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Hugh N. Martin
H.N. Martin was born July 21, 1837, five miles south of Greenville, Ky., and is the second of three children born to William C. and America (Niblack) Martin, natives of Virginia and Fayette Counties, respectively, and of English and Scotch-Irish descent. William C. was the son of William and Virginia (Campbell) Martin, natives of Virginia. William Martin immigrated to Muhlenberg County, Ky., about 1802; was a farmer. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Hugh and Florence (Campbell) Niblack, natives of Virginia; were early settlers of Kentucky; first in Fayette and later in Muhlenberg County. Hugh Niblack was a millwright and of Scotch-Irish origin.
H.N. Martin was reared on a farm, and lived with his parents until about twenty-seven years of age, when he engaged in the saw-mill business for about four years. In 1869 he engaged in the manufacture of plug tobacco in Greenville, Ky., in which he has been engaged ever since; he started with a capacity of about 10,000 pounds and now manufactures about 200,000 pounds per year.
He was married December 12, 1873, to Ophelia Griggsby, of Muhlenberg County, Ky., native of Missouri, and a daughter of John and Ellen (Martin) Griggsby, natives of Ohio and Muhlenberg Counties, of English and Scotch-Irish descent.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; they have four children: Walter, Aaron, Estella and Louella. Mr. Martin is a member of the K. or H.
Note: The biographies of H.N. & Thomas H. Martin appear as one entry in the original text.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 913-914.
Related: Biographical sketch of Thomas H. Martin.
Updated July 9, 2018