Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Joab Martin    
                Born: Feb-27-1837          in Virginia  1,2
                Died: Apr- 1-1919           1
              Buried:                      in EUB Church Cemetery, Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
             Resided: 1890                 in Highland, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      farmer  2
            Military: Aug-14-1862 - Jun-14-1865 Sgt, Co F, 14th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  5,4,1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Jane F. (Jennie) Cain   6,7  
                Born: ca 1837              in Pennsylvania  2
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
Notes 
           M Child 1: Fred Criss "Red" Martin      
         Census name: Frederick C. Martin 
                Born: Jan-11-1872          in Ellenboro, Ritchie Co, WV  8,9 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb- 4-1943          in Meadowbrook, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Shinnston Memorial (aka Masonic) Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  8
              Census: 1930                 in Eagle District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1919                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  9
              Census: 1880                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation: 1930                 chemical plant worker  10
          Occupation: 1920                 oil well worker  11
                Wife: Margaret Ellen "Maggie" McNemar  b. Apr-30-1874  d. ca 1961  
             Married: Oct- 1-1919          in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  12

Sources:
(1) Headstone. 
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(3) Findagrave.com. 
(4) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(5) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service , 
Ancestry.com. 
(6) Marriage record of son. 
(7) Death record of son. 
(8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(9) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. 
(11) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District) 
(12) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Although married in Ritchie County, the license was issued in Harrison 
County and the marriage recorded there.  Groom identified as Fred Criss Martin, single, 47, b. Ritchie Co, res. 
Pennsboro, son of Joab & Jane Martin.  Bride identified as Maggie Ellen McNemar, single, 41, b. Ritchie Co, res. 
Harrison Co, dau of Samuel & Bashie McNemar.  Married Oct 1 1919 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, by Rev. H. L. Koontz. MR p. 
321. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Jan 11 1870.  But he was not present for
the 1870 Census, and age 8 the 1880 Census would put his birth in about 1872. 
Age 47 at the time of his 1919 marriage and age 58 in the 1930 Census also put
his birth in about 1872.







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