Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 722-723 [Graves]

     JAMES MARTIN, an old and prominent resident of Graves county,
Kentucky, and the owner of a fine farm near Farmington, is a
Kentuckian by birth and of a family which has long been resident of
the state.  He is one of the survivors of the boys in gray, but
after arms of civil strife were laid aside he took up the peaceful
pursuit of farming, and has been one of the successful
agriculturists of the western end of the state for many years.
     Mr. Martin's family is of English descent on both sides. 
Joseph Martin, his grandfather, was born in North Carolina, and John
and Elizabeth (Bridges) Martin, his parents, were both born in Trigg
county, Kentucky, the latter a daughter of William Bridges.  John
Martin was a life-long farmer of Trigg county, and was a public-spirited
citizen and a forceful character in his community.  He was
a Democrat, and was of the Methodist faith but not a member of any
church.  He died in 1901, when eighty-four years old, but his wife
died when her son James was about five years old.  There were five
children in their family: James, Margaret, Peachia, Mary and Felix
G.
     James Martin, the oldest child of his parents, was born in
Trigg county, Kentucky, August 27, 1844, and passed his boyhood days
in that county, with such educational advantages as the schools
afforded.  In 1864 he enlisted in Company C, Woodward's regiment,
and fought for the Confederate cause until the close of the war.  He
came to Graves county, and has been one of the substantial and
progressive farmers of this fine county ever since.  He owns one
hundred and sixty acres on the Boydsville road near the town of
Farmington, and its well improved acres make a beautiful homestead
and a profitable estate.
     Mr. Martin is a Democrat, and his family are attendants of the
Christian church.  He married, in 1869, Miss Maggie E. Casey, who
was born in Christian county, Kentucky, and died in 1879.  She was
the mother of two children, Flora and Thomas, both now deceased.  In
1881 Mr. Martin married Miss Lizzie Williams, of Graves county.  She
died in 1882, having been the mother of one child, Lizzie, deceased. 
In 1883 he married Miss Hudspeth, of Graves county, and the
following children were born of this union: John T., Emma L., James
T., Vascoe, Homer and Jessie K.

Martin Bridges Woodward Casey Williams Hudspeth
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NC Trigg-KY Christian-KY

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