John Ward Martin
b. 25 July 1884, d. 21 December 1952
- Father: John William Martin b. January 1844
- Mother: Margaret May
- John Ward Martin was born on 25 July 1884 in Alabama.
- He married Sarah Decima Torbert, daughter of James Anthony Torbert and Anna Mary Pegues, on 18 April 1912 in Marengo County, Alabama.
- John Ward Martin registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Marengo County, Alabama, while living with Dessie in Demopolis, and employed in Shortleaf as a log scaler by W. G. Mitchell Lumber Company..
- John William Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Jefferson, Marengo County, Alabama, at Demopolis Road. Other members of the household included John Ward Martin, Sarah Decima Torbert. Also in the household was a 9-year-old grandson whose name is indecipherable.
- He was employed by as a log scaler by a lumber company, according to the 1920 census.
- John Ward Martin became a widower at the 13 June 1920 death of his wife Sarah Decima Torbert.
- John Ward Martin died on 21 December 1952 at age 68 in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama.
- Last Edited: 7 Dec 2013
- Charts: Descendants of PEGUES Claudius & Marcia Saunders, Descendants of TORBERT Anthony & Margaret Simpson