Hi Lillie, I see you did not furnish your personal email address so I will reply to the List and hope you read it. I too have Martins descendants in most of those Texas locations you mentioned plus Oklahoma but my Martins came out of Red Boiling Springs, TN in 1880, about. Wylie Martin and his wife Martha and their 12 kids moved from TN to Texas during the time from 1880 to 1890 to Hill County, Texas. You made a statement that may not be true; you think Shayne Garret Forrest is a man; I think he is a she. Shayne is still living near Blue Ridge, TX at S Forrest 14887 County Road 1100 Blue Ridge, TX 75424-3344 Phone: (972) 752-4478 and she/he is living with CARAWAY,JAMES ROBERT 14887 County Road 1100, Blue Ridge, TX 75424-3344 Texas Also, Shayne old email address was "shyhotmom1" at cs.com. That name indicates a woman. Perhaps, trying to send email messages to that name at gmail.com and hotmail.com and yahoo.com might yield some results. Carl Martin martinfamilytree@gmail.com On 5/1/07, Lilly Martin <nezars@aloola.sy> wrote: > > My Martin family line begins with William M. Martin b. 1826 Rockingham Co > NC, he married Mary M. Young b. 1825 Rockinghma Co NC, d/o Robert Young. > They left NC to settle in Henderson Co TN near Lexington, TN. William M. > Martin died there in 1870, and the widow and children then moved to > Navarro > Co TX in 1878. > Below I have given specific information about my myself and my relatives > in > TEXAS. I am looking to contact with anyone related to, or having any > information about these people. I would appreciate any help from > anyone. I > have researched this line 5 years and still have not found any living > relatives to share my research with. > > > > #1. I am Lilly Martin, I will start with me as #1. > > > > #2. My Father was Billy Joe Martin b. 1925 Duncan, OK. I already know > > everything about him, no mysteries there. But he was raised away from > his > > own father, so this caused him to know nothing about his own biological > > Father, but now thru research I have uncovered all that. > > > > #3. Joe Alfred Martin b. 1899 Sunset, Montague Co TX. He took a job > with > > Lone Star Gas Co as a teenager and ended up working 43 years for > them. He > > lived in OK, but mainly most of his working career he lived in Vernon, > > Wilbarger Co TX. His wife was Ora B. Gandy, and they never had > children. > > My father was his only child, born of a first marriage which was over > > before my Dad was born. > > I already know everything about this man, so I have no more questions, > but > > my problem is, since he left no other children, I can't find any cousins > > to share research with. However, he had some siblings, and from these > > siblings maybe I can find a living descendant?? > > > > #4. Joe Allen Martin b. 1857 Henderson Co TN. This man arrived with his > > widowed Mother in Navarro Co TX in 1878. He grew up and married a local > > girl named Nancy Elizabeth Doolen, d/o William Doolen, a pioneer settler > > > of Navarrro Co TX. > > They moved to Sunset, Montague Co TX and raised a family. Last record I > > have, is the 1930 census at Sunset, TX this man and his second wife, > named > > Nora Martin are still living. I don't know when he died, but I presume > > not many years later in that area. > > > > Joe Allen Martin had several children: > > 1. Joe Alfred Martin (my Grandfather, who I already described) > > 2. Dan Lee Martin, he was a teacher in Bowie, TX and rose to school > > superintendant. I have his obit, it lists one child only a Dan Lee > > Martin, Jr. > > It is concievable that this man still lives, but I would doubt it. > > I do not know if he had children, but I would like to know. > > > > 3. William Jesse Martin b. Nov 3, 1894 Sunset, TX. This is a man who > > might have been living in Houston, TX, according to an Obit. > > I would love to know if this man left any children, or grandchildren? > > By finding a living relative I might be able to share alot of data, and > > push the research further back? > > > > 4. Jim Dave Martin b. 1905 d. 1967. This man married Lora M. > Musselwhite. > > I found a listing online for this man, but the researcher only knew > about > > the Musselwhite lady, and nothing about the Martin side. > > His children were: > > Jim Dave Martin Jr b. 1929 (m. Dillard) > > Don Gayle Martin b. 1936 d. 1989 > > > > I found that there was a researcher named Shayne Garrett Forrest, who > > lived in McKinney , TX, and also had lived in Blue Ridge, TX. This man > > Shayne is supposed to me a decendant of Jim Dave Martin, probably thru a > > daughter I would guess. The email address for Shayne is no good. > > > > If you ever find anything for these people, or a phone number or mailing > > address for Shayne, let me know. This might be the connection I need. > > > > > > Best regards, > > LIlly Martin > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >