Born in Bedford, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Christopher Columbus Martin
and Angeline Lee (Meador) Martin
Sister of
Grover Cleveland Martin, Willie Snow Martin, Eula Frances (Martin) Overstreet, Ida Lee (Martin) Turner, Sarah Gladys (Martin) Mitchell, Grace Beatrice (Martin) Musgrove, John Henry Martin, Angie Pearl (Martin) Saunders, Christopher Elmo Martin and Vera Elizabeth (Martin) Cundiff
Wife of
John Wesley Reid
— married
3 Apr 1937 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Rocky Mount NC
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Oct 2017
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Biography
Ora was born in 1916. She was the daughter of Christopher Martin and Angie Meador. She married Wesley Reid he died 27 Feb 1999. She passed away in 2000.
1920 census ED 68, Bedford, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LBV9-TCX
- Christopher C Martin head male 53 VA
- Angie L Martin wife female 46 VA
- Willlie Martin son male 24 VA
- Ida L Martin daughter female 20 VA
- Sarah G Martin daughter female 17 VA
- Grace B Martin daughter female 15 VA
- John H Martin son male 12 VA
- Angie P Martin daughter female 10 VA
- Christopher E Martin son male 8 VA
- Mary E Martin daughter female 6 VA
- Ora M Martin daughter female 3 VA
Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LBV9-TCX
- John Wesley Reid age 26 born 1911 and Ora Mae Martin age 21 born 1916 married 3 Apr 1937 Roanoke, , Virginia, United States. His father Henry G Reid, mother Carrie E Houseman. Her father Christopher C Martin Mother Angie Lee Meador.
Obituary • United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPN-YMC3
- Ora Mae Martin Reid born 25 Jul 1916 died 10 Aug 2000 Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Obituary Carroll County Times Westminster, Maryland, United States. Parents, sister, children son Scherl daughter Teresa Hudson. Marilyn Reid daughter-in -law. Ed Hudson son-in-law
- Fact: Residence (1920) Staunton, Bedford, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Residence (1930) Staunton, Bedford, Virginia, United States
- Fact: Residence (10 Aug 2000) Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- Fact: Residence (10 Aug 2000) Troutville
- Fact: Residence (10 Aug 2000) Roanoke
- Fact: Obituary (11 Aug 2000) Westminster, Maryland, United States
- Fact: Obituary (11 Aug 2000) Virginia, United States
- Fact: Obituary (12 Aug 2000) Virginia, United States
- Fact: Obituary (13 Aug 2000) Virginia, United States
- Fact: Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Roanoke City, Virginia, United States
Sources
- 1920 census ED 68, Bedford, Virginia, United States: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LBV9-TCX
- Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LBV9-TCX
- Obituary • United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKPN-YMC3
- Family Group Sheet I inherited from my Aunt Dorothy Mitchell Plymale, dec'd
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 November 2018, 15:54), entry for Ora Mae Martin(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LBV9-TCX); contributed by various users.
Memories: 1
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Sherrie Mitchell
I only remember meeting Ora and Wesley once at Grandma and Grandaddy's house when they visited from Baltimore. Wesley brought in a huge block of ice and carved a magnificent ice palace on the kitchen table. I doubt there are photos... it started to melt... Grandma was not happy.
posted 20 Feb 2021 by Sherrie Mitchell
[thank Sherrie]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ora:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ora by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ora:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Dan Jacovitch 
:
23andMe
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Sherrie Mitchell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T474191 [compare], FTDNA kit #797088
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~3.12%
William Martin :
23andMe
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #167105
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~0.78%
Tom Gilkeson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A191399 [compare], Ancestry member to4031
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H060119 [compare]
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~0.78%
Shirlie (Musgrove) Mitchell :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T688507 [compare], FTDNA kit #817889
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~0.78%
Betty (Hanks) Coker :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Sue Warren :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NE6209482 [compare], Ancestry member sgarley44
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~0.39%
J Anderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JeannineA96
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Rejected matches › Mary (Morton) Oswalt (abt.1914-) › May Matilda (Reed) Carswell (1914-1999) › Dorothy May (Duff) Reid (1918-2001)
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