Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 495-496:
Thompson Martin (deceased) was during his lifetime one of the popular farmers of Anderdon...
Mr. Martin was born in Colchester township Dec. 7, 1850, son of Robert and Jane (Palon) Martin, who came from Ireland. Robert Martin and his wife were among the prominent old families of Colchester South and were members of the Church of England. They died at their home there, he Feb. 8, 1886, his wife in April, 1893.
The following article appeared in the Amherstburg Echo at the time of his death:
"It is our painful duty to announce the death of Mr. Robert Martin, who departed this life in the township of Colchester South on the 8th inst., at the age of seventy-six years. Deceased was born in the County of Antrim, Ireland, in 1810, and was married in 1836 to Miss Jane Palon, who survives him and is left in good circumstances. Mr. Martin was the father of eleven children, two of whom died in Canada, John, when a child, and Edward, of Anderdon, in 1880..."
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of a large family of children: John, dying when a child. The others were as follows: (1) Thomas, the eldest, now a retired farmer of Harrow, now residing in Colchester, was married to Miss Caroline Woodbridge, of Gosfield, who died July 30, 1904, and by whom he has one daughter, Georgiana, now Mrs. Silas Brush, of Colchester. (2) Mary J., deceased, was the wife of Lennox Thompson, of Colchester, and had five children, all of whom are deceased. (3) James, who died in April, 1898, left a wife (formerly Julia McLean) and eight children, three of whom are married, Ida (Mrs. George Atkinson, of Gosfield), Robert (who married Miss Jessie Brown, of Colchester), and Mina (the wife of Mr. William Klie, of Colchester North). The others are George, Edward, Susan, Ross and Norman. (4) Ellen, Mrs. James Brush, has a family of four, three of whom are married, Amanda (Mrs. J. H. Pettypiece, of Amherstburg), Mary (Mrs. James Gibb, of Anderdon), and John (who married Miss Maggie Thompson, of Colchester). Martin is unmarried. (5) Francis (deceased), born in Colchester, married Maggie Pettypiece, of Anderdon, settled in Colchester and died leaving one daughter, Jane, now the wife of Nelson Fox, of Colchester. (6) Thompson. (7) Edward died in June, 1880, unmarried. (8) Sarah, who died in March , 1896, was the wife of Jacob Snyder, of Colchester, and left four children, Robert (who married Eliza McCormick, of Colchester), Ella, Lena and Earl. (9) William, who is on the old homestead, married Miss Susan Martin, of Malden, and has
three sons, Arthur, Frank and Kenneth. (10) Eliza, born in Colchester, is the wife of Alpheus Adams, who resides in Sandwich West, and has eight children Ada, Willie, Forrest, Lillie, Ora, Raymond, Carmen and Verda...
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