BIO:  Joseph R. Martin, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hopewell Township, Pg 115

DR. JOSEPH R. MARTIN, son of James and Eliza (Morrison) Martin, of Lancaster 
County, Penn., was born September 14, 1838, in Lancaster County, Penn.  He 
received his early education in the public schools of his township, and at the 
age of twenty years commenced the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. John 
Martin, at Georgetown, Penn., and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia, in 1862.  The same year he received a commission as assistant 
surgeon of the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers.  On leaving 
the service, in 1863, he located in Penningtonville, and commenced the practice 
of medicine.  In the fall of 1864 he received an appointment as surgeon of the 
officer’s hospital at Alexandria, Va., and remained there until the close of the 
war.  He then returned to Penningtonville, and in the spring of 1869 removed to 
his present place of residence.  He was married in 1866 to Abbie J. Smith, of 
Hopewell Township, daughter of Rev. H. Smith.  They have six children living:  
Sarah J., Annie L., Harriet B., Dwight C., Jonewell and John R.  Dr. Martin is a 
member of the Masonic fraternity No. 343, Skerret Lodge of Cochransville, Penn.  
He and wife are member of the Stewartstown Presbyterian Church.