Martin Luther Junk

Male5 July 1847–1 April 1933

Brief Life History of Martin Luther

When Martin Luther Junk was born on 5 July 1847, in Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas W. Junk, was 30 and his mother, Phoebe Peterson, was 26. He married Mary Catharyn Willis on 2 March 1871, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Frankfort, Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died on 1 April 1933, in Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Frankfort, Ross, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Luther Junk
1847–1933
Mary Catharyn Willis
1851–1937
Marriage: 2 March 1871
Oather M Junk
1872–1950
Raymond K Junk
1874–1940
Etta Junk
1876–1965
Clara Junk
1878–1957
Elmer Junk
1880–1947
Ida Junk
1882–1974
Frank Willis Junk
1883–1969
Troy Thomas Junk
1887–1962

Sources (44)

  • Martin L Jumk in household of Thomas Jumk, "United States Census, 1860"
  • M. L. Junk, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Martin L Junk, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 March 1871Ross, Ohio, United States
  • Children (8)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (9)

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    World Events (8)

    1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

    Age 13

    Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

    1863

    Age 16

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 23

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    South German: variant of Jung .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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