Name |
Christopher Martin |
Prefix |
Rev. |
Born |
2 Oct 1795 |
Weston, Windsor, Vermont [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Religion |
Methodist [5] |
Military |
1813 - 1814 [3] |
War of 1812 Veteran |
- Christopher was wounded at the battle of Lacole Mills, on the 30th of March, 1814. [3]
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Residence |
1817 |
Williamstown, Berkshire, Massachusetts [3] |
Occupation |
1822 - 1823 |
Vanderkamp Farms, Cleveland, Oswego, New York [5] |
Teacher |
- In 1821 Mr. Martin built a frame house, and during the winter of 1822-23 taught the first school in the eastern part of the town in an old log dwelling on the Vanderkemp farm. [5]
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Occupation |
1860 [6] |
Gentleman |
Residence |
1821 - 1870 |
Cleveland, Oswego, New York [3, 6, 8] |
- Cleveland's village dates back to the arrival of its first white settlers, Christopher Martin and his wife, who settled on what was known as 'The great lot No. 131' in 1821, and they were the first settlers within the present corporation limits. [7]
- In February, 1826, [Christopher Martin] with his wife and one child, - Otis, - removed to the State of New York and settled on a location now comprised in the village of Cleveland, then mostly a wilderness, and commenced in the woods to clear him a farm. Here they enjoyed the comforts as well as some of the privations of new-settlement life. Here the deer rambled within sight of his door; and here, also, close at hand, was the beautiful Lake Oneida, from which plenty of fish could be obtained, including some of the best varieties, as salmon, bass, pike, etc. They considered those who lived within four or five miles their immediate neighbors. [3]
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Occupation |
Farmer [3] |
Occupation |
1833 - 1880 |
Cleveland, Oswego, New York [1] |
Clergy |
- Coming to Cleveland in 1821, he located where the Catholic parsonage now stands, and was the first leader of the M.E. class here, serving it also as steward from 1826 until his death. In 1833 he was licensed to exhort and in 1839 to preach. In 1841-2 he supervised the erection of the M.E. Church; in 1843 he was ordained deacon and in 1848 elder.
The first religious services held in the vicinity occurred in his house in the summer of 1822, the officiating minister being Rev. Mr. Keyes, a Methodist preacher. [9]
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Died |
9 Apr 1880 [4, 10, 11, 12] |
Cause: Gangrene |
 |
18800410 - Obituary, Christopher Martin Cleveland Lakeside Press
04/10/1880 |
Buried |
Cleveland Village Cemetery, North Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York [4, 13] |
- The funeral of Rev. Christopher Martin will be attended from the M. E. Church, tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock. [13]
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Headstone - Christopher Martin 1795-1880 Cleveland Village Cemetery
By Kiely Malone |
Person ID |
I149 |
CHS Genealogy |
Last Modified |
7 Mar 2021 |