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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3] |
John Alexander Martin |
Alt Name[4] |
Colonel Martin |
Gender |
Male |
Birth[5][6][3] |
10 Mar 1839 |
Brownsville, Fayette County, PA, USA |
Other[10][16][17][15] |
From 1853 to 1856 |
Brownsville, Fayette County, PA, USAan apprentice then editor |
Residence[19] |
Bef 1857 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, USA |
Employment[23][9] |
Est 1857 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAa typesetter |
Residence[19] |
1857 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, USA |
Residence[10][20] |
1857 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, USA |
Residence[21][22][15] |
Est 1857 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA |
Other[10][19][17] |
1857 |
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA, USAa compositor |
Religion[13][18] |
1857 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAAmerican Baptist Quality: 1 |
Employment[24][11][15] |
From 20 Feb 1858 to 2 Oct 1889 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAa newspaper owner |
Other[15] |
Nov 1858 |
chosen as a delegate to the territorial Free State convention |
Other[15] |
23 Apr 1859 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAissued a call to organize the county Republicans |
Other[25][23][26][15] |
18 May 1859 |
Osawatomie, Miami County, KS, USAsecretary to the First State Republican Convention |
Other[27][26][28][15] |
5 Jul 1859 |
Wyandotte County, KS, USAsecretary to the Kansas Wyandotte Constitutional convention |
Other[29][15] |
12 Oct 1859 |
Lawrence, Douglas County, KS, USAsecretary to the state Republican convention |
Other[30][31][15] |
6 Dec 1859 |
KS, USAstate senator for Atchison and Brown counties |
Occupation[32][33][6] |
From 1 Jun 1860 to 1 Jun 1870 |
an editor |
Other[15] |
1860 |
Lawrence, Douglas County, KS, USA chosen as a delegate to the territory Republican Convention |
Other[34][15] |
11 Apr 1860 |
Chicago, Cook County, IL, USAa delegate to the Republican National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln |
Other[29][15] |
28 Sep 1860 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAintroduced Wm. H. Seward |
Other[26] |
Oct 1860 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAsecretary of the railroad convention |
Other[29] |
Nov 1860 |
Misc |
Occupation[26][15] |
1861 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAa state senator in first state legislature Quality: 2 |
Other[35] |
From 20 Mar 1861 to 5 Mar 1874 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAa postmaster |
Other[36][1][7] |
27 Oct 1861 |
Leavenworth County, KS, USALieutenant Colonel, 8th Kansas Volunteer Regiment |
Occupation[26] |
1862 |
Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS, USAa provost marshal |
Occupation[37][1][26] |
1862 |
Nashville, Davidson County, TN, USAa provost marshal |
Other[1][38] |
23 Oct 1862 |
Bowling Green, Warren County, KY, USApromoted to Colonel |
Occupation[26] |
1863 |
a colonel Third Brigade, First Division, Twentieth army corps |
Other[1] |
31 Jul 1863 |
Winchester, Franklin County, TN, USAMisc |
Other[1] |
4 Aug 1863 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAMisc |
Occupation[26] |
1864 |
a colonel First Brigade, Third Division, Fourth army corps |
Other[1] |
6 Aug 1864 |
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, TN, USAill with scurvy |
Other[13][8] |
15 Nov 1864 |
Milit-End |
Other[40][1] |
17 Nov 1864 |
Pulaski, Giles County, TN, USAMilit-End |
Other[39][8] |
From 1864 to 1889 |
ill with hacking cough and skin eruptions |
Other[44][45][1] |
13 Mar 1865 |
brevetted Brigadier General, Eighth Kansas Volunteer Infantry |
Other[29][46] |
From 22 Mar 1865 to 1887 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA Employment |
Other[41][42][23][43] |
From May 1865 to May 1866 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAthe Mayor |
Other[29] |
1866 |
elected secretary of the Editors' Association and Commander-in-Chief of the Veteran Brotherhood |
Other[15] |
Est Sep 1866 |
Commander-in-Chief of the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic |
Other |
1867 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAmet at a church festival with Ida Challiss |
Other? |
1867 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAEmployment |
Other[29] |
1868 |
elected Vice President of the Editors' Association |
Other[34][29][15] |
1868 |
Chicago, Cook County, IL, USAa delegate to the Republican National Convention |
Engagement |
1869 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAto Ida Challiss |
Other |
Nov 1869 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA John Alexander Martin was a frequent visitor at the Challiss home with Ida Challiss |
Other[29] |
1870 |
KS, USAchairman of the committee on resolutions in the Republican State Convention |
Marriage |
1 Jun 1871 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAto Ida Challiss |
Other |
2 Jun 1871 |
Saint Louis, Saint Louis Independent City, MO, USAhoneymooned with Ida Challiss |
Other[29] |
1871 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAMisc |
