Living

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: designer/draftsman
• Occupation: 1950; radio/television repairman
• Residence: 1950, 2608 E. Third Street, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1950, 60 Bierce Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1953, 60 Bierce Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

James Martin enlisted in the United States Army on December 13, 1943. His enlistment record indicates that he had been employed in civilian life as a motorcycle mechanic, a packer of high explosives, and as a stock clerk, and that he had three years of high school.

James married Barbara Jean MacGruder on 17 Jun 1944 in Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA. Barbara (daughter of Howell Joshua MacGruder and Mayme Elizabeth Kohn) was born on 15 Aug 1923 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; died on 11 Mar 1992 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 14 Mar 1992 in Beaver Cemetery, Greene County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife; piano teacher

Notes:

James Martin and Barbara Jean MacGruder were married at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, while he was serving in the United States Army. Barbara Jean MacGruder graduated from the Miami-Jacobs Business College in Dayton, Ohio, and worked as a secretary. She also taught private piano students for a number of years, and wrote several books of piano teaching pieces which have been published by Kjos Publishing Company. James Martin was a designer for Systems Research Laboratories in Beavercreek, Ohio, before his retirement. He also served for a number of years on the Mad River Township (Montgomery County) Volunteer Fire Department, and served as Chief of the department.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Eye color: dark brown
• Hair color: dark brown
• Height: 5' 7.5"
• Census: 1-16 Jun 1900, U.S.S. Essex; 40° 10′ 50″ N, -47° 24′ 6″ W
• Military service: 1899-1904; United States Navy
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, East 65th Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 9001 Macomb Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1930, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 13 Apr 1940, 730 Linden Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 11 Apr 1950, 210 Cambridge Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Alexander Arthur Martin's family moved from Providence, Rhode Island, to Cleveland, Ohio, while he was still young. The family lived at 122 Whitney Avenue. He was the first person to enlist at the new Cleveland recruiting station at 64 Public Square, enlisting in the Navy on December 28, 1899. He underwent introductory training at Coaster's Harbor Island, Rhode Island, where he was stationed on the U.S.S. Constellation. He also served on the U.S.S. Essex, an old ship used for training, then on the U.S.S. Wabash, a stationary receiving ship at Chelsea, Massachusetts. Next, he went to the receiving yard at Brooklyn, and then to San Francisco, where he was assigned to the U.S.S. Wisconsin. While in San Francisco, he met President McKinley at a ball. He visited many foreign ports during his time in the Navy, and took part in naval exercises during the Boxer Rebellion in China and the Philippine Insurrection. He was discharged from the Navy on his birthday in 1904.

After his marriage to Jessie Duff, the family lived for some time in Cleveland, and later moved to Erie, Pennsylvania, and Fostoria, Ohio. They were living in Cleveland, Ohio, at the time of the 1910 census. William Duff, cousin of Jessie Duff Martin, was living with them. In 1920, they were living at 9001 Macomb Avenue, Cleveland. The family finally settled in Dayton, Ohio, where Alexander was employed by the National Cash Register Company. He built numerous ship models as a hobby, and won several prizes for his models. He was a member of Linden Avenue Baptist Church and the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Masonic Lodge, becoming a Prince of the Royal Secret, thirty-second degree, on November 11, 1944.

Alexander died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. At the time of his death, he was living at 210 Cambridge Avenue in Dayton. Alex and Jessie are buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio, in Section 12, Lot 3, Block 12.

