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EDMUND
MARTIN. The death of Edmund Martin
is at his home on the North Pole pike in Union township,
June 30, 1912, removed from Brown county, Ohio, one of
its most eminent and honorable citizens. For years
he was associated with the agricultural and commercial
interests of this locality and was one of the most noted
and extensive dealers in fine horses in the Ohio valley.
The family from which he sprang was of the oldest in
Brown county, his grandfather, Elijah Martin,
having erected the home in Union township, which is a
substantial structure of brick. Elijah Martin
was a native of Maryland and in 1804 went to Kentucky,
settling at Maysville, where he remained for two years,
after which he located near Aberdeen, Brown county,
Ohio. In 1812 he recruited the First Ohio Rifle
company and was chosen as captain. After the war
he returned to his home and carried on the business of
general farming until his demise in August, 1855.
His wife, Rebecca Boggs, was a native of Virginia
and her death occurred in 1860. They were both
prominently identified with the Methodist church for
many years. Elijah Martin filled the office
of Justice of the Peace for a period of twenty
years.
The birth of Edmund Martin of this mention,
occurred in Huntington township May 17, 1837, and he was
a son of Edmund Martin, who was a horseman of
considerable note.
The subject of this review, Edmund Martin, was a
great lover of horses and was an authority of more than
local prominence and his superior judgment was
recognized generally by horsemen and others. In
1857 he received the indorsement of a number of State
officials, including the Governor, recommending him to
the British government as a competent judge and a man in
every way honorable and responsible. In that year
he shipped a carload of horses to England and later
shipped another, making the trip with them and making
very successful sales. For some fifty years Mr.
Martin shipped many carloads of horses to the Boston
and New York markets and probably handled more good
draft horses than any other dealer shipping to eastern
markets, at times shipping three and four carloads per
week.
Mr. Martin owned some five hundred acres of land
in Huntington and Union townships, which included the
home which was built by his grandfather, Elijah
Martin, and the home farm. This land is still
owned by members of the family.
In the year of 1862 Mr. Martin was united in
marriage to Catherine, daughter of Robert
Stephenson, and they had eight children, of whom
three and his wife are deceased. Their names
follow: Minnie, Fannie, Edmund, Bernie and
Maggie, Mary, Eva, and Katie are
deceased. Mrs. Martin died February 18,
1889, and was buried February 20th, the forty-ninth
anniversary of her birth.
Mr. Martin was a staunch Republican and,
although a busy man, always took an active interest in
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HIRAM
U. MOORE, of Batavia, is a descendant of the
fifth generation from Andrew Moore, who on Aug.
3, 1723, landed at New Castle, Del., the first of his
family to migrate to America. Andrew was
born in June, 1688, in County Antrim, Ireland, the son
of James and grandson of John Moore who
emigrated from near Glasgow, Scotland, to Ireland, in
1612.
The father of H. U. Moore, James Canby Moore,
was born Apr. 19, 1793, in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, and was the son of Dr. James and Ann
(Starr) Moore. Dr. James was the son of
Andrew, the original immigrant to America. and
Margaret (Miller) Moore.
On Jan. 3, 1820, James Canby Moore was
married at St. Clairsville, Ohio, to Lucinda,
daughter of John and Nancy (Nuswanger) Hines of
that place. He had removed with his parents to
Belmont County, Ohio, of which county he was surveyor
twenty-two years. In 1840 he moved to Clermont
county, Ohio, of which county he was surveyor nine
years. He owned one of the finest farms in
Clermont and for twenty years he was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He was an active
member of the Brotherhood of Free Masons. After a
life of service as an able officer, devoted husband, and
kind father, a man highly respected and honored by those
who knew him, he died Oct. 4, 1866.
Lucinda Hines was born Sept. 28, 1800, in
Wellsburg, Va., and died at the advanced age of
ninety-four years. She was a woman of rare traits
of character and for over thirty years was an active
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her
parents were farmers, residents of Belmont county, Ohio.
James C. and wife were the parents of twelve
children of which H. U. is the only one living.
The names of their children follow:
Jane Ann died at seventeen, from an accident.
John, a physician, who practice at Moscow, and
died from cholera in 1848, at the age of forty years.
James E., for years a merchant at Moscow, but
later a farmer in Franklin township, who died at the age
of eighty-four.
Dr. A. C., who practiced many years in Clermont
county, later going to Wyoming, Hamilton County, where
he died at the age of eighty-four years.
Lysander R., a farmer of Clermont county, died
at seventy-four years of age.
The next three children died from scarlet fever while
still quite young.
Benjamin H., who was a blacksmith in Hamilton
county, Ohio, died at the age of sixty from typhoid
fever.
Lucinda C., married Louis Nash, a farmer,
who resided near Amelia. She died at the age of
seventy-two years.
Hiram Ulysses, our subject, aged seventy-four
years, a resident of Batavia.
Dr. Eugene L., who practice at Amelia, Ohio, and
died at the age of sixty-five. His daughter, the
late Mrs. Nellie Burrelle, was a brilliant
literary woman, being on the staff of the "New York
World," later president of the Clipping Bureau of New
York, author of the famous Dewey Album. She died
in December, 1911.
Jane Ann Josephine, married Lafayette Nash,
and died at sixty-five years of age.
Mr. H. U. Moore was born Mar. 22, 1838, at St.
Clairsville, Ohio. When four years of age he, with
his parents, removed to Monroe township, Clermont
county, Ohio. When eighteen years of age he
started to learn the carriage maker's trade. After
three years he located at Cincinnati, and spent five
years as a journeyman. In 1866 he moved to Batavia
and went into partnership with W. B. C. Stirling
in carriage manufacturing and the undertaking business.
Later they added fifteen to twenty men. The
partnership existed for thirty-eight years.
Oct. 5, 1870, our subject was married to Eliza C.,
daughter of William H. and Nancy (Pompelly) Banister.
She was born Feb. 21, 1849. Her parents were
early pioneers of Clermont County, coming from Maine.
Her father was a fine musician and teacher of music.
Mrs. Moore died Aug. 7, 1911.
Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore:
Dr. H. Stirling Moore, a dentist with offices in
Batavia, Ohio, was married to Miss Stella Moorman,
of Washington Court House, Ohio, and has one son,
William S., aged eleven years.
Nancy L., wife of William E. Smith,
district manager agent of the Northern Pacific railroad,
who is located at Indianapolis. They have an
infant daughter, Lida Moore.
Carrie Dorsey, wife of Fayette C. Dorsey,
residing at Louisville, Ky., where Mr. Dorsey is
with the Southern National Bank. Of their three
children two sons are still living - Hiram Stirling,
aged six years, and Fayette C., aged two.
Mr. and Mrs. Moore were both members of the
Presbyterian church. Politically, he is a
Democrat. For the past twenty-five years he has
been a member of the Masonic order, and has filled the
various offices of that organization.
On the 2nd day of February, 1907, Mr. W. R. C.
Stirling died, since which time, and up to the date
of his death, on Feb. 11, 1913, Mr. H. U. Moore
carried on the undertaking business in Batavia, and his
establishment was known as one of the very best in
Southern Ohio. Mr. Moore has ministered in
times of trouble to practically every hoe in a radius of
several miles around Batavia, and was universally
beloved by the people. He has been succeeded in
his business by his son, H. Stirling Moore, an
experienced undertaker.
~ Page 400 - History of Clermont & Brown Counties, Ohio
by Byrom Williams |
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