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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

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           GEORGE MARTIN, JR., farmer on section 25, Verona Township, resi-
        dent at Verona Mills, was born June 27, 1831, in Yorkshire, Eng.,
        which was also the native country of his parents, GEORGE and MARY
        (SHEPHERD) MARTIN.  They emigrated to the Dominion of Canada in the
        spring of 1832, the father buying a farm lying northeast of the
        present location of the city of Toronto.  He now resides with his
        son in Verona Mills, and is 85 years old. The mother died Dec. 24,
        1883, in Verona Township, aged 81 years and one month.
           MR. MARTIN passed the years of his minority on his father's
        farm, and was taught the details of the business which has been the
        occupation of his life.  He was married in Ontario, Aug. 24, 1853,
        to REBECCA PANGMAN, daughter of STERLING and JANE (MILLS) PANGMAN,
        both of whom are deceased.  MRS. MARTIN was born Sept. 27, 1834, in
        Canada. Of this union 11 children have been born, as follows: JANE,
        May 31, 1851; HARRIET, April 9, 1853; GEORGE, Nov. 4, 1854;
        WILLIAM, Oct. 2, 1856; JOHN, Nov. 3, 1858; SARIE, Jan. 2, 1861;
        HENRY, Feb. 22, 1862; REBECCA, Aug. 28, 1867; LIZZIE, Sept. 24,
        1869; THOMAS, Sept. 8, 1871; FREDDIE, May 30, 1875.
           In the spring of 1858 MR. MARTIN removed his family and inte-
        rests to Huron County, and on the seventh of May he took possession
        of a claim of 80 acres of land under the provisions of the Gradua-
        tion Act.  The tract was located on the south half of the southwest
        quarter of section 25. This was and is the homestead, and is now
        included in a fine farm of 320 acres, 220 of which are under the
        best of improvements. The place is now managed by his son WILLIAM.
        GEORGE is a farmer on section 3, Bingham Township. JOHN resides on
        the same section. JANE is the wife of JOHN BURK, of Sigel Township.
        HARRIET married MICHAEL BRETHOR. These children have received 80
        acres of land each from their father. SARAH is the wife of ARCHIE
        McKICHAN, a farmer of Dakota, where HENRY MARTIN is also a farmer.
        REBECCA married RUDOLPH REDMOND, a farmer in Sigel Township.  In
        June, 1882, MR. MARTIN removed to Verona Mills and bought 27 acres
        of land, 25 acres of which are within the village limits. He has
        the place in fine order, and has erected a nice house. He belongs
        to the fraternity of Masons.
           MR. MARTIN is the second settler in Verona Township, and his son
        JOHN is the first white person born there. The township was unor-
        ganized, and MR. MARTIN has been the incumbent of most of the local
        offices. In the early days, each individual held several positions
        at the same time, the situation being exactly the reverse of the
        State at large, as stated by a prominent official — that there are
        not offices enough to go around. There were not enough settlers to
        distribute among the offices.

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