three children: Edwin, Marion and Robert Martin. They lived in
Nashville in 1898.
Hannah Martin, third child of Josiah and Mary McClarey
Martin, was born in 1790 and died in 1827. She married Aaron J. Wilson, who
died in 1831. Of this union there were born six children:
1. Sallie
H. Roberts, born in 1847, married in 1872, Thomas B. Fisher, who was born in
1844. Of this union there were born the following children: (a) Wilson Fisher,
who married, lives near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, and has children. (b) John R.
Fisher, (c) Mary Fisher, (d) Fannie B. Fisher.
2. A.
McGee Roberts, who married Zerepta Myrtle Rutledge.
3. Sydney,
who married Maggie Hunter. Their descendants appear in the Hunter list.
4. Ida
Roberts married Clary McCurdy. Their children are (a) Leo, (b) Alpha Bell, (c)
Roy, (d) Richards McCurdy.
5. Bright
Roberts.
6. Ann
Roberts married Roy Saddler. Their children are (a) Pearl, (b) Bright, and (c)
Minnie, Saddler. The last of whom married Paul McCaul and was the mother of
Inez, Irene, James and Mary Roberts., McCaul. Ann Roberts married later a man
named McAnally, and they had two children, (a) Novella, and (b) Willie
McAnally.
7. Maggie
Roberts married Harris Allison. Of this union there were born the following
children: (a) Willie, (b) Sallie Bright, (c) Claude, Allison.
8. William
Roberts married Ella Hunter and they had a daughter Willie Roberts.
6. Sallie Giles Wilson married Mr. McCord. Of
this union there were no children.
Robert McClarey
Martin, fourth child of
Josiah and Mary McClarey Martin, was born on November 10, 1793, and died in
1840. He married in 1816, Polly Aston Baker who was born in 1795, and died in
1839. Of this union there were born four children: 1. Amzi Wilson; II. Eliza
Angeline; III. Margaret Isabella; and IV, Jemima, Martin.
I.
Amzi Wilson
Martin married in 1841 Eliza McKnight and died in 1855; of this union there
were born four children, 1. Mary Angeline; 2. Lemuel; 3. Robert L. and 4. Harlin,
Martin. Robert L. Martin married, and of that union there were born two
children, a son, (a) Knight Martin, and a daughter.
II.
Eliza Angeline
Martin married in 1841, David McKnight and died in 1855. Of this union these
children were born: 1. Virginia. McKnight, who married ........ Craddock; 2. David McKnight; 3.
Robert McKnight; 4. Andrew McKnight; 5. William McKnight.
III.
Margaret
Isabella Martin married William McKnight in 1850, and died in 1855. They had a
daughter, Eliza Jane, who married James Spain. They lived east of Murfreesboro
in 1898, and had a family of boys.
IV.
Jemima. Martin
married Andrew McKnight in 1843. He died in 1883. They were the parents of
seven children.
1.
Robert Morton
McKnight married and had at least one child, Sallie Jennings McKnight.
2.
Almansa Fidelia
McKnight born 1849, died 1871.
3.
Eliza Melissa ‑McKnight
married and had one daughter, Vanderlyn.
4.
Addie Miller
McKnight, born 1858, died 1885.
5.
Viola Brunett
McKnight, born 1850, died 1851.
6.
Mary Jane
McKnight, born 1844, died 1874.
7.
Andrew
McKnight.
The Descendants of
Clarissa Martin and Edwin Hunter.
Clarissa Martin, the fifth child of Josiah Martin and Mary
McClarey, his wife, was born August 15, 1796. She married Edwin Hunter. Of this
union there were born the following children: Milton Bell, Martin, Robert
Henry, Mary Diantha, all of whom died young and unmarried; Leander, Matilda
Paulina, Josiah Riley, and Adison, Hunter.
I.
Leander Hunter
married Phoebe Gillespie, both of whom died in 1908 without issue.
II. Matilda
Paulina married John D. Logan. Of this union there were born, 1. Clarissa; 2;
Silvester Marian, who died in infancy; 4. William Pinkney, who died at the age
of eleven years; 4. Mary Diantha; 5. Martha Josephine; 6. George Donald; 7.
