Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameThomas R. MARTIN 
23, p G27
23, p G27Birthabt 1842, Scotland1624, place only,1618
Removal1852, California1630 Age: 10
Death3 Feb 1893, Livermore, Alameda, California1627 Age: 51
BurialMountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda, California1628
OccupationLocomotive engineer36, p 3; lines 96-102,1627
Individual Notes
• I was told that my GGF Charles Carroll Terrill came to California with Phineas Clark about 1852 along with Thomas Martin. Apparently they were on horseback with a wagon train although I don’t know for sure.1630
• Captain Thomas R. Martin’s family, of West Oakland, accompanied by Miss Alice Walter, of Vallejo, intend summering at Lakes Donner and Tahoe.1631
• He Died Suddenly at Livermore Yesterday.
Thomas R. Martin, one of the best known locomotive engineers in this city, died suddenly at Livermore last evening.
For many years he resided at 1408 Ninth street. He was for years in the employ of the Railroad Company, in whose service he lost a leg in a collision on the summit of the Sierra Nevadas twenty years ago.
Yesterday morning he was attacked with a fit at Livermore and before nightfall was dead. He served in the army during the last war and was a member of Lyon Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He leaves a widow and several children.1627
• Captain Thomas R. Martin’s family, of West Oakland, accompanied by Miss Alice Walter, of Vallejo, intend summering at Lakes Donner and Tahoe.1631
• He Died Suddenly at Livermore Yesterday.
Thomas R. Martin, one of the best known locomotive engineers in this city, died suddenly at Livermore last evening.
For many years he resided at 1408 Ninth street. He was for years in the employ of the Railroad Company, in whose service he lost a leg in a collision on the summit of the Sierra Nevadas twenty years ago.
Yesterday morning he was attacked with a fit at Livermore and before nightfall was dead. He served in the army during the last war and was a member of Lyon Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He leaves a widow and several children.1627
Military
• Com. Sgt., Co. E, 3rd Regt., Colorado Cavalry.1628
Census
• 1870 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 28, b England. Works in machine shop. $300 personal estate. Married within the last year (Feb).1621
• 1880 Census: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah. Age 38, b Scotland. Engineer. Father b England; mother b Scotland.1618
• 1880 Census: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah. Age 38, b Scotland. Engineer. Father b England; mother b Scotland.1618
Spouses
Birth3 Dec 1850, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois191, p 2
Death6 Feb 1936504, year only ,1616 Age: 85
BurialCypress Lawn Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California1616
Ancestral File #1Z8L-XME (gives surname of O’Brien)1629
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherPhineas F. CLARK (~1812-1855)
MotherMary O’BRIEN (1829-1901)
Individual Notes
• Crossed the plains to California in 1851.23, p G27
• Emily had a fine mind and was lovely to look at - taught school in Sacramento - was very musical - disappointed her mother when she married a R.R. Engineer. When Mr. Martin asked for her hand Mama said “I didn’t raise my girl to cook and work for any man.” Mr. Martin repeated that in my presence. Emily had a beautiful hand and Mama never asked her to soil it. Emily was a great church goer - very straight laced - but her love of money was her chief fault and her very sarcastic tongue. When visiting her she was the best hostess - always happy.36, p 3; lines 94-102
• When May left him [Mr. Amy] she went to Emily’s in Carson [City?] and Mama always blamed Emily’s envy for most of this trouble. She called him the “the frog-eater, etc.” Envious because May had more than she. Yet May shared with her most generously. Maude’s baby clothes were all convent-made. Emily’s babies were all so dear to May.36, p 5; lines 222-225
• Mrs. Emily Martin, sister of the deceased, told a very damaging tale against Fladung, accusing him of being continually drunk and disgracefully cruel to his wife. time and again, even while his wife was sick in bed, she had seen him strike her in the face and beat her.
