Birth: in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, first of three known children, graduated Carthage High School with fourteen others in Class of 1885. She was then educated at Drury College in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; she the daughter of an early prominent, pioneering family of Carthage, Missouri.
Census: 1870, age 2 Marion Township, Jasper County, Missouri
Census: 1880, age 12 Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
From the Carthage Press, 28 FEB 1918:
"Mrs H B Martin and three sons Edgar, Robert and Charles Martin, left this morning for their home in Dallas, Texas after spending the past three months here visiting her mother, Mrs Lucy Cunningham."
Census: 1920, age 51 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Death: in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas,
burial: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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From the Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas Tuesday
February 29, 1944, Section II, page 9:
Mrs. H.B. Martin Dies at Her Home
Mrs. Horace B. Martin, 75, of 5303 Swiss, resident of Dallas for forty-eight years, died at her home Monday.
She was the Wife of the late Horace B. Martin, owner of the Martin Stationary Company, and she was connected to that firm for many years.
Born in Carthage, Mo., she was educated at Drury College, Springfield, Mo. After her marriage, she came to Dallas in 1896. She was a charter member of the History Club here and belonged to Zonta Club.
She is survived by three sons, Edgar H. Martin, Dallas; Robert C. Martin, Dallas, and Sgt. Charles A. Martin, Army Air Forces; two sisters, Mrs. Ely M. Kinney, Dallas, and Mrs. F.J. Franks, Joplin, Mo.; one brother, Allen Cunningham, Joplin, Mo., and two granddaughters.
Private funeral services will be held at the residence at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
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Father: Leonidas P. Cunningham b: 15 JAN 1845 in Wheeling, Ohio, formerly West Augusta County, Virginia, now West Virginia
Mother: Lucy L. Hood b: 13 APR 1844 in McMinn County, Tennessee
Marriage: Horace Bushnell Martin b: 27 JAN 1862 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
Married: 27 MAY 1891 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Known Children
Edgar Horace Martin b: 30 MAY 1892 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Lucy Martin b: 1894
Robert Cunningham Martin b: 30 AUG 1903 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Charles A. Martin b: 1909 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Birth: in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, first of three known children, graduated Carthage High School with fourteen others in Class of 1885. She was then educated at Drury College in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri; she the daughter of an early prominent, pioneering family of Carthage, Missouri.
Census: 1870, age 2 Marion Township, Jasper County, Missouri
Census: 1880, age 12 Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
From the Carthage Press, 28 FEB 1918:
"Mrs H B Martin and three sons Edgar, Robert and Charles Martin, left this morning for their home in Dallas, Texas after spending the past three months here visiting her mother, Mrs Lucy Cunningham."
Census: 1920, age 51 Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Death: in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas,
burial: Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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From the Dallas Morning News
Dallas, Texas Tuesday
February 29, 1944, Section II, page 9:
Mrs. H.B. Martin Dies at Her Home
Mrs. Horace B. Martin, 75, of 5303 Swiss, resident of Dallas for forty-eight years, died at her home Monday.
She was the Wife of the late Horace B. Martin, owner of the Martin Stationary Company, and she was connected to that firm for many years.
Born in Carthage, Mo., she was educated at Drury College, Springfield, Mo. After her marriage, she came to Dallas in 1896. She was a charter member of the History Club here and belonged to Zonta Club.
She is survived by three sons, Edgar H. Martin, Dallas; Robert C. Martin, Dallas, and Sgt. Charles A. Martin, Army Air Forces; two sisters, Mrs. Ely M. Kinney, Dallas, and Mrs. F.J. Franks, Joplin, Mo.; one brother, Allen Cunningham, Joplin, Mo., and two granddaughters.
Private funeral services will be held at the residence at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Grove Hill Cemetery.
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Father: Leonidas P. Cunningham b: 15 JAN 1845 in Wheeling, Ohio, formerly West Augusta County, Virginia, now West Virginia
Mother: Lucy L. Hood b: 13 APR 1844 in McMinn County, Tennessee
Marriage: Horace Bushnell Martin b: 27 JAN 1862 in Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois
Married: 27 MAY 1891 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Known Children
Edgar Horace Martin b: 30 MAY 1892 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri
Lucy Martin b: 1894
Robert Cunningham Martin b: 30 AUG 1903 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Charles A. Martin b: 1909 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
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