Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameRichard MARTIN 
RemovalJun 1839, Illinois261 Age: 43
Removal1838, Ogle County, Illinois327 Age: 41
MemoProbate Record #830, Ogle County, Illinois
ResidenceOgle County, Illinois159
FatherJames MARTIN (1766-1838)
MotherHannah BASS (1776-1806)
Individual Notes
• My source [for his birthdate] is a piece of paper without sources referenced that my Great Aunts left to my Grandfather.2329
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]327
• Said to be a Methodist minister.166
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.261
• The following year [1838] brought Moses Nettleton, Richard Martin...[from Canada to the area.]327
• Said to be a Methodist minister.166
• There has always been a story that Richard Martin was a Methodist preacher. The description of this man as a “shouting Methodist” has survived. In W. L. Tolstead’s words, “Dad said that Grandmother Tolstedt’s maiden name was Martin, and that he was a Methodist minister, and a shouting one at that; the kind that shouts ‘Hallelujah’, ‘Amen’, etc. There was a peculiar religious fanatical trend in the family that might be best called ‘Puritanism’.” Eliza [daughter] apparently raised the children as Methodists despite their father’s atheism. We have no real evidence that Richard was a minister. We did find one reference in the centennial history of the Lighthouse Methodist Church in Daysville, Illinois, Light House Religious History 1836-1936 to “Richard Martin, later a local minister”. In the United States Census of 1850 and again in 1860, Richard is listed as a farmer.261
Census
• 1806 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada.1556
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1568
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.319,1640
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001665
• 1813 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Unmarried, age 16-50.1568
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 54, b Canada. Farmer. $1500.319,1640
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 63, b W. Canada. Farmer. $2,000; $8001665
Spouses
Birthabt 1798, Augusta, Leeds And Grenville, Ontario, Canada319
Memoage 52 in 1850 Census
FlagsLegatee in Will
FatherJonathan WOODCOCK (1768-1824)
MotherLucy BISHOP (1768-1858)
Individual Notes
• Daughter of Jonathan Woodcock & Lucy Bishop.2332
Census
• 1823 Census: Augusta, Grenville, Ontario: 1 man, 1 woman, 1 boy, 1 girl.164,1587
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.319,1640
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1665
• 1850 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 52, b Canada.319,1640
• 1860 Census: Lafayette, Ogle, Illinois. Age 61, b W. Canada.1665
Family Notes
• 14 children.2329
ChildrenJonathan (1817-)
Margaret (1821-~1851)
Hannah (~1823-)
Freeman (1823-1900)
Isaac (~1824-)
James (~1826-)
Electa Leota (1827-1858)
Lucy M. (1829-1914)
Anson G. (1833-1888)
William (Died young) (1833-<1837)
William Henry (1837-1907)
Eliza (1839-1893)
Ezra (1844-1889)
Oliver (Not in father’s will) (~1845-)