Village of Martin (Martintown)
In 1849, Edward S HANCHETT obtained a right of Cyrus WOODMAN, to improve a water power on the Pecatonica river, at the point were Martin is now located. In the spring of 1850, Nathaniel MARTIN came and joined Mr. HANCHETT in the enterprise.
Nathaniel MARTIN, of the village of Martin, in the town of Cadiz, was born in West Virginia, in 1816. He was married to Hannah STRADER, daughter of Jacob STRADER, an early settler in Stephenson Co., Ill. In 1868. Mr. MARTIN laid out the village, having it surveyed.
J. W. MITCHELL kept the first store in the village after it was platted.
The postoffice at Martin was established in 1865. The first postmaster was William HODGES, who was succeeded by Mrs. Mary Ann TYLER. She was succeeded by W. W. WRIGHT.
Extracted from the "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill. 1884; page 750-751
Nathaniel MARTIN, of the village of Martin, in the town of Cadiz, was born in West Virginia, in 1816. He was married to Hannah STRADER, daughter of Jacob STRADER, an early settler in Stephenson Co., Ill. In 1868. Mr. MARTIN laid out the village, having it surveyed.
J. W. MITCHELL kept the first store in the village after it was platted.
The postoffice at Martin was established in 1865. The first postmaster was William HODGES, who was succeeded by Mrs. Mary Ann TYLER. She was succeeded by W. W. WRIGHT.
Extracted from the "History of Green County, Wisconsin" published by Union Publishing Company, Springfield, Ill. 1884; page 750-751