Muhlenberg County Kentucky

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James D. Martin & Mary Rice Spilman

James D. Martin
Born: 08 September 1785 near Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
Married: 15 September 1808 Muhlenberg
Died: 06 November 1864 in Sumner, Lawrence Co., Illinois
Father: Hugh Martin
Mother: Mary McDonald

Spouse: Mary Rice Spilman
Born: 08 May 1792 Garrard Co., Kentucky
Died: 26 April 1884 in Norton, Kansas, at the home of her daughter Mahulda (John) Newell
Father: Benjamin Franklin Spilman
Mother: Nancy J. Rice

Children of James D. Martin & Mary R. Spilman:

  1. Female Baby, born 1809
  2. James Cleland Martin, born about 1812 in Muhlenberg; married Jane Martin 17 February 1833 Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Woodford Co., Kentucky; died 1878 in either Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, or Louisiana
  3. Male Baby, born about 1814
  4. Jane Mary Hugh Martin, born about 1816 in Muhlenberg; married Alexander White 03 June 1835 in Jefferson Co., Illinois.
  5. Mahulda Ann Martin, born 16 April 1818 in Muhlenberg; married John A. Newell 14 May 1840 in Jefferson Co., Illinois; died 08 January 1906 in Norton, Kansas.
  6. Louisa R. Martin, born 25 May 1820
  7. Alney Thornton Martin, born 12 July 1823 in White Co., Illinois; married Martha M. Douglass 07 February 1849 in Lawrence Co., Illinois; died 13 February 1889 in Lawrence Co., Illinois.
  8. Benjamin Franklin Martin, born 1825 in White Co., Illinois; married Mary Newell 08 January 1852 in Lawrence ; died about 1870 in Lawrence Co., Illinois.
  9. Robert F. Martin, born 1825 in White Co., Illinois; married Nancy Jane Harmon 07 November 1843 in Jefferson Co., Illinois; died after 1860 in Lawrence Co., Illinois.
  10. Thomas Allen Martin, born 1827 in White Co., Illinois; married Eusebia Newell 10 September 1850 in Lawrence Co., Illinois; died March 1862 in Tennessee, fighting in the Civil War

Related: James D. Martin's Biography

Contributed by Harold Rarden

Updated August 2, 2017