ROBERT B. MARTIN

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Generation No.4

ROBERT⁴ B. MARTIN (RHODA³, JABEZ², STEPHEN¹HAM), was born November 3, 1854 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri², and died July 7, 1932 in Greene County, Illinois^2,3. He married MARY ELIZABETH RICHARD/S November 14, 1873 in Greene County, Illinois⁴, daughter of JOHN/JEAN RICHARD/S and ANNE LEOPARD.

Robert & Mary Robert in front of his Eldred Store

Notes for ROBERT B. MARTIN:

He was a farmer for many years in Woodville, IL. Robert and his unmarried sons bought the store in Eldred sometime after Mary Elizabeth's death. They lived in rooms upstairs and ate near-by at a hotel. They worked hard. After Robert's death William and Leila bought it. The store sold coal, kerosene, tires, shoes, hosiery, sewing supplies and lots of fabrics. Also tobacco, large variety of canned goods, bulk sugar, flour and coffee in barrels. They had fresh country eggs, milk and butter that farmers traded for their needs. They ordered live chickens from a truck that came thru. Their legs were tied together until someone came for them. The store had catalogs of appliances, etc that could be mail ordered and shipped to Eldred on the train. William and Leila sold the building around 1960 and it was torn down. per Wilma Martin Granger, daughter of William and Leila 1999.

More About ROBERT B. MARTIN:

	Religion: Baptist
	Occupation: Farmer and owned a store in Eldred, Illinois
	Burial: Borlin Cemetery, Greene County, IL

More About MARY ELIZABETH RICHARD/S:

Burial: June 7, 1910, Borlin Cemetery, Greene County, IL

Marriage Notes for ROBERT MARTIN and MARY RICHARD/S:

"Robert B. Martin m. Miss Mary E. Richards Nov. 13, 1873, Greene Co., Ill.

by R. S. Cole, MG marriage certificate 7065. This information (original

certificate) may be found to page 32 in marriage book F of Greene Co., Ill."

Children of ROBERT MARTIN and MARY RICHARD/S are:

1. MARTHA C. MARTIN⁵, b. September 18, 1874, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. September 20, 1875, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois.

Notes for MARTHA C. MARTIN:

Small cemetery stone with name of Martha

Burial: Borlin Cemetery, Greene County, IL

2. MARY ELIZABETH MARTIN⁵, b. July 13, 1876, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. February 23, 1959, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL; m. MARCUS LUTHER DAVIDSON, June 19, 1898, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois.

3. STEPHEN LEE MARTIN⁵, b. March 28, 1879, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. March 19, 1969, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; m. FANNIE BROOKS, September 6, 1905, Kane, Greene County, Illinois.

4. ARTHUR AUGUST(US) MARTIN⁵, b. August 25, 1881, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. May 31, 1946, Jacksonville, Morgan County, IL; m. (1) SOPHIA E. BORLIN, July 23, 1910, Greene County, Illinois; m. (2) IVA "IVY" BELLE LITTLE, January 30, 1932, Jerseyville, Illinois.

5. ROBERT RICHARD MARTIN, b. April 25, 1884, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. December 14, 1969, Jerseyville, Illinois; m. FRANCES ANGLE, June 9, 1912.

6. SARAH ANNA MARTIN, b. July 27, 1886, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. September 27, 1980, Lakeland, FL; m. (1) GEORGE WILLIAM CLOUGH; m. (2) ROBERT CARTER, August 13, 1905.

7. THOMAS ALVIN MARTIN, b. June 15, 1889, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. January 24, 1964, Jerseyville, Jersey County, Illinois; m. (1) MINNIE VANDERSAND, February 28, 1915, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; m. (2) FLORENCE HOWELL, 1955.

8. ROSA MAHALA MARTIN, b. October 27, 1891, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. May 25, 1981, Menominie, WI; m. PAUL CAMERER, January 24, 1915.

9. BUD MELVIN MARTIN, b. February 8, 1894, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois; d. May 4, 1975, Carrollton, IL⁹; m. ELSIE BUSHNELL, July 1, 1915, Greene County, Illinois¹⁰

10. WILLIAM BRYAN MARTIN, b. October 9, 1896, Woodville, Greene County, Illinois;

d. October 4, 1980, Carrollton, Illinois; m. LEILA MAE BUSHNELL, October 9, 1926, Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois

Endnotes

1. 1870 census record of Calhoun County, IL.

2. Greene County Illinois Courthouse, Death Certificate.

3. 50th Wedding Anniversary article in the Carrollton Illinois Newspaper, Obituary.

4. License # 7065, Married by R.S. Cole MG.

5. Information on Martha from Phyllis Martin Suhre.

6. Information on Mary Elizabeth's family from Phyllis Martin Suhre.

7. Information on Stephen Lee Martin's family from Phyllis Martin Suhre.

8. Information from Phyliss Suhre,

9. Obituary from the Carrollton Newspaper.