SAMUEL T. MARTIN, a representative citizen and practical farmer of North Strabane township, was born in Washington county on the home farm. His ancestors were natives of York county, Penn. Toward the beginning of the eighteenth century, Peter Martin moved with his wife and family to Washington county, Penn., settling on the farm which is now occupied by his descendants. He died at the age of eighty years, having reared a family of seven children. James Martin, a son of this early settler, was born in 1792, in York county, Penn., and came with his parents to this county when a boy. In 1821 he was married to Mary White, who bore him children as follows: Peter B., born February 4, 1822 (deceased); Samuel T., born January 24, 1824; James, born December 12, 1826; John White (a merchant of Canonsburg, this county), born January 11, 1828; Matthew, born December 7, 1829; Mary Jane (deceased), born September 21, 1832; Ebenezer Henderson (drowned in the Potomac river), born June 21, 1834; Ann Elizabeth (deceased), born November 2, 1837; Elizabeth Margaret, born October 10, 1839; William Henry, born September 4, 1842, and Thomas Jefferson, born August 28, 1847. Mr. Martin continued to improve his farm in connection with managing a sawmill, during his active business life. He was formerly a Whig, then a Republican, and held several political offices. In religion he first united with the Seceder Church, then joined the United Presbyterians. He died in 1887, having been preceded by his wife in 1878. Samuel T. Martin received a subscription and district-school education, and November 6, 1856, was united in marriage with Sarah Herron, who was born in 1827, in this county, daughter of James Herron, a pioneer settler of Washington county. Mrs. Martin died July 17, 1885, leaving the following children to mourn her death: Lizzie M. (wife of William S. Whiteley), William, Sarah and Charles E. The mother was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, with which Mr. Martin is also connected. He is a liberal contributor to all public enterprises of the county, and a most successful agriculturist. He has an excellent dairy, milking fourteen Holstein cows, and shipping daily an average of twenty-five gallons of milk to Pittsburgh, Penn. His farm consists of 120 acres of fertile, well-cultivated land.

Text taken from page 844 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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