MARTIN GENERATIONS BY DR. DARIEL DEE MARTIN
The children of Joseph S. Martin
VI Joseph S. Martin, the fourth child of Joseph H. Martin and Lucinda Hogan-Martin is the next ancestor we will study. Joseph S. Martin was born on June 2, 1872 , in Obion County, Tennessee. Joseph married Mattie Lucinda Halbert on February 9, 1893, in the Huntington District of Sebastian County, Arkansas. Mattie Lucinda Halbert (Holbert) was born on December 30, 1876. Mattie Lucinda Halbert's parents were Marcus H. Halbert and Sarah Adeline Heathcock-Halbert.
Joseph S. Martin and Mattie Lucinda Halbert-Martin started their family in the Mansfield area of Sebastian County, Arkansas. Later they moved to Blansett, Arkansas, approximately 1900, then on to Keota, Oklahoma, around 1911. From Keota they moved to Summerfield, Oklahoma, around 1919. Joseph, Mattie and the remaining children at home made a final move to Orange County, California in 1923.
Joseph S. Martin share-cropped a farm in Summerfield, Oklahoma (over 100 acres) and raised cotton and corn. Joseph would do all of his own black smithing, i.e. sharpen the plows and shoe the horses. Joseph was commonly referred to as "Joe" and sometimes "Jack". He accepted farming as his life's work and he loved to ride horses and hunt deer, fox and racoon with his neighbors and friends (a favorite horse can be remembered as "Grasshopper). The Joseph S. Martin farm had plenty of dogs to help with the hunting and two can be remembered as "Rounder" and "Waltsie".
After moving to Orange County, California, in 1923, Joseph and Mattie settled near the Mission in San Juan Capistrano. Joseph worked in agriculture and construction with his sons for a time. However, Joseph became ill on August 20, 1925 and died the next day on August 21, 1925 without recovering. Joseph S. Martin was 53 years old at the time of his death.
Mattie Lucinda Halbert-Martin continued to live and manage the household with her unmarried sons at San Juan Capistrano until approximately 1937. She then moved to Springfield, Oregon, to join several of the older sons who had previously moved there, established homes and secured steady employment. Mattie Lucinda Halberd-Martin died in Eugene, Oregon, on April 29, 1957. Mattie was 80 years old at the time of her death. Joseph S. Martin and Mattie Lucinda-Halbert Martin had 12 children, they are listed below:
Henry Harding Martin, born February 16, 1894, married Bonnie Duncan
Patrick Aubrey Martin, born March 24, 1896, married Bessie Daniels
Dee William Martin, born January 14, 1898, married Dessie May Peck
Lucy Cordelia Martin, born March 30, 1900, married Joseph P. Barnes
Jim Lewis Martin, born November 18, 1901, married Eva Pennington
John Edward Martin, born December 1, 1903, married Anna Carter
Elsie Lou Martin, born May 23, 1906, married Charles Brown
Joseph Frederick Martin, born July 20, 1908, married Vivian Batty
SHAVOR TILLMON MARTIN, born November 14,1910, married Oma Leona (Lona) Brown
West Thompson Martin, born March 19, 1912, married Edith Blackmon
Halbert Kirk Hogan Martin, born November 11, 1916, married Nina Mudgett
Carl Daymon Martin, born March 22, 1920, married Dorothy Green
[At this point the genealogy brings us to present day generations and your/my own branch of the family. Each one of you can plug yourselves into this "tree' at this time and complete your own history and branches]. However, at this juncture I will continue with my branch of the Martin Family.
VII SHAVOR TILLMON MARTIN, the 9th child of Joseph S. Martin and Mattie Lucinda HalbertMartin is my father. Shavor was born on November 14,1910, in Blansett, Arkansas. He married Oma Leona (Lona) Brown on July 6, 1931, in Orange, California. Lona Brown-Martin was born on January 28, 1915, in Summerfield, Oklahoma. Lona's parents were William Henry Brown and Minnie Rebecca Hunnicutt-Brown. The Brown's owned and operated a lumber mill not too far from the Martin's farm. Shavor is commonly referred to as"Shaf" and as you have seen from the spelling, Oma Leona was referred to as "Lona".
