OBITUARY-Mercury-Register, Oroville, CA Wednesday May 10, 1944
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John L. Martin Passes;Son Of Famed Pioneer
His Father Led Historical Wagon Train Across Plains
Under the auspices of Oroville Masonic Lodge, funeral services for John Lister Martin, 83, father of Mrs. Leta M. Rosebrook of Oroville, will be held at Hamilton and Riley's at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cremation will take place at Sierra View crematorium.
Mr. Martin, who had been living with his daughter since last December, passed on at her home. 1340 Pomona Avenue at 2:05 p.m. yesterday.
Born in Magalia (Dogtown), September 23, 1858, he had been a farmer, a businessman and a stage driver during his varied career.
A HISTORIC EVENT
His father, W. D. Martin was captain of the historical covered wagon train that divided east of Salt Lake City when leaders tossed coins to see which half would go south and which north. Captain Martins half went north, and the other half went south, where the members were killed in the Mountain Medow Massacre. Captain Martin settled in Dogtown, later moving to the Parrott Grant. His children attended school in the small red schoolhouse at Jacinto, crossing the Sacramento River on the Eddy Ferry.
John Martin married Minnie Sampson of Hillsdale, Michigan at Germantown, now Artois, November 7, 1883. At the time he was a farmer, a vocation he followed until 1895, when he entered the hotel business in Davis. In 1906 he became an employee of the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company at Hamilton City as foreman of the agricultural department. He remained with the company eight years, retiring to enter business with his son-in-law, G. E. Rosebrook, under the name of Martin and Rosebrook. They conducted the Hamilton City Garage and Machine Shop from which he retired in 1935. He drove stage between Hamilton City and Chico, and also drove the Hamilton Union School District bus to Mills Orchard and the Van Syckle Tract for 17 years without an accident.
Mrs. Martin passed on at the family home in Hamilton City a year ago.
WAS A HIGH MASON
Mr. Martin is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Orland Lodge No. 265, the Order of the Eastern Star, Citrus Chapter of Orland; Sacramento consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and Ben Ali Temple, Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine of Sacramento.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Rosebrook; two grand daughters, Mrs. Melvin R. Moseley and Miss Marilyn Rosebrook, and a great granddaughter, Maralyn Moseley, all of Oroville; and by four nephews, Louis Martin Bradford and John D. Bradford both of Sacramento. Merrit Belew of South Houston, Texas and Ray Belew of Los Angeles.
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John L. Martin Passes;Son Of Famed Pioneer
His Father Led Historical Wagon Train Across Plains
Under the auspices of Oroville Masonic Lodge, funeral services for John Lister Martin, 83, father of Mrs. Leta M. Rosebrook of Oroville, will be held at Hamilton and Riley's at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cremation will take place at Sierra View crematorium.
Mr. Martin, who had been living with his daughter since last December, passed on at her home. 1340 Pomona Avenue at 2:05 p.m. yesterday.
Born in Magalia (Dogtown), September 23, 1858, he had been a farmer, a businessman and a stage driver during his varied career.
A HISTORIC EVENT
His father, W. D. Martin was captain of the historical covered wagon train that divided east of Salt Lake City when leaders tossed coins to see which half would go south and which north. Captain Martins half went north, and the other half went south, where the members were killed in the Mountain Medow Massacre. Captain Martin settled in Dogtown, later moving to the Parrott Grant. His children attended school in the small red schoolhouse at Jacinto, crossing the Sacramento River on the Eddy Ferry.
John Martin married Minnie Sampson of Hillsdale, Michigan at Germantown, now Artois, November 7, 1883. At the time he was a farmer, a vocation he followed until 1895, when he entered the hotel business in Davis. In 1906 he became an employee of the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company at Hamilton City as foreman of the agricultural department. He remained with the company eight years, retiring to enter business with his son-in-law, G. E. Rosebrook, under the name of Martin and Rosebrook. They conducted the Hamilton City Garage and Machine Shop from which he retired in 1935. He drove stage between Hamilton City and Chico, and also drove the Hamilton Union School District bus to Mills Orchard and the Van Syckle Tract for 17 years without an accident.
Mrs. Martin passed on at the family home in Hamilton City a year ago.
WAS A HIGH MASON
Mr. Martin is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Orland Lodge No. 265, the Order of the Eastern Star, Citrus Chapter of Orland; Sacramento consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and Ben Ali Temple, Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine of Sacramento.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Rosebrook; two grand daughters, Mrs. Melvin R. Moseley and Miss Marilyn Rosebrook, and a great granddaughter, Maralyn Moseley, all of Oroville; and by four nephews, Louis Martin Bradford and John D. Bradford both of Sacramento. Merrit Belew of South Houston, Texas and Ray Belew of Los Angeles.
