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| James Andrew Martin m. Nov 23, 1887 Wilson NC b. Nov 10, 1863 Sandy Ridge NC d. Aug 10, 1921 Hickory NC |
Pauline Blount b. May 19, 1889 Hickory NC d. Nov 26, 1894 Hickory NC |
Sallie Egerton b. Aug 14, 1892 Hickory NC d. Dec 29, 1973 Greenville SC |
Frank (girl) b. Jul 8, 1895 Hickory NC d. Sep 12, 1928 |
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| Rose Gertrude b. May 15, 1898 Hickory NC d. Apr 8, 1972 Charlotte NC |
Mary Blount b. Dec 3, 1903 Hickory NC d. Apr 27, 1972 Greenville SC |
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Mamie's father was Mayor of Wilson, NC while she was still a young child. |
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Husband James helped build several businesses in Hickory, including Piedmont Wagon,
Hickory Chair, and Hickory Telephone. In 1902, he founded Martin Furniture, one
of the first furniture making plants in Hickory. |
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Daughters Pauline and Sallie are pictured in a
Photograph of a studio
portrait taken in 1893/4. The other grandchild of George W. Blount in the picture
is the son of his daughter Pauline, George Wiley Simms (1887-1947). |
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Photograph of a small professional studio portrait of daughters (l. to r.)
Frank, Sallie and Rose Martin. |
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Photograph of a professional studio portrait taken in Hickory NC in the
summer of 1901. From top to bottom: 1) Sallie Egerton Martin at 10 years old. 2) Frank Martin at age 6. 3) Rose Gertrude Martin at age 3. 4) Charles Blount McLean at 6 months old, visiting with Mrs. J. R. McLean (Gertie Blount, sister of Mamie and the aunt of the girls in the photograph). |
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| Photograph of daughter Sallie Martin
as a young girl. |
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James Andrew Martin and Mary Clark Blount (Mamie). |
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Photograph of Mamie
in front of their house in Hickory NC. This house was built on the same lot as
their smaller house at the corner of 3rd Av NE and 4th St. NW. |
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The Martins' residence in Hickory was on the eventual site of the
Elbert
Ivey Memorial Library. |
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Rose Gertrude Martin at the Blowing Rock in NC 1918. |
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1919 Photograph of James and Mamie Martin with grandson E. Rowell Holt Jr.,
while they were visiting the Holts in Montgomery AL. |
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In the 1930 Catawba Co. NC Census, "Mamie B. Martin" is listed as a 66 year old
widowed head of household with one other adult, "Mary B. Martin", daughter, aged 26. |
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Daughter Sallie married Edward Rowell Holt, Sr. (1889-1947). Their son,
Lt. Comdr. Edward R. Holt, Jr., was James' first grandson and was born in his home.
He was the Commanding Officer of the submarine U.S.S. Bullhead when it was
lost in the Java Sea in 1945, the last ship lost to enemy fire in World War II.
James' second grandson, George Martin Holloway
also served in the Pacific in WWII. |
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Sources: 1930 U.S. Census, Catawba Co. NC, ancestry.com, website. Freeze, Gary R., The Catawbans: Crafters of a North Carolina County, 1747-1900, Catawba Co. Hist. Assn., Newton NC, 1995, p. 364. Hickory Daily Record, "Biography, James A Martin", 1957. Holloway, Lisabeth M., comp., "Martin Ancestry," from ms of Mrs. Wm Lauten, Sr., Madison NC, for Walter Wootten. Holloway, Rose, comp., "Martin Connections," 1955. Sheridan, Martin, Overdue and Presumed Lost; The Story of the U.S.S. Bullhead, Marshall Jones Company, Francestown NH, 1947. Tombstones, Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, NC. |
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