Alexander married Jessie Helen Duff on 30 Nov 1905 in St. Agnes Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Jessie (daughter of Charles Edward Duff and Ann Nolan) was born on 18 Sep 1883 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; died on 6 Nov 1956 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 9 Nov 1956 in Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: 1905; maid
• Census: 28 Apr 1910, East 65th Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 2 Jan 1920, 9001 Macomb Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 26 Apr 1930, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 11 Apr 1950, 210 Cambridge Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Jessie Duff's parents died when she was very young, so she lived with her older siblings. She was living with her sister and brother-in-law, James and Mary Hutchsion, at the time of the 1900 Census of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Roll 1254, Book 2, page 260). She was described in the census as a "nurse-girl."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Eye color: hazel
• Hair color: black
• Height: 5' 9"
• Military service: United States Navy, World War I
• Occupation: electrician
• Residence: 1926, 308 Cemetery Drive, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1933, 1837 Summit Street, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Howell Joshua Magruder changed his last name to MacGruder sometime before his marriage in 1922. He felt that this form of the name would be closer to the original Scottish form. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve Forces on 1 August 1918, and was called to active duty on 7 August 1918. His address at the time of his enlistment was 1248 Warder Street, Springfield, Ohio. He was at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois from 17 August 1918 to 11 September 1918. He was then sent to the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk, Virginia, until 14 September 1918. He served on the U.S.S. Massachusetts until 11 November 1918. His rank was Fireman 3rd Class. He also served on the U.S.S. Harrisburg. He was released from active duty on 26 September 1919, and received his honorable discharge on 30 September 1921. He was an electrician by trade. Emma (Mayme) Kohn went to work at an early age, first in a laundry and later in a factory. She later played the piano at a silent movie house while her brother Clyde sang. The Howell MacGruder family was one of the first families in Dayton to own a television set. At the time of the 1930 census, the family was living at 35 Quentin Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. After the death of Howell MacGruder, Emma Kohn MacGruder went to work as a switchboard operator at Dayton's Central YMCA, retiring in 1965. The cemetery where he and his wife are buried, Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, is near Donnellsville, Clark County, Ohio.

Howell married Mayme Elizabeth Kohn on 13 May 1922 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Mayme (daughter of John David Kohn and Barbara Elizabeth Cotter) was born on 15 Aug 1898 in Lynn Township, Hardin County, Ohio, USA; died on 22 Nov 1984 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 24 Nov 1984 in Glen Haven Memorial Gardens, Donnelsville, Clark County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Mary Elizabeth

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Joseph Arthur Martin
• Immigration: 3 May 1869
• Naturalization: 30 Oct 1894, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

Joseph's middle name on his baptismal record and marriage record is Hormisdas. The witnesses in the baptismal record were Joseph Boucher and Marie Duclos. At the time of his naturalization in 1894, Joseph Martin was living at 341 Case Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of the 1900 Census, the Joseph Martin family was living at 122 Whitney Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio (see 1900 Ohio Census, Cuyahoga County, Roll 1254, Book 2, Page 80a). Living at the residence were Joseph, his wife Mary, Eva M., William, and Irene Martin, and Florence Burrows, said to be Joseph's sister-in-law. In 1910, the family was living at 7540 Star Avenue, Cleveland. They were living on East 103rd Street, Cleveland, in 1920. He is probably the Joseph Martin listed in the 1930 census as an inmate at the Warrensville Correction Farm, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Joseph Martin died at his residence, 5144 Oakmont Drive, South Euclid, Ohio.

According to the Julian family, Joseph Martin fell off a bicycle and hit his head, causing him some mental problems, although he had been very bright before the accident. He always wore a Derby hat in bed and always wore long underwear.

Joseph married Marie Julie Oliva Jean on 18 Jun 1882 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. Marie (daughter of Louis Jean and Célina Turcotte) was born on 16 Feb 1865 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada; was christened on 21 Feb 1865 in Saint-Norbert, Norbertville, Arthabaska, Québec, Canada; died on 26 Feb 1887 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1882, Lincoln, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA

Notes:

The marriage record gives her name as Oliva Jean. Her death certificate lists "consumption" as the cause of death, but family tradition holds that she died in childbirth.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Naturalization: 9 Oct 1882, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1883, 2 Home Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 7 Aug 1883; Cleveland policeman

Notes:

At the time of the 1861 census, Charles Duff was living at Bothy of Charleston, Liff and Benvie, Angus, and his occupation was given as ploughman. In their 1868 marriage record, Charles Duff and Ann Nolan were both recorded as living in Lochee and working as farm servants in the parish of Liff and Benvie. On the death record of their first child, Alexander, in 1868, Charles' occupation was given as police constable in Dundee. Charles apparently came to the United States before the rest of his family, as his record in the Declarations of Aliens (Volume 8, p. 398, 9 October 1880) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, states that he arrived in the United States in September 1868. His wife and children arrived in New York from Glasgow on 31 October 1872, on the S.S. California. The California was built by Alexander Stephen & Sons of Glasgow and was launched on 12 March 1872. Its maiden voyage was 15 June 1872, and it was scrapped in 1904. Charles probably came first to find employment, and then returned to Scotland to prepare his family for emigration. He is listed in the 1871 census of St. Mary, Dundee, with the occupation of police officer. There is no date on the census record. Again, he must have returned to the United States before his wife and children. He is probably the Charles Duff listed on the passenger manifest for the S.S. Anglia, which arrived in New York from Glasgow on 16 September 1871. On 7 August 1883, Charles was appointed a patrolman (Patrolman 160, at $840 per year) with the Cleveland Police Department, and took his Oath of Office the same day. His previous occupation was given as "paver," and his address was 6 Home Street.

