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Robert Kennel MARTIN

Robert Kennel MARTIN

Male 1877 - 1951  (~ 73 years)

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  • Name Robert Kennel MARTIN 
    Born Sep 1877  Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in his obituary and death record as Sep 22 1875, age 75, But the 1900 Census shows it as Sep 1877, while age 24 in his Dec 1903 puts it in about 1879.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1880, 1900, 1910  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer, coal miner  [3, 4] 
    Residence Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Died 25 Apr 1951  Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Cause: cerebral thrombosis 
    Buried (UNMARKED)  Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    Person ID I57724  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2019 

    Father David B. MARTIN,   b. May 1848, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1929  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Mother Helen Manerva HOLLIDAY,   b. 18 Oct 1848, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1923, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F34995  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Zania Bell THOMPSON,   b. Oct 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Married 6 Dec 1903  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Dessie Lula MARTIN,   b. 5 Sep 1904, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1984  (Age 80 years)
    Family ID F23881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Leora THOMPSON,   b. 22 Jun 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1960  (Age 77 years)  [7] 
    Married 25 Mar 1920  Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
    +1. Anna Belle MARTIN,   b. 15 Mar 1923, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1995  (Age 72 years)
    +2. John Kenneth MARTIN,   b. 16 Sep 1924, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1999  (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F34546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    57724_RobertKMartin_ZaniaBThompson_MarriageRecord_6Dec1903.jpg    		57724_RobertKMartin_ZaniaBThompson_MarriageRecord_6Dec1903.jpg
    57724_RobertMartin_LeoraThompson_MarriageRecord_25Mar1920.jpg    		57724_RobertMartin_LeoraThompson_MarriageRecord_25Mar1920.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S2077] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1316682&Type=Death.

    4. [S14] Obituary.

    5. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    6. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 128.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.