Louis Martin
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Louis Martin, an enterprising farmer of Scott County, was born in Davis County, Ky., December 21, 1828. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Atkins) Martin, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The paternal grandparents immigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, where Grandfather Martin died. Abner Atkins, the maternal grandfather, immigrated to Mississippi County, Mo., about 1838, and remained there the rest of his life. John Martin immigrated to Southeast Missouri at the same time, and settled near Charleston, where he entered 160 acres of Government land. He built a little log cabin, in which he lived while he got the land ready for cultivation, which required much hard labor. It required four horses to plow to break the ground at first. After several years he sold this farm, and removed to the farm upon which the Harris brothers now live, and remained there until his death. He was the father of ten children, of whom Barbara, John and Louis are living. The last named was quite small when his parents brought him to Missouri and he remained with them until they died, after which he went to work for himself, making his home with his sister (Mrs. Harris) until he was married, January 29, 1854, when he located on Big Lake. In the spring of 1850 he went overland to California, and during his stay of two years suffered some severe hardships, but returned home with $2,000 in gold. In 1869 he purchased the place where he now lives, but did not remove thither until 1870. The farm, which consists of 400 acres, with 200 under cultivation, had but twenty acres improved at the time of his purchase. It has required the labor of many years to get the farm under its present state of high cultivation. Mr. Martin has been married twice, the first time in 1854 to Alice Norris, by whom he had three children: Martha, Barbara and Jesse S. Mrs. Martin died February 8, 1863, and on October 20, 1863, Mr. Martin was united in marriage with Elizabeth (Davis) Huff. She was the eldest daughter of Tandy and Susan Davis, and was born in Bullitt County, Ky., December 8, 1839, moving to Mississippi County with her parents in 1846. This union has been blessed by seven children, of whom only two are living: Addie (Mrs. Edgar Swank) and Charles. Those deceased are: Lethia, Alice, Louis, Julia and an infant unnamed. By her first marriage Mrs. Martin had one child, Tandy. She is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Martin was married to William D. Huff May 10, 1857 and was left a widow November 23, 1860, with one son two years old.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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