DAVID MARTINDALE, a gentleman of
more than ordinary
enterprise as a farmer, as well as
breeder of Hambletonian horses in Elk township,
Delaware county, is a native of Wayne county,
Ind., and was born in 1830. He was reared on the family farm until
twenty-one years of age, receiving the usual education during the intervals of labor and school attendance that is usually accorded
farm lads that are required to render their assistance
in the performance of farm duties,
and from both farm and school he absorbed everything that both could
impart in the way of instruction
in their respective provinces.
In the spring of 1851, the entire family sought fairer and more remunerative
fields for the advancement of their worldly gain in the West, and until March,
1853, our subject
remained with his parents in
Elk township, when
he returned to
To turn to
the genealogy of Mr. Mar-tindale, it may be stated
that his father, John Martindale, was born in
As will readily
be perceived by the spelling of the name, the Martindale family
are of English origin. The great-grandfather of our subject, anterior
to whom no positive genealogical knowledge is to be had, was probably a
native-born American or a very early comer to this country, as is proved by his
having gallantly served, as tradition in the family shows, in the war for the
independence of the colonies — commonly called the Revolutionary war. The
grandfather of our subject also proved his loyalty to
David
Martindale, the gentleman who just now will most engage the attention of the
reader, was married in northern Indiana, March 10, 1853, to Miss Elizabeth C.
Jones, born February 5, 1830, a daughter of Joseph P. and Nancy Jones, the
former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Virginia.
The union
of David Martindale and Elizabeth C. Jones has been crowned with the birth of
three children. Of these, the eldest, Joseph P., born February 26, 1854, is a
minister of the Christian church, to which all the Martindale family belong;
the second child, John J., was born February 18, 1856, and died September 4,
in 1868; the youngest, Charles W., was born November 15, and is now president of
a college at Des Moines.
David
Martindale is a gentleman of more than ordinary business enterprise, and withal
is quite a favorite in his community. His interest in educational matters is
unbounded, and while he interests himself in the instruction of all his neighbors'
children, he has given especial attention to the education of his own.
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