History of Wasco County, Oregon by Wm. H. McNeal, second printing November 1974, Page 393 George B. Martin George B. Martin, Civil War veteran homesteader of Pleasant Ridge and Dalles to Prineville freighter was born in Indiana (1848) and served with the 7 Kansas Cavalry during the Civil War and was an 1852 emigrant to California and did considerable traveling around before he married Nancy Cromwell and came to The Dalles in 1884 where he homesteaded on Pleasant Ridge and freighted between The Dalles and Prinevill until the railroad was built in Shaniko in 1900. Their children were: Otis Dell Martin: O.D. Martin, Dalles auctioneer and business man married Lulu Taylor, daughter of James Taylor, Pioneer 3-Mile settlers and their children were: (1.) Norval Martin, Dalles farmer and real estate merchant of Portland, married Alice Skelley and have: 1. Betty (Mrs. Chuck Biggerstaff) Portland; 2. Argina who was killed in a car accident. 2. Lewis Martin of Beaverton married Bertha Potter and had Lewis Jr. 3. LaVern Martin became Mrs. Honor Harriman and they had: Janet (Mrs. Truman Osbern) Estacada [Oregon] Jean of Portland. 4. Verl (Jack) Martin, Dalles cherry orchardist married Rose Creason and had: Dorothy who died single; Robert of The Dalles who married Fay Waters and have: Randy Beverly Don of The Dalles 5. Paul (Bill) Martin, Mill creek farmer married Gertrude Zachery, daughter Willis Zachery Dutch Flat farmer and Dalles drayman; and have: Ruth; Willis and John Martin (Paul Martin furnished this very fine biography of the Martin family) 6. Delmar J. Martin Dalles laundryman married Isabel Babcock and have: Shirley (Mrs. Robert Wagenblast) The Dalles who have: Phillip and Robin Don Martin married Betty Morgan and have: Cynthia Steve Martin, single. 7. Milt Martin, Dalles farmer and concessionairist of amusement devices married Jesse Denton and had: Floyd and Eddy Martin. Married 2. June (Lash) Clifford daughter of Ollie Lash. 8. Geraldine (Mrs. John Bonn) The Dalles groceryman. 9. Gerald Martin, died single. (2.) Lewis C. Martin, (son of George and Nancy (Cromwell) Martin of Chico, California married Edith Harris and had: Lee Martin who operates a massage treatment office at 209 E. 3d, married Hazel Preston and they have: Barbara, The Dalles Leon, The Dalles. (3.) Flemi Martin became the wife of Levi Christman, who was Wasco county sheriff 20 years and their children were: Edna (Mrs. Bob Johnson) Portland; Vera of Bremerton, Washington Robert Christman, district attorney of Enterprise, Oregon. Cecil Christman, Wallowa city attorney; Elsie (Mrs. Leslie Owen) Redmond, Oregon. Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program _________________________________________________________________ Choose now from 4 levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage - no more account overload! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/