Dovie Harrison Martin (1893 - 1926)

Born 22 Jan 1893 in Willis, Montgomery, Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 1926 at about age 32 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

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Biography

Dovie Martin was a Texan.

Dovie Martin served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 10 Jun 1917
Unit(s): Troop H, 1st Regiment, Cavalry; Battery F, 132d Field Artillery, 36th Division
Service ended: 10 Apr 1919

Dovie^[1] Harrison Martin was born on January 22nd, 1893 in Willis, Montgomery, Texas to parents Henry Oliver Martin and Sinai Bell Kimmey. In 1900 his family was living in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas. In 1910, he was 18, single, and living with his widowed father, two brothers and his little sister in a rented house in Fifth Ward of Houston, Harris, Texas. He worked as a cigar maker in a factory but had also attended school in the last year. In 1912, Dovie was working in a Lard Department and in 1915 he was working as a meat cutter. When he registered for the draft in 1917, Dovie wrote that he was working in "oil mills." See his military service below.

Dovie was buried with his family in Hollywood Cemetery in Houston, Texas on the 4th of September, 1926. He died of blood poisoning. He may have died in August or September. If you have a more exact record, please add it here!

Military Service

Dovie served Overseas 31 Jul 1918 to 24 Mar 1919. He was enlisted in NG Houston Tex Organizations: Tr H 1 Cav Tex G (Btry F 132 FA) to disch Grades: Pvt. Honorable Disch 10 Apr 1919 on demobilization Was reported 0% disabled on discharge No wounds in action.

Sources

1. ↑ His name is sometimes spelled Dove, Dovie, Duvie, Duve, and Davie.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 27 June 2017, 01:19), entry for Dove A. Martin(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9V3N-TPM); contributed by various users.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3PG-51T : accessed 20 January 2019), Duve A Martin in household of Henry Martin, Justice Precinct 7 Conroe town, Montgomery, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 112, sheet 15A, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,660.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MV-MQ8 : accessed 20 January 2019), Davie Martin in household of Henry O Martin, Houston Ward 5, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 65, sheet 5B, family 123, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1560; FHL microfilm 1,375,573.
• "Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-893F-TWH9?cc=2040173&wc=9FVD-SP6%3A347680801 : 22 May 2014), Burial applications 1937 > image 308 of 532; Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Houston.
• "Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV18-XBCB : 13 March 2018), Dovie H Martin, 10 Jun 1917; citing Military Service, Houston, , Texas, United States, Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin.
• U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
• US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger Lists.
• Texas Military Forces Museum - 132nd Field Artillery Regiment
• "Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7G-RYTC : 4 September 2019), Dovie H Martin, Aug 1926; citing Death, Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, Historic Hollywood Cemetery, Houston.