Buried:
Section 4, Lot 157, NW 1/2 - purchased by Mrs. Annie Duff on 9 July 1888.

Charles married Ann Nolan on 26 Jun 1868 in St. John the Baptist's Catholic Church, 20 Melville Street, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Ann (daughter of Francis Nolan and Catherine Nolan) was born in 1847 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 2 Sep 1898 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 5 Sep 1898 in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Anna
• Residence: 1892, 29 Cory Avenue, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
• Funeral Service: 5 Sep 1898, St. Agnes Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

On Jessie Helen Duff's birth record, Ann's place of birth was stated to be Ireland. In June 1897, Ann Nolan Duff returned to Scotland, presumably to visit her mother and other relatives. Traveling with James and Letitia Hutchison, the in-laws of her daughter Mary, she sailed on the ship State of Nebraska on 5 June and arrived in Glasgow on 14 June. She remained in Scotland until late August 1897, sailing home on 25 August on the ship City of Rome and arriving in New York on 5 September. Her nationality was listed as Scottish on the outgoing passenger list and as Irish on the return passenger list. When she arrived in New York on her return trip, she declared that she had $5.00 and a ticket to her final destination, Cleveland.

Buried:
Section 4, Lot 157 NW1/2

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Milledgeville, Fayette County, Ohio, USA
• Occupation: 1899; coal miner
• Census: 1900, Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 1910, Chillicothe Pike, Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio, USA
• Census: 1920, 1245 Warder Street, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

The John Magruder family was living in Union Township, Fayette County, Ohio, at the time of the 1900 Census (see 1900 Ohio Census, Fayette County, page 136a). Living with the family was his father-in-law, David Lewis, and his brother-in-law, David Lewis. After the divorce of John Garrett Magruder and Martha Hall, she moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she married Andrew L. Wing. At the time of the 1920 Census, the family was living at 1245 Warder Street, Springfield, Ohio. John Garrett and Hannah Lewis Magruder both died at the home of John's daughter, Della Magruder Pettit, at 1107 Kenton Street, Springfield, Ohio, within two days of each other. John Garrett Magruder was a helper at Robbins and Myers Company in Springfield, Ohio.

John married Hannah Lewis on 25 Mar 1899 in Jackson County, Ohio, USA. Hannah (daughter of David D. Lewis and Hannah Evans) was born on 16 Oct 1861 in Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio, USA; died on 23 Jan 1928 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 25 Jan 1928 in Newcomers' Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA
• Buried: 11 Nov 1925, Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA

Notes:

At the time of the 1880 census, the John Kohn family was living in McDonald Township, Hardin County, Ohio. Listed with John and Barbara Elizabeth Kohn were their children William, Elsie, and Carrie. At the time of the 1900 census, the John Kohn family was living in Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio (see Ohio 1900 Census, Muskingum County, Roll 1310, Book 1, page 256a). At some point, the family lived at Foraker, Ohio. John David Kohn's body was moved from Newcomers Cemetery, Clark County, Ohio, to Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio, on 11 November 1925.

Buried:
Family tradition holds that the body of John David Kohn was moved from Newcomers' Cemetery to Ferncliff Cemetery after his wife's death in 1925. Although his death certificate states that he was buried at Ferncliff, the records of Ferncliff Cemetery indicate that his burial service occurred on 11 November 1925.

Buried:
Family tradition holds that the body of John David Kohn was moved from Newcomers' Cemetery to Ferncliff Cemetery after his wife's death in 1925. Although his death certificate states that he was buried at Ferncliff, the records of Ferncliff Cemetery indicate that his burial service occurred on 11 November 1925.

John married Barbara Elizabeth Cotter on 5 Aug 1875 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. Barbara (daughter of James Laurence Cotter and Anna Maria Harrison) was born on 10 Dec 1852 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA; died on 5 Aug 1925 in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried on 8 Aug 1925 in Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1920 Census, Barbara Cotter was living at 627 Belmont Avenue, Springfield, Ohio. Her name was given as Elizabeth (age 67). Living with her were Erma Kohn (age 24), Mamie Kohn (age 21), and Alma Holden (age 5).