John Milton, who died when only two years of age; 8. Clementine, who died in
infancy; 9. Thomas Riley; 10. Cora Ida, Logan.
1.
Clarissa Logan
married Robert Mount (their present address is Evansville, Arkansas). Of this
marriage there were born the following children, (a) Mary Ella; (b) William
Pinkney; (c) John Knox, who is dead; (d) Robert Swanson, who is dead; (e) James
Modrell; (f) Anna Paulina; (g) Ora Grace; (h) Clara May; (i) Sadie Bell; (j)
Shelly Logan and (k) Ida Josephine, Mount, who died in infancy.
(a)
Mary Ella Mount
married Richard Reed whose address is Stillwell, Oklahoma. They had one child,
Clara Russell Reed.
(b)
William Pinkney
Mount married twice, his first wife was Tabitha Shannon. There were no children
of this marriage. His second wife was Jennie Hasp. Of this union there were
three children, Nane Alma, Robert Freland, and Bertie Myrtis, Mount, whose
address is Peggs, Oklahoma.
(c)
John Knox Mount
married Frances Tatum. Of this union there was born one child, Hazel Roxie.
Their address is Basalt, Colorado.
(d)
Robert Swanson
Mount married Pearl Denton. Of this union there were born five children, ‑
Lana Ella, Robert Benjamin, Lilly Lucile, Logan McKnight, and Ida Lee, Mount.
Address Stillwell, Oklahoma.
(e)
James Modrell
Mount married Effie Reed. Of this union there were six children, Nellie Irene,
Frederick Todd, Anda, Ruth, C lara Lavina, James Knox, and Reta I. Mount.
(f)
Anna Paulina
Mount married James West. Of this union there were born six children, ‑
William Bruce, Robert Alvy, Carl Edwin, James Forrest, Joe Earl, Madge, now
dead, West. Address, Headrick, Oklahoma.
(g)
Ora Grace Mount
was married twice. Her first husband, John Thomas Greer and her second husband,
W. T. Crawford. By the first marriage there were two children, Lota Mural Greer
and Johnnie Clara Greer. By the second marriage there were three children,
Thelma May, Carmine Ezell and Lucile, Crawford. Address, Hope, Idaho.
(h)
Clara May Mount
married Al. Lewis. Of this marriage there was born one child, Oleta Lewis.
Address, Evansville, Arkansas.
(i)
Sadie Bell
Mount married Hiram Allen. Of this marriage there were born two children,
Maggie Ruth and Fount Earl, Allen. Address, Wauhika, Okla.
(j)
Shelly Logan
Mount married Mary Bacon. Of this union there was one child, Swanson Allan
Mount Address, Evansville, Arkansas.
4. Mary
Diantha Logan married John Ealy. Their present address is Stillwell, Oklahoma.
Of this marriage there were born two children, (a) Virtna, who married Don
McAllister, whose. present address is Wichita, Kansas. Of this marriage there
were born three children, Porter Lee, Dudley Ward, and Laretta May, McAllister.
(b) Garey Ealy, whose address is Stillwell, Okla.
5. Martha Josephine Logan married P. H.
Bartlett, whose address is Lewisburg, Tennessee. Of this marriage there were
born five children, (a) Edna, (b) Effie, (c) Irby, (d) Zella, who died in
infancy, and (e) George, Bartlett. (a)
Edna married Walter Garrett, Lewisburg, Tennessee, and have one child,
Josephine. The other children are not married. All reside in Lewisburg.
6. George
Donald Logan, who married Fannie Nerreu and had one child, (a) Irene Logan, who
married L. R. Hogan, whose address is McMinnville, Tennessee. They had two
children, William Ransom, and Frances Louise, Hogan. George Donald Logan and R.
L. Hogan were both Presbyterian preachers, the former is dead.
7. Thomas
Riley Logan, who is a physician and surgeon in Lewisburg, Tennessee, married
Flora Montgomery.
