Edwin Martin

  Noted events in his life were:

• Relationship. Edwin was the brother of Cora Chenney's husband Samuel Martin

• death, 15 Aug 1898. Edwin succumbed to typhoid and died on August 15, 1898.

Edwin married Eve Hattie Barkey, daughter of Ziegler Barkey and Hattie (Cheney) Fox, on 22 Dec 1895. (Eve Hattie Barkey was born on 1 Mar 1873 in Cortland, Gage County, Nebraska, and died on 18 Jul 1961 in Humphreys, Sullivan, Missouri, USA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Moved. ² Shortly after their marriage they moved to Fort Worth, Texas where they lived until Edwin succumbed to typhoid and died on August 15, 1898.

  Marriage Notes:

Edwin Martin was a brother of Samuel Martin who married Cora Chenney, Eve's stepsister. Edwin had two sons from a previous marriage named Burt and Charles Martin.

This name may be derived from the Latin martius, warlike, from Mars, the God of War. In the Gaelic, mor is great, and duin, a man. Morduin, a chief, a warrior.

Last name meanings, http://www.last-names.net/surname.asp

Derived from the first name Martin, which was ultimately derived from Mars, the Roman god of war

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