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Homer Freeman MARTIN

Homer Freeman MARTIN

Male 1897 - 1976  (78 years)


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  • Name Homer Freeman MARTIN
    Birth 30 Nov 1897  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1896.
    Gender Male
    Residence 1919  Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1930  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation farmer  [4, 5, 6] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Death 14 Mar 1976  [1, 2] 
    Burial Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Person ID I60286  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025

    Father Colwell MARTIN,   b. 4 Jul 1862, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1940, Lima, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Mother Sophrona "Frona" YOUNG,   b. 24 Aug 1867, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1955, Lima, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F37503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Flora Elizabeth FREEMAN,   b. 24 Nov 1900, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1992 (Age 91 years)  [10]
    Marriage 25 Oct 1919  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1950 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated on April 3, 1950 on Nutters Fork Road:
      NOTE: All household members were listed only by their first and middle initials. Full names are provided here for ease of reading:
      Homer Freeman Martin, 52, farmer (worked 84 hours in past week); wife Flora Elizabeth Martin, 49; son Homer Freeman Martin Jr, 27, single, farm hand (worked 72 hours); great-aunt Mary Margaret Freeman, 81, widow; son-in-law Charles Brooks Lemasters, 20, farm helper (worked 28 hours); daughter Floretta June Lemasters, 19. All born in West Virginia.
      NOTE: Mary M. (Harris) Freeman was the widow of Flora (Freeman) Martin's uncle Eleazer Freeman. Thus, her relationship should have been listed as aunt, not great-aunt.
    Children 
    +1. Marie MARTIN,   b. 5 Sep 1920, Alvy, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 2009, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    >2. Homer F. "Speedy" MARTIN, Jr.,   b. 29 Sep 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 2000 (Age 78 years)
    >3. Bonnie E. MARTIN,   b. 26 Mar 1924, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 2009, Cortland, Trumbull Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +4. Floretta June MARTIN,   b. 28 Feb 1931   d. 12 Apr 1989 (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F24986  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

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

    4. [S2028] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    5. [S301] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    6. [S2640] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).

    7. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    8. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    9. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    10. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.