Thomas Ferdinand Martin (1826 - aft. 1904)

Born 2 Apr 1826 in Buchanan, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cornelia Mayo (Cabell) Martin — married 2 Aug 1859 in Nelson, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died after 11 Jul 1904 after age 78 in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1826, in Buchanan, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas P Martin and Mary Briscoe Bryan.

On 2 Aug 1859, in Nelson, Virginia, he married Cornelia Mayo Cabell. They had 11 known children.

1. Mayo Cabell Martin b. 1860 - d. 1902, m. Laura M. Farrar
2. Charles Stuart Martin b. 1862 VA - d. 1950 TN, m1/wid. Marian R. Tenison, m2. Annie Mary Callender
3. Margaret Baldwin Martin b. 1864 VA - d. 1894 TN, never married.
4. Eliza Callaway Martin b. 1867 TN - d. 1936 TN, m. Joseph Gibson
5. Mary Cornelia B Martin b. 1869 TN - d. 1892 TX, m. Charles Armstrong
6. Alice Boyd Martin b. 1872 VA - d. 1891 OH, m. Edward Ogilvie Frierson Jr
7. Anne Carrington Martin b. 1874 VA - d. 1956 NY, m. Christopher Gadsden Porcher
8. Kate Neill Martin b. 1875 VA - d. 1971 CA, m. Franklin Hupp Seamon
9. Thomas Ferdinand Martin b/d. 1877
10. Eleanor Love Martin b. 1879 TN - d. 1971 TX, m. William Dement Greet
11. Virginia Lee Martin b/d. 1882

They had initially settled in Nelson, but by the mid-1860s had moved to Davidson, Tennessee, then back to Virginia, in Clarke by the mid-1870s and finally back to Davidson by the late 1870s.

After Cornelia died in 1883, he lived with daughter Eliza and her family.

He passed away in 1904. He is buried at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103431652/thomas-ferdinand-martin

• [1] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Wife, Marriage, Birth, Children page 394, 395

• "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZXBM-DWT2 : Fri Oct 06 05:10:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas F Martin and Thomas, 2 Aug 1859. Location: Nelson, Virginia

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFLG-NKL : Tue Oct 03 15:23:33 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas F Martin and Cornelia M Martin, 1870. Location: Clarke, Virginia

• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZPM-9PY7 : Fri Oct 13 17:43:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Martin and T F Martin, 1872. Location: Clarke, Virginia

• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZGK-RXFS : Fri Oct 13 21:52:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Annie C. Martin and T. F. Martin, 31 Mar 1874. Location: Clarke, Virginia

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5LX-HTG : 28 January 2020), T. F. Martin in entry for Cathi N. Martin, 1875. Location: Clarke, Virginia

• "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZL1-RR9H : Sat Oct 14 00:08:10 UTC 2023), Entry for T. F. Martin and T. F. Martin, 15 Mar 1877. Location: Clarke, Virginia

• "Tennessee Births and Christenings, 1828-1939", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6LX-1GS : 27 January 2020), S. F. Martain in entry for Virginia Lee Martain, 1882. Location: Davidson, Tennessee

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8H-M3J : Thu Oct 05 08:31:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas F Martin and Joseph Gibson, 1900. Location: Davidson, Tennessee

• "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6RQ-FXL : 10 February 2018), Thos Martin in entry for Thomas Ferdinand Martin, 11 Jul 1904; citing Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, reference v O rn 1084; FHL microfilm 1,276,590.

• Daughter Lila's death certificate. "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSQ9-99J : Sun Dec 17 20:52:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Lila Martin Gibson and Thomas A. Martin, 16 Aug 1936.

• Son Charles death certificate. "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSKC-BLS : Sun Dec 17 21:29:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Stuart Martin and Thomas F. Martin, 18 Nov 1950.

• Daughter Eleanor's death certificate. "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36N-2R8 : Tue Nov 28 00:11:05 UTC 2023), Entry for Eleanor Greet and Thomas F Martin, 23 Feb 1971.