Other[29] |
12 Aug 1871 |
Commissioner from Kansas to the Centennial to take place at Continental Hall in Philadelphia on 4 July 1876 |
Other? |
1 Dec 1871 |
ks, usaVice President in Kansas of the "Society of the Army of the Cumberland" |
Residence[18] |
From 1871 to 1889 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA |
Other[29][15] |
1872 |
a delegate to the National Republican Convention |
Census? |
1 Mar 1875 |
Atchison County, KS, USAKansas State Census |
Other? |
1877 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAAnecdote |
Other[15] |
Jun 1877 |
Kansas, United Stateschosen president of the State Editors' association |
Other[23][26][15] |
1878 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAEmployment |
Other? |
13 Jun 1878 |
consented to become a candidate before the Republican State Convention for nomination as Governor |
Other? |
29 Aug 1878 |
defeated on the seventeenth ballot for the Republican nomination for Governor by Col. John P. St. John. He had led the balloting until the final ballot when Gov. Anthony gave his support to St. John |
Other[15] |
From 1878 to 13 Apr 1882 |
Leavenworth County, KS, USAEmployment |
Other? |
From 17 Dec 1879 to 12 Jun 1880 |
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USAChairman of the Republican National Committee |
Census? |
1 Jun 1880 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA |
Other[15] |
2 Jun 1880 |
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USAa delegate to the Republican National convention |
Other? |
15 Apr 1882 |
Washington, District of Columbia, DC, USAmember of the Republican National Committee |
Other? |
17 Jul 1884 |
KS, USARepublicans nominated him for governor |
Other? |
4 Nov 1884 |
KS, USAelected governor |
Census? |
1 Mar 1885 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA |
Other[11] |
1885 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAthe Governor (salary was $3,000) |
Other? |
13 Jan 1885 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAinauguration |
Other[23] |
2 Nov 1886 |
KS, USAreelected governor |
Other[11] |
1887 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USAthe Governor |
Residence? |
Est 1888 |
Woodlawn, Nemaha County, KS, USAat summer home |
Other? |
4 Aug 1889 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAIllness |
Death[7][8][9] |
2 Oct 1889 |
Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USA |
Burial[10][11][12] |
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Mount Vernon Cemetery, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United StatesR68-BL105 |
Other[10] |
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Note |
Other[13] |
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Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAmaster mason |
Other[14] |
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Atchison, Atchison County, KS, USAJohn A. Martin, being a Seward supporter, made no mention in the Champion of Mr. Lincoln's presence in Atchison at that time |
Other? |
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Lawrence, Douglas County, KS, USAadded to Kansas Newspaper Hall of Fame on 16 Mar 1933 |
Other[15] |
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Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, USASecretary of the State railroad convention |
Reference Number? |
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Q1688154? |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Union Military Service Record, 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Subject: John Alexander Martin.
- ↑ Application for Social Security Account Number, Record Type: SS-5, Name Of Person: Tonsing, Ruth Martin, File.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lineage Application, Subject: Ernest Frederick Tonsing , File Number: 135483.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Military History of the Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Infantry. (Daily Bulletin Steam Book and Job Printing House, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869)
23.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Atchison County, Kansas, National Archives and Records Ad. (1870)
224.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ida Challiss. Pension Application File, Subject: Martin, Ida C, Record Group: 15, File Number: WC-408623
Declaration for Original Pension of a Widow sworn to by Ida C. Martin.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Report from the Committee on Pensions, 53d Congress, Second Session, Subject: Martin, Mrs. Ida C, File Number:
Report No. 640 to Accompany S. 2032.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 1920 to June 4, 1935, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Subject: Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives
123, Oct. 2, 1889.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
Abstract.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Mount Vernon Cemetery, 6920 Rawlins Rd., Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas 66002, 393225N0950835W, Record Type
John Alexander & Ida Challiss Martin tombstone, read by Richard Tonsing, 24 July 1997.
