Robert MARTIN ^31,856

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1818, Cornwall, England. ³¹

• Residence, 1842, Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA. ⁸⁵⁶ after immigrating from England.

• Residence, 1847, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁷

• Occupation, 1847, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁶ where he engaged in mining.

• Residence, 1860, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁶⁵⁵

• Occupation, 1860, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁶⁵⁵ where he was a farmer.

• Residence, 1870, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁶⁵⁶

• Occupation, 1870, Elk Grove, LaFayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁶⁵⁶ as a farmer.

• Residence, 1876, Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁶

• Residence, 1880, Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁸

• Occupation, 1880, Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁸ as a farmer.

• Honors, 1881, Darlington, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA. ⁸⁵⁹ by having his biography published in the History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin 1881
Town of Darlington Biographies
Page 722
Robert Martin, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 13, P. O. Darlington; is a
native of the county of Cornwall, England and was born June 24, 1818; he came to the United States in 1842, and came to Galena the same year; he lived there five years. While living there, he married Miss Eleanor Williams, a native of Cornwall, England, June 24, 1845; they came to this county in 1847, and settled in the town of Elk Grove, and were early settlers there; he engaged in mining for some years; in 1876, Mr. Martin bought the farm of 320 acres where they now live, and is successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had eight children - Robert H., born July 13, 1847; Simon W., born March 14, 1849; William the bachelor born June 23, 1851; John T., born Nov. 30, 1853, and died April 8, 1865; George, born Dec. 25, 1855; Elizabeth E., now Mrs. D. B. Gordon, born Oct. 18, 1858, Charity A., born May 26, 1861, and died Sept. 19, 1874; Mary J. born Oct. 9, 1863.

Robert married Eleanor WILLIAMS on 24 Jun 1845 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA ³¹.^,855 (Eleanor WILLIAMS was born in 1823 in Cornwall, England ³¹.)