MARTIN, PETER

MARTIN, MURRAY, HARTWELL, RAHLUFF, HALL

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Date: 1/5/2005 at 12:39:46

Biography reproduced from page 427 of the History of Kossuth and Humboldt Counties, Iowa published in 1884:

Peter Martin and his wife, Sarah (Murray) Martin, natives of Scotland, came to America in 1855, and lived in Ohio and Pennsylvania, where he followed mining. He afterwards moved to Grundy Co., Ill., where he remained until 1866, when he came to Kossuth Co., Iowa, and took a homestead on section 8, township 96, range 29, of eighty acres and went to farming. He was married March 24, 1854, and died Feb. 8, 1874. His wife still carries on the farm. They had five children, four of whom are living—William, who married Francelia Hartwell; Jessie, wife of James Rahluff; Maggie, wife of Alford Hall, of Mason City, and Jemima. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Presbyterian Church.