Harrison County Iowa Genealogy

HISTORY OF HARRISON COUNTY, IOWA, 1891
BIOGRAPHIES
Page 954
JOHN W. MARTIN

John W. MARTIN, a grain dealer at Modale, Iowa, was born in West Virginia March 9, 1854, the son of B.F. and Christine (MINOR) MARTIN, and came to Harrison County with his parents when quite small, the family settling on a farm in Taylor Township. He remained at Modale until 1876, and then went buying grain for H.C. Champlain at Modale, and bought for other parties three years, rented a farm, which he tilled four years, at the end of which time he went to Washington Territory. At the end of nine months he returned to Modale and engaged in the grain business on his own account. August 3, 1876, he married Miss Rosina MCCRILLIS, the daughter of John MCCRILLIS. By this union the following children were born � Myrtle, Elbert, Bessie, Clyde and Esta. Mr. and Mrs. MARTIN are both members of the Christian Church. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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