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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Lawrence J. Martin
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Lawrence J. Martin
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| LAST NAME: Martin
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FIRST NAME: Lawrence
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MIDDLE NAME: J.
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| BORN: 2 Jul 1856
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DIED: 20 Oct 1907
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BURIED: 22 Oct 1907
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OCCUPATION: Farmer
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| BIRTH PLACE: Oregon
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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Name of father John Martin
Maiden name of mother Nancy Durbin
1st MARRIAGE - Lawrence Martin, over 25 & Mary E. Schindler, over 18, md 13 eb 1888 at house of L. Schindler by T. M. Small, M.G. Aff: L. Schindler. Wit: L. Schindler & Joseph Fisher.
2nd MARRIAGE - Lawrence J. Martin, over 21 & Miss Lizzie J. White, over 18, md 7 Mar 1897 at house of Mr. S. H. White in Polk Co., by F. J. Strayer, M. G. Wit: Milt Ford & Miss Hortense Levy.
ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED -- Acting upon the motion of Lizzie J. Martin, widow of L. J. Martin, deceased, Judge Scott yesterday issued an order appointing Ernest Martin administrator of the estate. The legal heirs of the estate are Lizzie J. Martin, Nina W. Martin, Birdie Martin and Ernest Martin. The personal property of the estate is valued at $1200, and the real property at $4000, from which an annual rental of $250 is derived. The deceased left no will and Lizzie J. Martin, the widow, waives the rights of administratrix, asking that her son, Ernest, be appointed to that position. Mr. Martin gave bond in the sum of $3000.
Oregon Statesman 29 Oct 1907, 5:5.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1907) #4922 - Lorance [sic] J. Martin, male, married, b. Oregon, age 52, d. 20 Oct 1907 in Salem, Oregon of an accidental gun shot wound, occupation - farmer, name of father John Martin, maiden name of mother Nancy Durbin, interment IOOF 22 Oct 1907, undertaker - A. M. Clough. Age: 51 years, 3 months, 18 days.
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OBITUARY:
L. J. MARTIN KILLED BY ACCIDENT
SUNDAY MORNING
Was Examining Hammerless Gun When It Was Discharged, Tearing Away One Side of His Head. Death Resulting Instantly
L. J. Martin, a prosperous farmer on the Silverton road, was on Sunday the unfortunate victim of a fatal hammerless gun accident, that was one of the most remarkable in all the chapers [sic] of gun accidents ever reported in this part of the state. A party of friends had called at the Martin home, three miles east of the city, in the forenoon, and were out in the barnyard discussing the merits of different kinds of shotguns. The party was composed of John Rarrar, deputy postmaster, his brother Dee Farrar, and Dick Chittenden, who had driven out from Salem, and put their horse in the barn. Earnest Martin, a young man and only son of L. J. Martin, had joined them, when L. J. Martin came out of the house and brought Dee Farrar another gun. He loaded that, handed Dee Farrar the rest of the shells, and then stood it against the side of the barn with two others. As he did do, he picked up Dick Chittenden's new hammerless gun, and remarked: "I see you have been getting you a new gun. It is hammerless." He was examining it, when he must have touched the trigger, and the right barrel went off over his head. This startled him and all the men who were standing between the two barns. The discharge threw the gun partly out of his hand, but he caught the weapon by the barrel in his left hand, and was in the act of pushing it away from him, and was leaning back, when the other barrel went off, and the charged entered his left cheek. The first discharge did him no harm, but he lost control of himself and the gun. John Farrar, who stood about eight feet away, was looking squarely at him when the fatal discharge took place. The two barrels went off in one-two order, and there was barely time to glance up between the first and second discharges. The gun must have touched the ground between the two discharges, as there is not other way to account for the immediate firing of the other barrel, although the men afterwards loaded the hammerless and tested it out to see if dropping it on the ground would discharge the loads, and it would not. The load tore away the cheek, part of the left ear and part of the back of the head, and Martin fell a corpse on the ground. He never knew what had occurred. His life-long friend, John Farrar, bent over him and spoke to him, but he was past answering. He bled profusely as the charge cut the main arteries.
Those present were shocked and immediately brought Mrs. Martin out of the house but nothing could be done. The body was cared for, the coroner sent for an all done that the sad circumstances required. Deceased was 51 years old, has lived all his life at Salem, was a brother of Willard Martin, who died last year, a brother of Mrs. Ruth Sayre, of this city, and son-in-law of ex-Alderman E. P. Walker, of this city. He leaves a son and two daughters by his first wife. His farm is one of the finest near Salem, and he is well situated financially. He is not a member of any church, but belonged to the Salem lodge of Woodmen of the World, in which he held insurance. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. His untimely death will be lamented by many warm friends, for Lawrence Martin was known far and wide as a kindhearted, genial man, whom to know was to like.
Daily Capital Journal 21 Oct 1907, 1:3
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INSCRIPTION:
Lawrence J. Martin
Born
July 2, Jul 1856
Died
Oct. 20, 1907
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SOURCES:
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1907) #4922
DAR pg 21
S&H pg 34
Marriage Records of Marion Co., Oregon, Vol. V, 1884-1888, pg 45
Marriage Records of Marion Co., Oregon, Vol. VIII, 1894-1897, pg 33
OS 29 Oct 1907, 5:5.
DCJ 21 Oct 1907, 1:3
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