OBITUARY-Mercury-Register, Oroville, CA Wednesday May 10, 1944
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John L. Martin Passes;Son Of Famed Pioneer
His Father Led Historical Wagon Train Across Plains
Under the auspices of Oroville Masonic Lodge, funeral services for John Lister Martin, 83, father of Mrs. Leta M. Rosebrook of Oroville, will be held at Hamilton and Riley's at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cremation will take place at Sierra View crematorium.
Mr. Martin, who had been living with his daughter since last December, passed on at her home. 1340 Pomona Avenue at 2:05 p.m. yesterday.
Born in Magalia (Dogtown), September 23, 1858, he had been a farmer, a businessman and a stage driver during his varied career.
A HISTORIC EVENT
His father, W. D. Martin was captain of the historical covered wagon train that divided east of Salt Lake City when leaders tossed coins to see which half would go south and which north. Captain Martins half went north, and the other half went south, where the members were killed in the Mountain Medow Massacre. Captain Martin settled in Dogtown, later moving to the Parrott Grant. His children attended school in the small red schoolhouse at Jacinto, crossing the Sacramento River on the Eddy Ferry.
John Martin married Minnie Sampson of Hillsdale, Michigan at Germantown, now Artois, November 7, 1883. At the time he was a farmer, a vocation he followed until 1895, when he entered the hotel business in Davis. In 1906 he became an employee of the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company at Hamilton City as foreman of the agricultural department. He remained with the company eight years, retiring to enter business with his son-in-law, G. E. Rosebrook, under the name of Martin and Rosebrook. They conducted the Hamilton City Garage and Machine Shop from which he retired in 1935. He drove stage between Hamilton City and Chico, and also drove the Hamilton Union School District bus to Mills Orchard and the Van Syckle Tract for 17 years without an accident.
Mrs. Martin passed on at the family home in Hamilton City a year ago.
WAS A HIGH MASON
Mr. Martin is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Orland Lodge No. 265, the Order of the Eastern Star, Citrus Chapter of Orland; Sacramento consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and Ben Ali Temple, Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine of Sacramento.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Rosebrook; two grand daughters, Mrs. Melvin R. Moseley and Miss Marilyn Rosebrook, and a great granddaughter, Maralyn Moseley, all of Oroville; and by four nephews, Louis Martin Bradford and John D. Bradford both of Sacramento. Merrit Belew of South Houston, Texas and Ray Belew of Los Angeles.
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John L. Martin Passes;Son Of Famed Pioneer
His Father Led Historical Wagon Train Across Plains
Under the auspices of Oroville Masonic Lodge, funeral services for John Lister Martin, 83, father of Mrs. Leta M. Rosebrook of Oroville, will be held at Hamilton and Riley's at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Cremation will take place at Sierra View crematorium.
Mr. Martin, who had been living with his daughter since last December, passed on at her home. 1340 Pomona Avenue at 2:05 p.m. yesterday.
Born in Magalia (Dogtown), September 23, 1858, he had been a farmer, a businessman and a stage driver during his varied career.
A HISTORIC EVENT
His father, W. D. Martin was captain of the historical covered wagon train that divided east of Salt Lake City when leaders tossed coins to see which half would go south and which north. Captain Martins half went north, and the other half went south, where the members were killed in the Mountain Medow Massacre. Captain Martin settled in Dogtown, later moving to the Parrott Grant. His children attended school in the small red schoolhouse at Jacinto, crossing the Sacramento River on the Eddy Ferry.
John Martin married Minnie Sampson of Hillsdale, Michigan at Germantown, now Artois, November 7, 1883. At the time he was a farmer, a vocation he followed until 1895, when he entered the hotel business in Davis. In 1906 he became an employee of the Sacramento Valley Sugar Company at Hamilton City as foreman of the agricultural department. He remained with the company eight years, retiring to enter business with his son-in-law, G. E. Rosebrook, under the name of Martin and Rosebrook. They conducted the Hamilton City Garage and Machine Shop from which he retired in 1935. He drove stage between Hamilton City and Chico, and also drove the Hamilton Union School District bus to Mills Orchard and the Van Syckle Tract for 17 years without an accident.
Mrs. Martin passed on at the family home in Hamilton City a year ago.
WAS A HIGH MASON
Mr. Martin is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Orland Lodge No. 265, the Order of the Eastern Star, Citrus Chapter of Orland; Sacramento consistory, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, and Ben Ali Temple, Ancient and Accepted Order of the Mystic Shrine of Sacramento.
He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Rosebrook; two grand daughters, Mrs. Melvin R. Moseley and Miss Marilyn Rosebrook, and a great granddaughter, Maralyn Moseley, all of Oroville; and by four nephews, Louis Martin Bradford and John D. Bradford both of Sacramento. Merrit Belew of South Houston, Texas and Ray Belew of Los Angeles.
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