Mrs. Martin, when asked about her sister’s life previous to her marriage with Fladung, said she fully supposed she was married to the man she was living with. May had shown her their marriage certificate, and she fully supposed it was genuine. She had heard that her sister had been mixed up in a shooting scrape while living with this man down in Arizona but knew nothing about the facts otherwise.1619
• Named in her mother’s will: ...from this income of said property shall be paid to my daughter Emily A. Martin on the First day of January, of every year, One Hundred ($100) Dollars, until she will have received One thousand Dollars ($1000).521, p 1
• Tom’s mother, Emma, was well known in the East Bay (Oakland area) in the 1930s.1620
• Emily had a fine mind and was lovely to look at - taught school in Sacramento - was very musical - disappointed her mother when she married a R.R. Engineer. When Mr. Martin asked for her hand Mama said “I didn’t raise my girl to cook and work for any man.” Mr. Martin repeated that in my presence. Emily had a beautiful hand and Mama never asked her to soil it. Emily was a great church goer - very straight laced - but her love of money was her chief fault and her very sarcastic tongue. When visiting her she was the best hostess - always happy.36, p 3; lines 94-102
• When May left him [Mr. Amy] she went to Emily’s in Carson [City?] and Mama always blamed Emily’s envy for most of this trouble. She called him the “the frog-eater, etc.” Envious because May had more than she. Yet May shared with her most generously. Maude’s baby clothes were all convent-made. Emily’s babies were all so dear to May.36, p 5; lines 222-225
• Mrs. Emily Martin, sister of the deceased, told a very damaging tale against Fladung, accusing him of being continually drunk and disgracefully cruel to his wife. time and again, even while his wife was sick in bed, she had seen him strike her in the face and beat her.
Mrs. Martin, when asked about her sister’s life previous to her marriage with Fladung, said she fully supposed she was married to the man she was living with. May had shown her their marriage certificate, and she fully supposed it was genuine. She had heard that her sister had been mixed up in a shooting scrape while living with this man down in Arizona but knew nothing about the facts otherwise.1619
• Named in her mother’s will: ...from this income of said property shall be paid to my daughter Emily A. Martin on the First day of January, of every year, One Hundred ($100) Dollars, until she will have received One thousand Dollars ($1000).521, p 1
• Tom’s mother, Emma, was well known in the East Bay (Oakland area) in the 1930s.1620
Census
• 1860 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 9, b IL.529
• 1870 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 20, b IL. Married within the last year (Feb).1621
• 1880 Census: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah. Age 29, b IL. Father b MI; mother b Ireland.1618
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 39, b IL. Widow. Lodger. Father b MI; mother b Ireland. Married 22 years. Mother of 3 living children. Enumerated as Lodger with Willis Lawrence family.1622
• 1910 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 59, b IL. Father b MI; mother b [unclear]. Living with Thomas C. Martin family; mother-in-law. Mother of 3 children; two living.1623,1624
• 1920 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 67, b IL. Widow. Father b MI; mother b VT. Listed as Emma A. Martin.1625
• 1930 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 78, b IL. Widow. Parents b US. Age 25 at 1st marriage.1626
• 1870 Census: Sacramento, Sacramento, California. Age 20, b IL. Married within the last year (Feb).1621
• 1880 Census: Terrace, Box Elder, Utah. Age 29, b IL. Father b MI; mother b Ireland.1618
• 1900 Census: San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Age 39, b IL. Widow. Lodger. Father b MI; mother b Ireland. Married 22 years. Mother of 3 living children. Enumerated as Lodger with Willis Lawrence family.1622
• 1910 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 59, b IL. Father b MI; mother b [unclear]. Living with Thomas C. Martin family; mother-in-law. Mother of 3 children; two living.1623,1624
• 1920 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 67, b IL. Widow. Father b MI; mother b VT. Listed as Emma A. Martin.1625
• 1930 Census: Oakland, Alameda, California. Age 78, b IL. Widow. Parents b US. Age 25 at 1st marriage.1626
Marriage23 Feb 1870, Sacramento, Sacramento, California23, p G27; marriage only,191, p 1; month & year only,1617
ChildrenMary Maude (1870-1904)
Thomas Clark (1873-1937)
Mabel Anne (1876-)