George S. Martin
Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri
Biographies of Scott County, 1888
Dr. George S. Martin, a physician of Oran, Scott Co., Mo. was born in Lima, Allen Co., Ohio, in 1840, and is a son of J.A. and Elizabeth (Scoville) Martin, natives of Ireland and Whales, respectively. J.A. Martin came with his parents to America in 1830, and located in Ohio. He was married in Putnam County after which he removed to Allen County and resided until the beginning of the Civil War, when he removed back to Putnam County, where he and his two sons, D.W. and George S., enlisted in Company B, Fifty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The father served as surgeon three years, and D.W. was regiment chaplain about the same length of time, during which time he was fourteen months in Libby prison. George S. served as steward of his regiment for three years, after which he was second assistant-surgeon for over one year. He was mustered out at Nashville, and discharged at Columbus, Ohio. The family contained five children besides the Doctor, viz: D.W., Sarah A. (Mrs. I.N. Numguester, of Indiana), Lucy, Martha and Mary. Mrs. Martin died in 1842, after which J.A. Martin married Amanda Wallace, who bore him two children: Elijah and Jane, both living in McLean County, Ill. J.A. Martin is seventy-four years of age, is in good health, and is practicing medicine and surgery in Bloomington, Ill. Dr. George S. first attended medical lectures at Cincinnati, and from 1867 to 1874 practiced in Northeast Missouri. In 1874 he graduated from Rush Medical College, of Chicago, after which he was successively in Colorado, St. Louis, Colorado and California. In 1886 he located in Scott County, where he has since had a good practice. In 1887 he married Miss Sally Key, who was born in Madisonville, Ky., in 1870. She is a daughter of B.B. Key, now a resident of Scott County, having removed thither in 1880. Mr. Martin is a member of the I.O.O.F. of the K. of P. and G.A.R.
Submitted by Connie Perkins
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