Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameRichard MARTIN 
Birth21 Apr 1796, Augusta, Ontario, Canada1410, date only,1330, place only
RemovalJun 1839, Illinois1411, p 23 Age: 43
Removal1838, Ogle County, Illinois1328, p 365 Age: 41
Death12 Apr 1866, Lafayette Township, Ogle, Illinois1407, date only,1412, p 4 Age: 69
Probate21 May 1866, Ogle County, Illinois1411, p 25,1412, p 5,1413, p 2 Age: 70
MemoProbate Record #830, Ogle County, Illinois
ResidenceOgle County, Illinois1330
FatherJames MARTIN (1766-1838)
MotherHannah BASS (1776-1806)
Individual Notes
• My source [for his birthdate] is a piece of paper without sources referenced that my Great Aunts left to my Grandfather.1414
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]1328, p 365
• Said to be a Methodist minister.1397
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.1411, p 25
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]1328, p 365
• Said to be a Methodist minister.1397
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.1411, p 25
Census
• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1341
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1342
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.1415,1416
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001417
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1342
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.1415,1416
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001417
Spouses
Individual Notes
• Daughter of Jonathan Woodcock & Lucy Bishop.1418
Census
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl.1339, p 9,1343, p 9
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.1415,1416
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1417
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.1415,1416
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1417
Marriage9 Feb 1815, Augusta, Ontario, Canada1330,1339, p 8,1353, p 79
Family Notes
• 14 children.1414
ChildrenJonathan (1817-)
Margaret (1821-~1851)
Hannah (~1823-)
Freeman (1823-1900)
Isaac (~1824-)
James (~1826-)
Electa Leota (1827-1858)
Lucy M. (1829-1914)
Anson G. (1833-1888)
William (Died young) (1833-<1837)
William Henry (1837-1907)
Eliza (1839-1893)
Ezra (1844-1889)
Oliver (Not in father’s will) (~1845-)