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MARTIN, JOSIAH, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 13, P.O. Roodhouse. Josiah Martin is a Kentuckian by birth, born in 1814; he was the third child of John and Delilah Martin; in his fourteenth year he accompanied his parents to Greene County where a settlement was made on what is now township 12, range 11, part of the property now owned by Josiah. John Martin first settled in Lawrence County, Illinois as early as 1818, where he lost his first wife; he was again married in 1828, the date of the location of the family in Greene County; on the farm young Martin lost no idle time; at twenty-two he was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Vandeveer of Kentucky. On land purchased from the government he erected a log cabin, still a fixture of his present residence, here the youthful couple began housekeeping in an humble way, the articles of furniture entering therein being few and simple, but were in time materially improved upon through the mechanical skill of the husband; after many years of self-denial Mr. Martin is now a prosperous farmer, at one time the owner of 320 acres, many acres of which have been generously deeded to his children; there were eleven children born of this marriage: Martha J., who married Daniel Jackson; Elizabeth, who married William Guthrie; Emily, who married James Cryder; John T., who married Arra Sullivan; Louisa, who married Joshua Guthrie; Frank W. who married Emily Cryder; George W., unmarried.