8. Cora
Ida Logan married Lee Calahan. Their address is Lewisburg, Tennessee. Of this
union there were born four children: (a) Myrtis, and (b) Murphree, who are
twins and the latter died in infancy; (c) Clifford Calahan, (d) Lucile
Calahan,, who died at three years of age.
III. Josiah
Riley Hunter married Miss Williamson. Of this union one child was born. The
whole family are dead.
IV. Adison
Hunter married twice. His first wife: was Mary Jane Martin, the daughter of
John B. Martin. They had one child. His second wife was Margaret Neil. Of this union
there were born six children, (1) Mary, commonly known as Molly, died
unmarried; (2) Bee, (3) Maggie, (4) Sarah (commonly known as Sallie), Dovie,
and (6) William Charles Hunter.
(2) Bee
married Thomas Harris. Their address is Silver Creek, Tennessee. Of this union
there were born four children, (a) Hunter;
(b) Earl; (c) Charles, and (d) Dovie Florine, Harris.
(3) Maggie
Hunter married Sydney Roberts. Of this union there were born five children, (a)
Mary Roberts, who married Edgar Minot, who had one child, Howard Minor; (b)
Annie Roberts, who married Herman Hunter, no children living; (c) Era Roberts;
(d) Margaret Roberts, and (e) William Roberts, who died when young.
(4) Sarah
Hunter married Gilbert Hunter, whose address is Virona, Tennessee. Of this
union there were born three children, (a) William and (b) Gill, who are twins,
and (c) Neola, Hunter.
(5) Dovie
Hunter married John Hunter. Of this union there were born three children, (a)
James Webb; (b) Elizabeth, and (c) Grady Marshall' Hunter. The address of this
family is Columbia, Tennessee.
(6) William
Charles Hunter married Annie Warner. 'They had one child, Elene. Their address
is Farmington, Tennessee.
Marilla Martin, sixth child of Josiah and Mary McClarey
Martin. She was born on September 29, 1799, in Lincoln County, N. C., and moved
to Tennessee with her parents in the year 1805. She married William Davis
Baker, in Tennessee in 1823. He was also born in North Carolina and came to
Tennessee when a boy. After their marriage they moved to Macon County,
Illinois, in 1828, settling on the farm where their son, Nathan Martin Baker
now resides. Of this union there were born the following children: 1. Matilda
Lavena, II, James Templeton, III. Mary Elizabeth, Robert Sidney, who died when
one year old, IV. William Pinckney, and V. Nathan Martin Baker.
I.
Matilda Lavena
was born in 1824, married Andrew Dennis in 1854, who, was born in 1820, and
died in 1893. Of this union there were born the following children: 1. Marilla
Magdalen, 2. Mary Catherine, 3. Ira Rae, who died in infancy, and 4. Charles
Henry, Dennis.
1.
Marilla
Magdalen Dennis, born 1855, married in 1876, Rev. Abner P. Cobb. Of this union
were born ten children. (a) Ethel Mary. Cobb, born 1877, married in 1905, James
L. Adams. who was born in 1877. (b) Zoe Matilda Cobb, born 1879, married in
1901, Allen L. Sommer, who was born in 1872. Their child, Mildred Dorothy
Sommer, was born in 1906. (c) Ambrose Merle Cobb, born 1881, married in 1904,
Bertha Heminger, who was born in 1883. They have two children, Eleanor Frances,
born 1909, and Ruth Lucile, born in 1911. (d) Lois Margarita Cobb born 1883,
married in 1909, A. C. Diller. (e) Cyril Malcolm Cobb, born 1885, married Ada.
Flynn, born 1890. (f) Harold Llewellyn Cobb, born 1889. (g) Eloise Claribel,
and Evelyn Estella Cobb, twins, born 1892, died in 1893. (h) Elise Elinor Cobb,
born 1894, died 1897. (i) Lillian Irene Cobb, born 1896.
2.
Mary Catharine,
was born in 1857, and died in 1878.
