Hiram Fredric Martin

b. 7 May 1892, d. 18 January 1950
  • Hiram Fredric Martin was born on 7 May 1892 in Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas.
  • Albert Fredric Martin and Sarah Catherine Gilliam appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Van Zandt County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hiram Fredric Martin, Bert Lee Martin and Thomas Jefferson Martin.
  • Albert Fredric Martin and Sarah Catherine Gilliam appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Martin's Mill, Van Zandt County, Texas. Other members of the household included Hiram Fredric Martin, Thomas Jefferson Martin and Lazettie C. Martin.
  • He was working on the farm and attending school, according to the 1910 census.
  • He married Esther Mae Greenhill, daughter of Clarence Sidney Greenhill and El Sine Johnson, on 1 December 1912 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas.
  • Hiram Fredric Martin registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Hill County, Texas, while living with his wife and baby [Opal] at RFD 2, five miles east of Hillsboro, self-employed there as a farmer.
  • Hiram Fredric Martin and Esther Mae Greenhill appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, at 319 South Waco Street. Other members of the household included Opal Fern Martin and Bernice Wilford Martin.
  • He was self-employed as a service car chauffeur, according to the 1920 census.
  • The Martin children were photographed in 1921 -- Opal, Margie and BW.
  • Hiram Fredric Martin and Esther Mae Greenhill appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, at 131 South Covington Street. Other members of the household included Opal Fern Martin, Bernice Wilford Martin and Margie Burnelda Martin. And there were two female boarders in the household.
  • He was proprietor of a produce store, according to the 1930 census.
  • Hiram Fredric Martin registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Dallas County, Texas, while living at 1207 South Harwood in Dallas, and self-employed. Contact: Mr. Marion C. Causey, 2120 Cadiz.
  • Hiram Fredric Martin died on 18 January 1950 at age 57 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Jefferson Davis Hospital of advanced pulmonary tuberculosis.
  • He was interred at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 22 Jan 2017

Family: Esther Mae Greenhill b. 16 December 1896, d. 24 March 1975