Martin Dial

b. circa 1814, d. February 1870
  • Martin Dial was born circa 1814 in Tennessee.
  • He married Margaret Campbell.
  • Martin Dial and Margaret Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Upshur District, Upshur County, Texas. Also in the household are children A. J. Dial (age 12) and J. R. Dial (10), both born in Arkansas, M. Dial (7, born in Louisiana) and M. S. Dial (9 months, born in Texas. They are enumerated next to Jonathan Dial (age 23, born in Tennessee), his wife R. Dial (20, born in Arkansas), and J. W. (2) and J. E. (2 months) Dial, both born in Texas.
  • Martin Dial and Margaret Campbell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Bright Star PO, Hopkins County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary C. Dial and Margaret Ellen Dial. Also in the household are children James R. (age 20, born in Arkansas), Mary (15, born in Louisiana), and America (10) and Marion (4), both born in Texas. Margaret is identified as Ellen (age 7).
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Martin Dial died in February 1870 in Colorado County, Texas, of pneumonia.
  • His wife Margaret Campbell became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 12 Nov 2016

Family: Margaret Campbell b. circa 1816, d. circa 1870