36. JAMES ALEXANDER10 MARTIN (KENNETH ALEXANDER9, ALLEN8, JOHN7, CAPT. MARTIN6 JOHN, JOHN5 MARTIN, DONALD4, DONALD MACGILLE3, TAOS2, ANGUS1) was born April 29, 1876 in N.C., and died February 24, 1964 in Liberty, Randolph County, NC. He married FANNIE BELLE A. COWARD Bet. 1899 - 1900 in N.C., daughter of WILLIAM ALLAN "DALLAS" COWARD. She was born December 31, 1878 in N.C., and died June 17, 1958 in Liberty, Randolph County, NC.

Notes for JAMES ALEXANDER MARTIN:
Last known in liberty, N.C. Dates from the 1900 Randolph County, N.C. census & his tombstone in Fairview Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. He was the founder/owner of the Liberty Chair Company, Liberty, NC. (BJ)

Notes for FANNIE BELLE A. COWARD:
From the 1900 Randolph, N.C. census which shows her as 21, just married with no children. Dates from her tombstone in Fairview Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. (BJ)

Children of JAMES MARTIN and FANNIE COWARD are:
i. IRVIN GARRETT11 MARTIN, m. ETTA HARMON.

Notes for IRVIN GARRETT MARTIN:
Last known in Troy, N.C. according to a letter to Frocie from James Martin of Liberty, N.C. in 1929. He was mayor of Liberty, NC in 1937. (BJ)

Notes for ETTA HARMON:
Last known in Troy, N.C.

ii. WILLIAM CODA, DR. MARTIN, b. NC.

Notes for WILLIAM CODA, DR. MARTIN:
Last known in New York City, according to a letter from James Martin of Liberty , N.C. in 1929. Found in the 1920 Liberty, Randolph County, NC census. There is a report he moved to San Diego, Calif. (BJ)

43. iii. HAZEL INEZ MARTIN, b. NC.
iv. JAMES THAYER MARTIN, b. June 17, 1903, NC; d. September 24, 1984, Liberty, Randolph County, NC; m. MARGARET KING SHEPARD; b. May 29, 1911, NC; d. October 15, 1997, Liberty, Randolph County, NC.

Notes for JAMES THAYER MARTIN:
Last known in Liberty, N.C. according to a letter from James Martin of Liberty, N.C. in 1929. Found in Liberty, Randolph County, NC in the 1920 census. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. He was mayor & postmaster for a time in the early days of Liberty. (BJ)

Notes for MARGARET KING SHEPARD:
Last known in Liberty, N.C. She is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. (BJ)

44. v. THELMA JEANNETTE MARTIN, b. November 08, 1907, NC; d. January 10, 1996.
45. vi. DURWOOD WILSON MARTIN, b. March 22, 1912, NC; d. October 02, 1974, Liberty, Randolph County, NC.
46. vii. KENNETH ALEXANDER, JR. MARTIN, b. February 18, 1914, Liberty, Randolph County, NC; d. October 09, 2006, Greensboro, Randolph County, NC.
viii. GLADYS FRANCINE MARTIN, b. 1920, NC; m. HENRY BIRCH.

Notes for GLADYS FRANCINE MARTIN:
Last known in Raleigh, N.C. according to a letter from her father to Frocie in 1929, then in Asheboro, NC. Listed on 1920 Liberty, Randolph County, NC census as 5 months old. (BJ)

Notes for HENRY BIRCH:
From the Randolph County library. (BJ)

ix. MELVIN DEWITT MARTIN, b. 1920, NC; d. 1998, NC; m. OLIE BROWN.

Notes for MELVIN DEWITT MARTIN:
Last known in Raleigh, N.C. according to a letter from his father to Frocie in 1929. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Randolph County, NC. (BJ)

Notes for OLIE BROWN:
From Randolph County library. (BJ)