Christopher Martin

Christopher Martin was born about 1796 in Madison County, Kentucky and died March 5, 1859 near Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa, aged 62 years, 9 months and 19 days. He was the son of Christopher Martin and Anna Turner. He married Permelia Jobe January 19, 1824 at Ripley, Lafayette County, Missouri. They were among the early settlers of Taylor County, arriving in 1854 and locating on a farm 4 miles east of Bedford.