MARTIN, ABRAHAM
, was born about 1787, in Kentucky, of parents from North Carolina. He was married in Kentucky, about 1807, to Melinda Lewis. They had three children in Kentucky, and moved to the vicinity of Bedford, Lawrence county, Ind., where nine children were born, and the family moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1830, in what is now Cooper township, where one child was born. Of their children--LEWIS, born in Kentucky, married in Indiana, moved with his father to Sangamon county, and after two years returned to Indiana, where his wife died; and he was married there to Mrs. Martha Stotts. In 1848, he came back to Sangamon county. He has five living children, nearly all married, and lives near Sharpsburg, Christian county. He had one son who served in the Union army through the rebellion.
MARGARET, born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Henry Judy. They had five children, two of whom died young, and Mr. Judy died. The widow and two of her children live in Atchinson county, Kansas. She had two sons in the Union army, one of whom was killed while bearing a flag in battle; the other was since killed by an accident on a railroad.
JOHN, born in Kentucky, married Rachel Harvey. He died, and his widow and five children live in Christian county, Illinois.
SUSAN, born in Indiana, married?? Missouri to David Driscoll. He died?? Sept., 1845, leaving two children. Including son, LEWIS S. DRISCOLL, was a member of Co. D, 33d Ill. Inf., and died, at Ironton, Mo. His remains were buried in Cooper township. The widow has been twice married since; the last time to Hugh Turner. See his name.
SAMUEL, born in Indiana, raised and married in Sangamon county to Mary Bragg. They moved to Buchanan county, Mo., and from there went to the mouth of the Platt river, Neb., and in company with another man, laid out the town of Plattsmouth, where he died, in 1853, leaving a widow and three children by the first, and one by the second wife. He had two sons in the Union army.
JEFFERSON, born in Indiana, moved to Sangamon county, married in Mills county, Iowa, to Fidelia Clark, and died there, without children, June, 1864.
RACHEL, born in Indiana, raised in Sangamon county, married in Buchanan county, Mo., to James W. Berry. He died, leaving four children, and she married George L. Atwood, had one child, and died in Sangamon county. Two of her sons were in the Union army during the rebellion. One has since died, and the other is in the regular army.
MOSES, born in Indiana, raised in Sangamon county, married Mary J. Crull. They have eight children, and live in Bates county, Mo.
MESSENGER, born Feb. 22, 1833, in Sangamon county, married, Dec. 23, 1853, to Eliza Craig, who was born May 12, 1837, in Scotland. They have four living children, MARY M., SARAH J., AMANDA and SUSAN BELL, and reside on the farm where his parents settled in 1830, in Cooper township, near Breckenridge.
Abraham Martin moved, in 1839, to Buchanan county, Mo., and returned in 1845. Mrs. Melinda Martin died, Feb. 19, 1860, and Abraham Martin died. Oct. 24, 1864, both in Cooper township, Sangamon county, Illinois.