Brief Life History of Absalom
When Absalom Martin was born on 30 August 1804, in Tyler, Tyler, Virginia, United States, his father, Abner Martin, was 23 and his mother, Sarah Hoskinson, was 17. He married Jane Longwell in 1826, in Monroe, Butler, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ohio Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 18 June 1878, in Lee Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Lee Township, Monroe, Ohio, United States.
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- Absolom Martin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Absalom Martin, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
- Abasol... Martin in entry for Ebenezar Martin, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, French, Walloon, Breton, Dutch, Flemish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Italian (Veneto); Spanish (Martín): from a personal name derived from Latin Martinus, itself a derivative of Mars, genitive Martis, the Roman god of fertility and war, whose name may derive ultimately from a root mar ‘gleam’. This was borne by a famous 4th-century Christian saint, Martin of Tours, and consequently became extremely popular throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. In North America, the surname Martin has absorbed cognates and derivatives from other languages, e.g. Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Marcin , Albanian Martini , Polish surnames beginning with Marcin-, and Slovenian patronymics like Martinčič (see Martincic ). Martin is the most frequent surname in France and one of the most frequent surnames in Wallonia.
English: variant of Marton .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Mártain, ‘descendant of Martin’ (compare 1 above). Otherwise, a shortened form of Gilmartin or McMartin ; sometimes also spelled Martyn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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