4. Charles
Henry Baker was born in 1860, married in 1884, Rachel Wilson, who was born in
1863, and died in 1891. Charles Henry married in 1893, the sister of: his
former wife, Jeanelle Wilson, who was born in 1860. Of these two unions, there
were born four children. (a) Ruth, in 1885, (b) William Andrew, born 1888, (c)
Herbert W. born 1890, died 1909; (d) Mildred, born 1895. This family live in
Chicago. The other descendants of Matilda Lavena Baker reside in Decatur,
Illinois.
II.
James Templeton
Baker was born in 1826, and died in 1891; in 1853 he married Phoebe Gepford,
who was born in 1836. Of this union there were born, 1. Ewing Allison; 2. James
Sidney, 3. Anna Marilla, 4. Laura Matilda, and 5. Frederick Wilson, Baker.
1.
Ewing Allison
Baker was born in 1860, married in 1884, Matilda Davidson, who was born in
1868. They have two sons, Roy and Herbert, and reside in Kansas City, Missouri.
2.
James Sidney
Baker was born in 1868, and married in 1903, Henrietta Veech. They reside in
Fort Scott, Kansas.
3.
Anna Marilla Baker
was born in 1871 and married Robert Fowler. They have six children, (a.) Mable
Victoria, born 1897; (b) Leila Myrtle, born 1899; (c) Archie Marlin, born 1901;
(d) Montee Carlton, born 1904. (e) Ena Madelyn,born 1906, and (f) ..........
Fowler.
4.
Laura Matilda
Baker was born in 1874, and married H. L. Munn, in 1895. They have one son,
Gerald Laurayne Munn, born 1895. H. L. Munn died in 1909.
5.
Frederick
William Baker married Kate Wilson. They
have three children, (a) Walter, (b) James Templeton, and (c) Mildred Phebe,
Baker. They live near Parsons, Kansas.
III.
Mary Elizabeth
Baker was born in 1831, married in 1860, J. R. Smith, who was born in 1830, and
died in 1864; afterwards Mary Elizabeth, in 1885, married William C. Smith, who
was born in 1819, and died in 1899. They lived in Decatur, Illinois, and have
no, family.
IV.
William
Pinckney Baker was born in 1835, married in 1857, Mary E. Wilson, who was born
in 1841, and died in 1862; William Pinckeny married the second time in 1864, Mary
Jane McLean, who was born in 1836. Of the first union there were born
1.
William Calvin
Baker, and 2, Ora Diella Baker, William Calvin Baker was born in 1858, and died
in 1880; in 1879 he married Mary Gillespie; of this union there was born (a)
William Elmer Baker, in 1880, who married in 1903, Atta Jeanette Young, and has
a daughter, Mary Jeanette, born 1905, and a son William Young Baker, born 1909.
They reside in Girard, Kansas.
2.
Ora Diella
Baker was born in 1860, married in 1890, George Donnell, who was born in 1853.
They have four children, and reside in Snohomish, Wash. The children are as
follows ‑ (a) Georgia Mary, born 1892; (b) Hollis Calvin, born 1894, (c)
Marjorie, born 1896, and Howard, DonneIl born in 1898.
Of the second
union there were born, 3. Joseph McLean Baker, and 4. Mary Jane Baker.
3.
Joseph McLean
Baker was born in 1866, married in 1906, Lela‑ Hammack, who was born in
1885. They reside in Hillsboro, Illinois.
4.
Mary Jane Baker
was born in 1876.
V.
Nathan Martin
Baker was born in 1837, married in 1864, Sarah Elizabeth Price, who was born in
1841, and died in 1912. The Rev. N. M. Baker, enlisted as a private in Company
C, of the 116th Regiment of Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in August 1862; was
promoted to a chaplaincy of the regiment before leaving camp of instruction
with the rank of captain. He was in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou; at the
capture of Arkansas Post; also the siege of Vicksburg; was at Jackson when
Johnston was pushed beyond the Pearl river; floated down the Tennessee River with
his brigade in the night from the North Chickamauga, and landed at the mouth of
the South Chicamauga, and was present at the battle of Missionary Ridge, and in
line of battle with his company. Sickness of a serious nature caused him to
resign in the spring of 1864. He has
never fully recovered his health. Of
the union between Nathan Martin Baker and. Sarah Elizabeth Price, Baker, there
were born, 1. Charles Clarence, 2. Florence Floatie, 3. Mary Ellen, 4. Emma.
