Seeking location of Blood Rock
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Re: Seeking location of Blood Rock
| JoyceKoon57 (View posts) | Posted: 23 Mar 2008 8:20PM GMT |
Classification: Query
It was so good to hear from you again, Don Thomas. Do you go by your double name? I have a son named John Thomas, and a grandson John Thomas Koon II. I would be happy to send you the information I have on all the families of John Thomas and Dora Reed Martin. Or do you already have that? I saw on the website link that you sent me that it says "Living Martin" - does that mean that you have the information, but just can't let me see it? I would be happy to send the information to you. Do you have a regular e-mail address that I could send it to?
It was interesting to read the little article about me that was in the Herald Democrat - I had a good school attendance - I missed my first day of school in the 8th grade, and it broke my heart!
I am not trying to be "nosy or too personal", but what is your age? I am 68 - my sister Eva Elizabeth Martin Atkinson and brother Orla Charles Martin, Jr. have both passed away. Of all the John Thomas and Dora Reed Martin grandchildren, there are only two still living. Vida Morgan King, daughter of Pearl Martin and Ed Morgan (she is in her 90's) and me, Joyce Mae Martin Koon.
I always thought that Daddy's name was Orlando Charles Martin, but I never saw it written on any legal documents like that. However, I think it must have been Charles Orlanda and they called him Orla (but pronounced it Orlie). When he went in the army in WWI at age 19, he gave his name as Orla Charles Martin. And from that time on that is how he listed his name. I don't think it probably was ever "officially" changed. My brother was named Orla Charles Martin, Jr.
My son was interested in finding more about Solomon P. Martin and the Civil War - that's how he came across some of the information and sent the links to me. I was truly fascinated - I never knew that Solomon had been married and that his wife had died, and then he married Eva Louisa. My grandfather, John Thomas Martin, passed away in April, 1939, and I was born in July, 1939, so I never knew him. Then Dora Reed Martin passed away in 1943, so I can just barely remember her.
My e-mail address is jmkoon_1@juno.com if you would like to write to me. Thanks for sharing your information with me. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you again. Sincerely, Joyce Mae Martin Koon
It was interesting to read the little article about me that was in the Herald Democrat - I had a good school attendance - I missed my first day of school in the 8th grade, and it broke my heart!
I am not trying to be "nosy or too personal", but what is your age? I am 68 - my sister Eva Elizabeth Martin Atkinson and brother Orla Charles Martin, Jr. have both passed away. Of all the John Thomas and Dora Reed Martin grandchildren, there are only two still living. Vida Morgan King, daughter of Pearl Martin and Ed Morgan (she is in her 90's) and me, Joyce Mae Martin Koon.
I always thought that Daddy's name was Orlando Charles Martin, but I never saw it written on any legal documents like that. However, I think it must have been Charles Orlanda and they called him Orla (but pronounced it Orlie). When he went in the army in WWI at age 19, he gave his name as Orla Charles Martin. And from that time on that is how he listed his name. I don't think it probably was ever "officially" changed. My brother was named Orla Charles Martin, Jr.
My son was interested in finding more about Solomon P. Martin and the Civil War - that's how he came across some of the information and sent the links to me. I was truly fascinated - I never knew that Solomon had been married and that his wife had died, and then he married Eva Louisa. My grandfather, John Thomas Martin, passed away in April, 1939, and I was born in July, 1939, so I never knew him. Then Dora Reed Martin passed away in 1943, so I can just barely remember her.
My e-mail address is jmkoon_1@juno.com if you would like to write to me. Thanks for sharing your information with me. I'll be looking forward to hearing from you again. Sincerely, Joyce Mae Martin Koon