Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
August 11, 1904

MICHAEL MARTIN
Michael Martin died at his home in this city last Tuesday morning after a long and painful illness.
He was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in the year 1830. In March, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Jane Blair, of Ohio. They came to Iowa in 1863 and to Nashua in 1869, since which time he has been a resident of this place. He was the father of fifteen children, nine of whom are living. They are: Mrs. Mary Kelsey, Charles E., John, Michael, Patrick H., Mrs. Catherine Fisher, Mrs. Lou Fuller, Delia and William.
He was a man of grand and noble character. He merited that highest tribute that can be paid to mankind that of being an honest man. As such he was known in this community where he lived and far outside. Kind and generous, he was loved by all with whom he came in contact. His wife will mourn the loss of a loving
husband, and his children the loss of a kind, indulgent father. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the afflicted ones. The funeral services will take place at St. Michael's Catholic church at 10 o'clock this morning, Rev. Father Kunkel, his beloved pastor, officiating. The remains will be laid to rest in a beautiful new cemetery, in Brooklyn, lately purchased for the City of the Dead.