Lavena, and 5. Clara Martin, Baker.
1.
Charles
Clarence was born in 1865, and died in 1870.
2.
Florence
Floatie Baker was born in 1870, and. married in 1900, W. T. Burrill, who was
born in 1868. Of this union there were born Charles Martin, in 1901; Lida
Marilla in 1903, and Lois Elizabeth Burrill in 1906, who died in 1907. This
family reside in St. Paul, Minnesota.
3.
Mary Ellen
Baker was born in 1874, near Decatur, Illinois. on the farm her grandparents
secured from the government in 1828, and where her father was born in 1837. She
was ready. for college several years ‑before she could enter, as. her
family had the care of her grandmother, which devolved largely upon her. It was
from this grandmother, who was the daughter of Josiah Martin, that she learned
a great deal about her family history. This grandmother lived to be ninety‑four
years old. Miss Baker graduated from.
Lincoln College at Lincoln, Illinois, in 1900; in 1901 she went to Missouri
Valley College at Marshall, Missouri, as a substitute teacher in the Latin
Department. After her principal returned, she had charge of the library, five
hours each day and taught one Latin class. In the spring of 19o8, she finished
the course in Library Science at Albany, New York, and was given the position
of head cataloger in the Bryn Mawr College Library. She is now head cataloger
of the Library of the State University at Columbia, Missouri.
4.
Emma Lavena
Baker was born in 1876, and resides in Decatur, Illinois.
5.
Clara Martin
Baker was born in 1883, and resides in Decatur.
Mary McDowell
Martin, seventh child of
Josiah and Mary Martin, was born on November 16, 1806, and died in 1889; in
1825 she married David Davis, who was born in 1798, and died in 1875. Of this
union there were born the following children, Isabella Clementine, William
Martin, Sylvester Claybourne, Zenas Milton, Mary Penelopie, Elizabeth Emma,
John Leander, Traughber Lowrence and Marilla Arrianna, Davis.
I.
Isabella
Clementine Davis, born 1826, died 1881; married in 1845, Michael Caffee
Rozzell, born 1818, died 1887. Their children were, 1. David Lansden, 2.
Elizabeth Jane, 3. Sarah Isabella, 4. Martha Ann, 5. Marilla Evelina.
1.
David Lansden
Rozzell, born 1849, married in 1873, Margaret Ann Oakes, born 1953. Their
children are, (a) Balaam Edwin, 1874; (b) Charles Wesley, 1877; (c) Mahala
Isabella, 1879; (d) Martha Lou, 188:2; (e) Myrtle Ann, 1885; (f) David Viron,
1888; (g) Henry Woodfill Grady, 1890; (h) Everett Adlai, 1803' Rozzell.
2.
Elizabeth Jane
Rozzell, born 1851, married in 1879, Charles Conward, who was born in 1829, and
died in 1911. Their children are (a) Curtis Earle, born in 1882; (b) Marquis
Donald, born in 1884, and (c) Walter Harold, born in 1890. Marquis Donald Conward is married and lives
in Decatur, Ill.
3.
Sarah Isabella Rozzell,
born 1856, married in 1874, Winfield S. Sapp, who was born in 1849, and died in
1900. Their children are (a) Leonard,
born in 1890, (b) Mary Frances, born in 1892, and Samuel Jones Sapp born in
1895.
4.
Martha Ann
Rockwell, born 1857, married in 1883, James Withgo tt who was born in 1938, and
died in 1898. Their children are (a) Carrie Mae, born in 1885, and James
Harrison, Withgott, born in 1891.
5.
Marilla Evelina
Rozzell, born in 1865, married in 1907, J. Shaw and later Harrison Ford.
II.
William Martin
Davis born in 1831, died in 1885, married in 1854, Sarah Jane Nicholson, who
was born in 1838, and died in 1886.
Their children are, Ada Ellis, born 1857, died 1870; James Milton, born
1862, died 1883, and his twin, David Willis, born 1862, died 1883; Effie
Alberta, born 1869, died 1897. Two grew up and married as follows:
1.
