This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Martin Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HMB.2ACE/1213 Message Board Post: I am trying to find information on my gggrand parents that lived near Pleasant Hope, MO around 1870. His name was James Isiah Martin, and was married to Martha Ann Gillenwater, and had a daughter Margrret Elzibeth. Any information you can share about this family would be greatly Appreciated,

Living in dwelling #1301 in the 1860 Polk County, MO census, Mooney twp are the following: L. B. Gillinwatter, age 42, b. TN Mary, 34, b. TN James, 15, b. TN Lafayette, 13, b. TN Eliza, 11, b. TN Sarah, 10, b. TN William, 7, b. TN Martha, 5, b. MO Margret, 3, b. MO Mary, 4/12 or 11/12, b. MO Living in dwelling #114 in the 1870 Polk County, MO census, Mooney twp are the following: L. B. Gilinwater, age 51, b. TN James, 23, b. TN Lafayette A, 22, b. TN Eliza J, 19, b. TN William F, 18, b. TN Martha A, 15, b. MO Margaret N, 13, b. MO Mary E, 10, b. MO Charles H, 7, b. MO Sterling A, 5, b. MO Lucian B. GILLENWATER was from Hawkins Co, TN and married Mary Jane ARMSTRONG (dau. of Samuel Armstrong b. 1792 Hawkins Co, TN and Margaret SPROUL, b. 1804, Hawkins Co, TN). All of Samuel Armstrong's children (Mary Jane (m. Lucian B. GILLENWATER), Abner, James, Sarah (m. John A. COWDEN), Hannibal and Lydia (m. Z. T. L. BURNS) removed with he and his wife Margaret from Hawkins Co, TN to Polk County, MO, Mooney twp abt 1854. All are living in the immediate neighborhood, some on adjoining farms. Living in the Abner ARMSTRONG home (dwelling #139) in the 1870 census is a James J. Martin age 17, b. Arkansas. James ARMSTRONG and family are living in dwelling #138, and Hannibal ARMSTRONG and family are living in dwelling #140. Mary Jane ARMSTRONG died sometime between 1865, when Sterling A. was born, and Oct. 1866 when Samuel ARMSTRONG mentioned her children in his will. I have not located where she or Lucian B. are buried. An internet source gives Lucian B. Gillenwater's father as Joel G. Gillenwater. Hope this helps. Alice Kugler (gg grandaughter of Samuel Armstrong) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 2:17 PM Subject: [MOPOLK] J. I. Martin > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Martin > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HMB.2ACE/1213 > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to find information on my gggrand parents that lived near Pleasant Hope, MO around 1870. His name was James Isiah Martin, and was married to Martha Ann Gillenwater, and had a daughter Margrret Elzibeth. Any information you can share about this family would be greatly Appreciated, > > > > ==== MOPOLK Mailing List ==== > NO offensive language-NO flames-NO advertising will be permitted on this mail list. >