- ↑ Tonsing, Ruth Martin. Ruth Photo Album. (1967)
Photo of bronze medallion on John A. Martin monument at Mt. Vernon, Atchison, Kans.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Chaky, Rebecca (Rebecca Carol), and Ruth (Ruth Mellenbruch) Martin. Ruth Martin Family Tree 1995: Brown, Challiss, Earhart, Harres, Martin, Mellenbruch, Milbank, Tonsing, Walker. (Friendswood, Texas: Never Done Press, 1995)
51-64.
- ↑ Alexander, Stan. When Atchison Was the Gateway to the West - An Early History. (Atchison County, Kansas Genealogical Society, Atchison, Kansas, 1999)
33-34.
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 15.13 15.14 15.15 15.16 15.17 15.18 15.19 15.20 Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Subject: John Alexander Martin. (1874-1882)
70-72, Leavenworth Times, The Rise of a Brownsville Boy.
- ↑ The 20th Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 1996)
Vol.7, p.275.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Tonsing, Ruth. Challiss Martin Memory Book, Record Type: collection of newspaper clippings, Location: Atchison, Kansas, Url:. (before 1967).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Tonsing, Rev. Dr. Ernest F. Rev. Dr. Ernest F. Tonsing (Topeka, Kansas), by Dr. Ernst F. Tonsing, 29 March 1986. Transcribed 7-12 October. (29 March 1986).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 John Alexander Martin. Letters of John A. Martin, Record Type: microfilm. (1857, 1861 - 1864)
April 22, 1857.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Letters of John A. Martin, Record Type: microfilm. (1857, 1861 - 1864)
June 15, 1857.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
14.
- ↑ Ida Challiss. Pension Application File, Subject: Martin, Ida C, Record Group: 15, File Number: WC-408623
notarized General Affidavit of S. R. Washer.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 Tonsing, Ruth. Challiss Martin Memory Book, Record Type: collection of newspaper clippings, Location: Atchison, Kansas, Url:. (before 1967)
24.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
28.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
44.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 26.8 Kansas State Historical Society and Department of Archives. History of Kansas Newspapers. (State Printer, Topeka, Kansas, 1916)
33-35.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
45.
- ↑ Progress in Kansas: Some Notes on the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention, Series: database online, Volume: ht. (Voices, The Kansas Collection Online Magazine, Topeka, Kansas, 28 December 1998, Second Date, 1936).
- ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Subject: John Alexander Martin. (1874-1882)
p. 20-21, The Herald, Tuesday, May 14, 1878.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
48.
- ↑ Brown County, Kansas Candidate Page, Record Type: database online, Second Location: http:/169.147.169.151/kans. (28 December 1998).
- ↑ United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule, Atchison County, Kansas, National Archives and Records Ad. (1860)
52.
- ↑ Challiss, Mary A.; her children. Woodlawn. (privately printed, 1904)
153.
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Subject: John Alexander Martin. (1874-1882)
p. 4, The Journal of Commerce, Topeka, Aug. 15, 1877.
- ↑ Records of Appointment of Postmasters, Record Type: Records of Appointment of Postmasters, File Number: M841. (1832-September 30, 1971)
roll 40, Atchison County, Page 884.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Military History of the Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Infantry. (Daily Bulletin Steam Book and Job Printing House, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869)
4.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Military History of the Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Infantry. (Daily Bulletin Steam Book and Job Printing House, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869)
25.
- ↑ Museum of the Kansas National Guard -- Hall of Fame, Url: http:/skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/kng/hof.html/. (1998).
- ↑ Ida Challiss. Pension Application File, Subject: Martin, Ida C, Record Group: 15, File Number: WC-408623
notarized General Affidavit of Ida C. Martin.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Military History of the Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Infantry. (Daily Bulletin Steam Book and Job Printing House, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869)
93.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
197.
- ↑ Atchison Daily Champion March 23, 1865 - March 31, 1866. (Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society, Atchison, Kansas, n.d)
48.
- ↑ 1920 to June 4, 1935, Record Type: newspaper clippings, Subject: Ruth Martin Tonsing and relatives
187, Saturday, August 26, 1933.
- ↑ Raney, Matthew A. The Early Political and Military Career of Governor John Alexander Martin of Kansas, Record Type: Master Thesi. (1991)
196.
- ↑ John Alexander Martin. Military History of the Eighth Kansas Veteran Volunteer Infantry. (Daily Bulletin Steam Book and Job Printing House, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869)
107.
- ↑ Atchison County Kansas Genealogical Society. Combined Standard Atlas of Atchison County Kansas 1887 1903 1925. (Windmill Publications, Inc, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, 2001, Second Date, 1887, 1903, and 1925).
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