Viva Florence,
born 186o, married in 1883, George Alexander Thoman, who was born in 1841, and
died in 1911. They had two children, Aura Pearl, born 1884, and John Elmer,
Thoman, born 1887. Their address is Decatur, Ill.
2.
Alva Clayton
Davis, born 1877, married in 1898, Maude Carmean, born 1878, and they have
three children, Ralph Carmean, born 1899; Edith May, born 1904, and Wiliam
Henry, Davis, born 1912. Their address is La. Place, Ill.
III.
Sylvester
Claybourne Davis, born 1834, died 1910, married in 1857, Mary Ann Caroline
Baker who was born in 1839. Their children are, Arthur Clarence, born 1858; died 1860; Joseph William, born
1873, died 1874; Amzi Martin, born 1862, and Mary Alice, in 1866, are
unmarried. Four married as follows:
1.
Clara Ann
Tabitha Davis, born 1860, died 1905, married in 1882, Egna L. Morris, who was
born in 1859. 'Their children are (a) Charles Oliver Morris, born in 188,3, married
in 1906, Grace Lucile Starkey, born 1888, and they have two children, Charles
Oliver, born 1907, and Mary Elizabeth Morris, born 1909. (b) Elbert Davis
Morris, born 1885, married in 1910, Eden Lulu Willard. (c) Robert Martin
Morris, born 1887, married in 1910, Stella Amanda Wood. (d) Arthur Macager
Morris, born 1890, married in 1908, Zilpa Swinny, and has one child, Vera Mae
Morris, born 1910. (e) Emery Baker Morris, born 1891, died 1893.
2.
Luetta May
Davis born 1865, married. 1897, David C. Myers, born 1853. They have two
children, Irene May Myers, born 1898, and Kenneth David Myers, born 1901. Their
address is Decatur, Ill.
3.
Charles
Sylvester Davis, born 1868, married in 1895, Lucy Ann Sanders, born 18 3. Their
children are Nita Geneva, born 1896; Merrill Maxwell, born 1898, died 1899;
Oral Clifton, born 1900, and Donald Sanders, .Davis, born 1902.
4.
Edwin David
Davis, born 1876, married 1903, Elsie Leona Barnett, born 1877. Their children,
Leona Elsie, born 1905; Amzi Baker, born 1906, and Newton David, Davis, born
1908.
IV.
Zenas Milton
Davis, born 1835, died 1907, married in 1865, Emma Eichingner, born 1843. Their children are Benet Martin, born 1865,
died 1869; Cassda Milton, born 1867; Nellie Mary, born 1872, married in 1897,
Arthur Marion Wasson who was born in 1874; and Frederick William, Davis, who
was born in 1880, married in 1902, Anna Sophia Rexrood, who was born in 1878.
They have a child, Lewis Milton, Davis, born 1903.
V.
Mary Penelope
Davis, born 1838, married 1855, Hiram Wheeler, who was born in 1835. Four
children died in youth: Edna Frances, born 1856, died 1858; Emma Ezelda, born
1857, died 1861; James Ivan, born 1859, died 1862, and Clarence Earnest, born
1875, died 1895. Four married as follows:
1.
Myrtle Ellis Wheeler,
born 1863, married in 1883, Benjamin Franklin Jennings, who was born in 1861.
They had four children, (a) Wilmer Gross Jennings, born 1883, married 1907,
Blanch E. Wright; (b) R. B. Jennings, born 1885, married in 1908, Emma G.
Coulter; (c) Charles Franklin Jennings, born 1887, died 1888; and (d) Roy Ellis
Jennings, born 1888.
2.
Mary Luella
Wheeler, born 1864, married in 1884, Clayton. Rude Markley, born 1859. Their
children are (a) Claude Clayton Markley, born 1885, married in 1910. (b) Sydney
Clayton, born I887, died 1887. (c) Bula Lylyan, born 1889; (d) Ray Ellis, born
1892; (e) John Lester, born 1897, and (f) Glenn Wheeler, Markley, born 1899.
3.
