Husband: Archibald MARTIN
Birthdate: June 4, 1843
Birthplace: Greene County, TN
Death date: May 1, 1890
Place of death: Gibson County, IN
Father: William Martin
Mother: Eliza Davis

Marriage date: July 3, 1870
Marriage place: Posey County, IN

Wife: Emily PERRY
Birthdate: July 17, 1844
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: May 1, 1933
Place of death: Gibson County, IN
Father: Daniel Perry
Mother: Nancy Phillips

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Child No. 1: Jane Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1872
Birthplace: Grainger County, TN
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Child No. 2: Eliza Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1873
Birthplace: Grainger County, TN
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Child No. 3: Minerva Belle Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: October 15, 1876
Birthplace: Grainger County, TN
Death date: June 26, 1952
Place of death: Pike County, IN
Marriage date: February 12, 1896
Marriage place: Gibson County, IN
Spouse's name: William Lewis Eldridge

Child No. 4: Susan Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 28, 1881
Birthplace: Gibson County, IN
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Child No. 5: Mary Ethel Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 11, 1884
Birthplace: Gibson County, IN
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Child No. 6: Flora Martin
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 28, 1886
Birthplace: Gibson County, IN
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Child No. 7: John Martin
Sex: M
Birthdate: January 27, 1888
Birthplace: Gibson County, IN
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Documentation:
* National Archives Trust Fund, #42,610- Proof of Birth for Minerva, Susan, Mary, Flora and John.
* Gibson County Pensioners, pension number 42, 610.
* Book H-42, Page 40 - Death of Emily J. Perry Martin.
* Book C-6, Page 371 - Marriage of Archibald to Emily.
* White Church Cemetery, Gibson County, IN - Tombstones of Archie and Emily.
* Obituary for Minerva Belle Martin Eldridge Morton states parents were Emily J. and Archibald P. Martin.
* Book 9 page 92, Gibson County Clerk's Office, marriage of Minerva Belle Martin to William Lewis Eldridge.
* 1880 Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana census. (Lists 2 older sisters not mentioned in the Pension papers as well as parents of Archibald).
* Gibson County Health department - births of Susan, Mary, Flora and John.