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| They settled one mile east of Valley View where they bought a 200 acre farm that Joe named Crescent Farm. On the property was a fine two-and-a-half story white framed Victorian house. In later years Joe Martin was vice-president of the First Guaranty State Bank of Valley View, a member of the Masonic Lodge, and a successful farmer. He was in much demand as a fiddle player at dances in the county.
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| Joseph E. Martin and his family lived in Ellis County, Texas, in 1880;1818 Hill County, Texas, in 1900;1819 Cooke County, Texas, in 19101820 and 1920. Mrs. Joe E. Martin was head of the family in 1930 in Cooke County.1821
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| Children of Joseph E. Martin and Mary Hardeman Sims:1822
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| William Madison Martin, born 20 October 1878, Italy, Ellis County, Texas, died 27 December 1952, Venus, Johnson County, Texas, married 19 September 1903, Bynum, Hill County, Texas, to Amanda Bourland.1823
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| Henry Dabney Martin, born 13 August 1880, Italy, Ellis County, Texas, died 3 February 1951, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas, married 5 August 1917, Cooke County, to Mrs. Nora Bell Johns Nowell.
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| 1818 1880 U.S. Census, Ellis County, Texas, E.D. 50, Sheet 50, Pct. 4. Martin, Joseph E., age 27, born Mo. Mo. Mo.; Mary H., age 18, born Texas Tenn. Texas; William, age 1.
| | 1819 1900 U.S. Census, Hill County, Texas, E.D. 43, Sheet 10. Martin, Joe E., age 46, born June 1853, born Mo. Mo. Mo.; Mary H., wife, age 38, born Nov. 1861, born Texas Tenn. Texas; Henry D., son, age 19, born Aug. 1880, born Texas Mo. Texas; Paul, son, age 17, born Dec. 1882; Pearl, dau., age 15, born Oct. 1884; Joe A., son, age 13, born Nov. 1886; Lyle W., son, age 10, born June 1889; Roger Q., son, age 8, born Sept. 1891; Fred M., son, age 6, born Sept. 1893; Dave S., son, age 3, born Sept. 1896.
| | 1820 1910 U.S. Census, Cooke County, Texas, S.D. 13, E.D. 62, Sheet 3. Martin, Joseph E., age 56, mar1, married 32 yrs., born Mo. Mo. Mo.; Mary H., wife, age 48, mar1, married 32 yrs., had had 12 children, 11 living, born Texas Tenn. Texas; Pearl S., dau., age 24; Joseph A., son, age 22; Liles W., son, age 20; Roger S., son, age 18; Fred M., son, age 15; David S., son, age 13; Jack B., son, age 8; Bert A., son, age 3.
| | 1821 1930 U.S. Census, Cooke County, Texas, S.D. 4, E.D. 49-20, Sheet 1B. Martin, Mrs. Joseph E., age 69, widow, married at 16; Jack B., son, age 28, married at 27; Evalyn, dau.-in-law, age 26, married at 25; Bert A., son, age 23, single.
| | 1822 Bible of Joseph E. and Mary H. Sims Martin
| | 1823 Bible of Joseph E. and Mary H. Sims Martin. W. M. Martin married Minnie Bourland, Sept. 19 /03
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