Arthur Martin, post-office Sandy Lake,
is a son of Thomas and Mary (Williams) Martin. His father was born in
Lawrence and his mother in Butler County, Penn. In 1864 they located on
a farm in what is now Mill Creek Township, where he died in 1882. His
widow is still living on the homestead. He was a member of the New
Lebanon Methodist Episcopal Church, and voted the Republican ticket.
They reared then children: Arthur, Isaac, George, Harrison, Cassay,
Esther, J. A. Phillip, Eliza and Malina.
Our subject was born in
Lawrence County, Penn., October 12, 1838. He came to this county with
his parents and attended the New Lebanon Academy for three years; he
engaged in teaching in the township, schools, and has since followed
farming, moving to his present farm in 1866 In 1865 he married Miss
Emeline, daughter of John Deemer, of Mill Creek Township. By this union
they have John, Samuel, Richard and Horace. Martin has acted as school
director and supervisor of the township and at the present time is
justice of the peace. He is a member of the Stoneboro Agricultural
Society and one of the trustees in the Methodist Episcopal Church o
Sandy Lake. He votes the Democratic ticket.
Arthur Martin died in 1916 and is buried in New Lebanon Cemetery in Mill Creek Township.
(Source: History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1088)
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