Shavor T. Martin followed the family occupation the majority of his working years. He was the foreman of a number of large orchard/row crop farms in Southern and Northern California and also worked in that capacity for the Agnew State Hospital, in Agnew, California, and for San Jose State College in San Jose, California. Approximately 1960, Shavor and Lona secured a large area of land in the Pasco/Kenniwick area of the Columbia River Basin Project in Western Washington. Shavor more or less homesteaded this land and literally cleared the sage brush and leveled the land for planting. He planted alfalfa hay, built a nice home on the property and farmed there for approximately 10 years. Shavor's son W. J. and his family moved to Pasco and assisted Shavor and Lona during these development/busy times. Shavor not only harvested the alfalfa hay but purchased a truck and trailer, and trucked his hay to dairy ranches in west central Oregon and Washington. Shavor became a well known alfalfa farmer in the area.
Shavor and Lona sold the farm in Pasco, Washington, in the early 1970's and moved back to San Jose, California. Shavor retired in 1975 and he and Lona decided to moved to Paradise, California. After a number of years in Paradise, California, they then moved on to Grants Pass, Oregon, where they still have a home. They made a habit of traveling to Lake Havasu Landing, California, each winter to stay in the warm weather. Many of their close friends and relatives also, joined them there. Shavor is still healthy and active at age 88. Lona Brown-Martin passed away on October 16, 1998, at the age of 83.
Shavor T. Martin and Oma Leona "Lona" Brown-Martin had four children as follows:
W. J. Martin, born May 19,1932, married Marilyn Jean Davis
DARIEL DEE MARTIN, born January 11, 1934, married Carol Joan Weeks
Merle Allen Martin, born September 18,1936 ..... divorced
Beverly Ann Leona Martin, born October 13, 1942, married Dean Horton
VIII Dariel Dee Martin was born on January 11, 1934 in Anaheim, Orange County, California. Dariel married Carol Joan Weeks on December 19, 1954, in Campbell, California. Carol Joan Weeks-Martin was born on September 24, 1936 in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi, to Albert F. Weeks and Johnnie Louise Cain-Weeks.
Dariel served a four-year hitch as an enlisted man in the air force. Three of these years were spent on the British Islands of Bermuda. Dariel came back home to Campbell, California, in December of 1954, married Carol Joan Weeks on December 19, 1954, and took her back to Bermuda to begin their married life together. Dariel and Joan's first child, Stephan Scott Martin was born in Bermuda. Dariel took advantage of the GI Bill of Rights after he was discharged in 1957, to eventually finish a B.A. Degree in Industrial Arts Education at Chico State College, Chico, California, in 1964, and a California secondary school teaching certificate. Dariel now commonly known as Dee (middle name) taught at junior and senior high schools in California and Oregon until 1969. Dee then returned to graduate school at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, to earn a master's degree and a doctor's degree by May, 1972. Dee spent the next 10 years in executive positions in community/technical colleges in Oregon and Utah. Dee and Joan took an overseas assignment in 1982, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the purpose of helping the Saudi people build, equip and operate an Industrial College in the city of Yanbu Al-Sinaiyah on the Red Sea, in Western Saudi Arabia. Dee and Joan returned to the USA in 1989. At this writing, Dee is now the Dean, School of Technology, Trades and Industry at Utah Valley State College (UVSC) in Orem, Utah. Dee and Joan have 3 children:
Stephan Scott Martin, born November 9, 1955, married Eliza (Liza) Skye Waugh
Perry Kirk Martin, born August 5, 1957, married Leann Gayle VanHees
Kelly John Martin, born August 25, 1960, unmarried
Dee and Joan's first son, Stephan Scott married Eliza (Liza) Skye Waugh on November 26, 1996, in Destin, Florida. Scott is currently the Multi-Media Coordinator for the Austin American Statesman newspaper in Austin, Texas. They have a beautiful little son Wyatt Jackson Martin, born on July 9, 1998.
Dee and Joan's second son Perry Kirk Martin, married Leann Gayle VanHees on August 14, 1982, in Salem Oregon. They also have two beautiful children, i.e. Cassandra Kae Martin, born October 15, 1986, and Jameson Kirk Martin, born August 16, 1989. Both of Perry and Leann's children were born in Saudi Arabia while mom and dad were teaching in an international school there. Perry is now principal of Sacred Heart Elementary School, Medford, Oregon. Leann is a teacher at the same school and both Cassandra and Jameson are enrolled there.
Kelly John Martin, Dee and Joan's third son is single. Kelly is employed with the Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO) as an insurance adjuster and is living in Palm Springs, California.
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Postlude: This has been time consuming, but fun to research and develop. If I can be of any help in identifying particulars about any of the family history please let me know (that goes both ways you know). Wishing all of you Martin relatives good luck and God speed.
Dr. Dariel Dee Martin
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