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John Martin, Stenscholl,
Skye, and his wife Catherine Macdonald of Snizort, Skye, arrived in Uigg
in 1829. Their family consisted of:
I. HUGH (B.A. Glas. 1849-51, M.D. New Orleans), surgeon in Confederate
Army in Virginia, married Ella McCarthy, Virginia, with issue: Rev. Hugh
Macdonald Martin, Baltimore, and two daughters;
II. CATHERINE, wife of Murdoch Nicholson, Head Montague, with issue ;
III. MALCOLM, married Catherine, daughter of John (Small) Macdonald,
Belfast, with issue;
IV. DONALD, Orwell Head, married Miss Macdonald, Grandview, with issue:
Margaret, Hugh, Marjory, wife of Alex. Ross, Duncan, John, John Donald,
and Anne;
V. CHARLES, unmarried;
VI. JOHN, died in Virginia, about 1869, unmarried;
VII. SAMUEL, b. in Skye, Sept. 25, 1821, d. in Uigg, married Sarah,
daughter of James Campbell, of Uigg, b. Point Prim, 1829, with issue:
1. MARGARET, b. 1850, d.
1871, wife of John Martin, Kilmuir, P.E.I., with issue, one daughter;
2. HUGH, b. 1853, d. 1923, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, married Emma Balzer, with
issue five children. One son served overseas in A.E.F.;
3. JOHN SAMUEL, Uigg, Speaker Local Legislature, P.E.I., born 1855,
married Hattie Mackenzie, with issue surviving: Emily, Anne, Samuel,
James, and Hugh, living on the homestead with his parents; John, b, July,
1896, 105th Batt. C.E.F., d. May 22, 1919, from wounds received in action;
4. CHRISTY ANN, b. 1857, wife of George Wood, Milwaukee, with issue: four
children;
5. CATHERINE, wife of Kenneth MacLean, Alberry Plains, with issue: eight
children;
6. JAMES CAMPBELL, minister, b. 1861, married Miss Livock, Chaplain
overseas with C.E.F.;
7. MARJORY, wife of Lauchlin McKay, Dundas, with issue: nine children, of
whom William, Hugh, and George served overseas with the C.E.F. The latter
was killed in action in Flanders;
8. EMILY, wife of Fred Beers, Mass., with issue: six children, one son
served overseas in A.E.F. ;
9. SARAH, wife of John G. Mackenzie, Granville, P.E.L, with issue: nine
children, one of whom George, was killed in action overseas with C.E.F. ;
10. JOHN DONALD, Orwell, b. 1868, d. 1922, married Ella Mackenzie, with
issue: five children;
11. MALCOLM CAMPBELL, minister, California, b. April 1, 1871, married Ella
May Parks, Minneapollis, with issue: June, Margaret and Eleanor. Chaplain
with A.E.F.;
12. SAMUEL ANGUS, minister, Manitoba, b. Sept. 3, 1873, married Nettie
Fielding, with issue surviving: Jean, wife of Ernest Yeo; Wallace James,
and Margaret. Chaplain overseas with C.E.F.
Samuel Martin, and his
wife, Sarah Campbell, were a very unusual and distinguished couple. They
were parents of fifteen children, of whom thirteen reached maturity. Four
were school teachers, and three were successful clergymen. Two served
overseas as chaplains in the Great War. In the same war eight grandsons of
Mr. and Mrs. Martin were engaged. Three of them were killed in action.
In every good and worthy
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