Viron Elmore
Wheeler, born 1866, married in 1890, Catherine Kirkman, born 1870. Their child,
Troy Otha Wheeler, born 1892.
4.
Lilian Jeanette
Wheeler, born 1868, married in 1891, Orlando Heckel, born 1864. Their children,
Reaves Gilmore, born 1891, and B. Fay Orlando Heckel, born 1896. Their address
is Hillsboro, N. Dak.
VI.
Elizabeth Emma
Davis, born 1841, died 1861, married in 1858, John I. Rucker, who was born in
1838. They had one child, i. Elizabeth Emma Rucker, born 1860, married in 1878,
John L. Corman, who was born in 1858, and died in 1900. They had five
children. (a) Mary Ethel Corman, born
1879, married 1904, Ernest S. Fletcher, and has one child, John Corman
Fletcher, born 1905. (b) Zoe Emma Corman, born 1881, married in 1901, George
Archie Logan, born in 1879, and has one child, James Archie Logan, born 1908.
(c) Carl Rucker Corman, born 1883, died 1909, married in 1907, Nellie Avis
Hunt, who was born in 1890. They had one child Carleen Emma, born 1908. (d)
Oliver Davis Corman, born 1886. (e) Martin Nathan Corman, born 1888.
VII.
John Leander
Davis was born in 1842, and died in 1865.
VIII.
Traughber
Lowrance Davis was born in 1845; married in 1872, Mendosia Houseman, who was
born in 1857. They have no children.
IX.
Marilla
Arrianna. Davis, born 1847, married 1869, Thomas Jefferson Odor, born 1849.
Their children are:
1.
Algie Davis
Odor, born 1870, married 1904, Iva Menifee, born 188o. Their children are,
Vera, born 1905, and Thomas Glenn, Odor, born 1906.
2.
Francis
Lowrance Odor, born 1873, married 1896, Florence Luella Sanders, born 1877.
Their children are, Ronald Francis, born 1902; Harold Lewis, 1905, and Marjorie
Luella, Odor, born 1906.
3.
Edgar George
Odor, born 1877, married in 1902, Mabel Eberly. Their children are, Dorothy,
born 1904, and Hugh Eberly, Odor, born 1906.
4.
Viva Sarah
Elizabeth Odor, born 1881, married 7905, Holly J. Sutton, born 1877. They have
children, .the eldest being Iris Lucile, born in 1907.
Matilda Martin,
eighth child of Josiah and Mary Martin, was born February 15, 1809, and died in
1900; married in 1825, James McCartney Killough, who was born in 1801, and died
in 1863. Of this union there were born the following children: I. Mary Jane,
II. Josiah Martin; III. Samuel Allen; IV. Elizabeth Ellis; V. James Pinckney;
VI. Robert Blackburn; VII. Susanna Eliza; VIII. Madora Anne; and IX. William
Davis, Killough.
I.
Mary Jane
Killough was born in 1827, and died in I844.
II.
Josiah Martin
Killough was born in 1830.
III.
Samuel Allen
Killough was born in 1835, and died in 1891. He married Mary Buford, and had one
son, Buford, who married Lida Berry and they have a child, (a) Lida.
IV.
Elizabeth Ellis
Killough, born 1832, married in 1861, Sherwood W. Smith, who was born in 1829,
and died in 1912. Their children are as follows:
5.
Annie Matilda
Smith, born 1872.
6.
Suedora Smith,
born 1874, died 1900.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith lives in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
V.
James Pinckney
Kilough was born in 1843, and. died in 1844.
VI.
Robert
Blackburn Kiilough was born in 1849, and married Mary McKullen. They had two
children, 1. Minnie, and 2. Robert, Killough. Robert married in 1911. Address,
Waco, Texas.
VII.
Susanna Eliza
Killough was born in 1840.
VIII.
Madora Anne
Killough was born in 1845.
IX.
William Davis
Killough was born in 1838, died in 1911, and married in 1872, Alice Cunningham,
who died in 1911. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. They
had two children, Martin, who was born, in 1872, and married in 1911; and
William Davis, Killough, born in 1886. Address Murfreesboro, Tennessee.