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Author: HuntingtonV
Surnames: Martin Baltes Lisman Hubrich
Classification: biography
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Jacob Martin, lime manufacturer, was born in Germany, November 25, 1853. He was the
oldest of nine children - five of whom are living - born to Frank and Elizabeth (Baltes)
Martin, with whom he came to America, and to Huntington County in 1873. The family
located in the vicinity of the lime-kilns one mile east of Huntington, where they still
continue to reside. Jacob attended the schools of his native country until he reached the
age of thirteen. At fourteen he took up the avocation of a carpenter, at which he worked
about four years and a half. Immediately after locating in this county he became employed
upon the lime-kilns, and this industry has furnished him employment ever since. He was
married November 18, 1884, to Amelia Lisman, daughter of Frank and Theresa (Hubrich)
Lisman, of this county. Mrs. Martin was born in New York, October 1, 1865. They are the
parents of one child: Clara, born August 22, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are members of the
Catholic Church.
History of Huntington County, Indiana. (Brant & Fuller: Chicago, IL) 1887.
Biographical Sketches of Huntington - City and Township, p. 508/9.
[See copy of his brother's biographical sketch for additional information - Peter
Martin (b. 1855)]
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