Isaac Newton Martin
Isaac Newton Martin, a prominent and influential citizen of Cross Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, resides on a fine farm of eighty acres which he devotes to general farming, stock raising and dairying. He was born in Page County, Virginia, in November, 1838, and is a son of Jarvis and Nancy (Broy) Martin, and a grandson of William Martin. The parents of the subject of this sketch were both born in Virginia, where the father engaged in farming until his death which occurred when Isaac N. was two years of age. He was a Democrat in politics. He and his wife had the following children: William, John, Daniel, Isaac Newton and Jarvis, the only survivor being Isaac Newton.
Isaac N. Martin received a public school education, after which he learned the trade of a miller which he followed for a period of eighteen years. He is a veteran of the Civil War, fighting with the Confederacy as a member of Company H, 10th Virginia. He served three years under Captain Young and then left the Southern Army and making his way north gave himself up to the authorities, being held in prison for one month. He then, in 1864, located in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he has made his home continuously since. He owns the farm of eighty acres in conjunction with his wife and it is devoted to general farming. They have a dairy herd of sixteen head and sell their milk in Steubenville.
On February 22, 1866, Mr. Martin was united in marriage with Miss Mary Eliza Hardy, a daughter of Abel and Anna Elizabeth Hardy, and a granddaughter of James and Rosanna (Dotie) Hardy. Her father was reared on the place on which she now lives, and her mother came from Pennsylvania. She was one of the following children: Colvin, Violet, Hamilton and Mary Eliza (Martin). Mr. and Mrs. Martin became parents of the following: Carrie, wife of Logan Gamble, by whom she has a son, Joseph; John Thomas, who married Mary Jane Porter, by whom he has three daughters, Margaret Lillian, Ethel May and Dorothy Fay; Lunetta, deceased wife of John Rouse, by whom she had two sons and a daughter, Charles, Mary Matilda and John; and Emma, who is the wife of William Sosebee. Mr. Martin is a Democrat in politics, and has served some years as school director. Fraternally, he is a member of New Alexandria Lodge, No. 590, I. O. O. F. Religiously, they are members of Long's M. E. Church.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910