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Martha Leonard Martin

Birth
Stamping Ground, Scott County, Kentucky, USA
Death
25 Jan 1899 (aged 70)
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Owenton, Owen County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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WIFE OF JOHN B

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Courier-Journal
Louisville, Kentucky
January 26, 1899

MRS. J. B. MARTIN DEAD.

Stricken With An Acute Attack of Bright's Disease While Visiting At Covington.

Covington, Ky., Jan. 25. --- [Special.] --- Mrs. Martha Yates Martin, wife of Judge J. B. Martin, of Owenton, Ky., died to-day at noon at the residence of her son, William C. Martin, of Wallace Place, where she was visiting when two weeks ago she was stricken with an acute attack of Bright's disease. She was born on February 19, 1828, in Stamping Ground, Scott county, and spent considerable of her early life in Sprinfield, Ill., in the family of her cousin, Richard Yates, afterward War Governor of that State. She was a woman of great strength of mind and character and in her youth of remarkable beauty. Besides her husband she leaves surviving children, Mrs. Attilla Cox, of Louisville; William C. Martin, Mrs. James W. Bryan, of this city, and John B. Martin, Jr., of Owenton.

The remains will be taken to Owenton to-morrow and the funeral will be on Friday at that place.

- contributed by member #46564531
WIFE OF JOHN B

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Courier-Journal
Louisville, Kentucky
January 26, 1899

MRS. J. B. MARTIN DEAD.

Stricken With An Acute Attack of Bright's Disease While Visiting At Covington.

Covington, Ky., Jan. 25. --- [Special.] --- Mrs. Martha Yates Martin, wife of Judge J. B. Martin, of Owenton, Ky., died to-day at noon at the residence of her son, William C. Martin, of Wallace Place, where she was visiting when two weeks ago she was stricken with an acute attack of Bright's disease. She was born on February 19, 1828, in Stamping Ground, Scott county, and spent considerable of her early life in Sprinfield, Ill., in the family of her cousin, Richard Yates, afterward War Governor of that State. She was a woman of great strength of mind and character and in her youth of remarkable beauty. Besides her husband she leaves surviving children, Mrs. Attilla Cox, of Louisville; William C. Martin, Mrs. James W. Bryan, of this city, and John B. Martin, Jr., of Owenton.

The remains will be taken to Owenton to-morrow and the funeral will be on Friday at that place.

- contributed by member #46564531


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  • Created by: Quietude
  • Added: Sep 27, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77178448/martha-martin: accessed ), memorial page for Martha Leonard Martin (19 Feb 1828–25 Jan 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77178448, citing Owenton IOOF Cemetery, Owenton, Owen County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Quietude (contributor 47201639).