Alexander Arthur Martin

1883 - 1960  (77 years)

• Name	Alexander Arthur Martin
  Birth	19 Apr 1883	Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Eye color	dark brown
  Hair color	dark brown
  Height	5' 7.5"
  Census	1-16 Jun 1900	U.S.S. Essex   [2]
  	The U.S.S. Essex was in the North Atlantic, probably about 1/3 of the way from the United States to Europe.
  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
  Death	7 Dec 1960	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Burial	10 Dec 1960	Memorial Park Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  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.
  Person ID	I27868	Test | Greg Martin
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Jessie Helen Duff,   b. 18 Sep 1883, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA d. 6 Nov 1956, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	30 Nov 1905	St. Agnes Church, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA   [3, 4]
  Census	1930	203 Klee Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Census	1940	730 Linden Avenue, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA   [6]
  Children	1. James Allen Martin,   b. 23 Mar 1925, Fostoria, Seneca County, Ohio, USA d. 31 Mar 1994, Riverside, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F10448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S666] Death Record. See http://bryan-martin.net/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=884&medialinkID=1027 [S667] 1900 Census of Military and Naval Personnel. [S758] Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records. [S1216] Certified Copy of Marriage Record, Vol. 62, Page 194 (Reliability: 3). Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Probate Court See http://bryan-martin.net/genealogy/showmedia.php?mediaID=4366&medialinkID=4160 [S1217] 1930 Census, Montgomery County, Ohio. [S1218] 1940 Census, Montgomery County, Ohio.