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>From 1880 Beers History of Darke County, Ohio (Adams Twp.) Page 556

MARTIN MARTINDALE, farmer, Sec. 13, P. O. Gettysburg.  John, his
father, was a native of North Carolina, born in 1798.  He came with
his parents to Ohio when he was about 3 years old, locating in
Montgomery Co., where he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm;
was united in marriage when he was 22 years old, with Mary Sidney,
after which he obtained his education by boarding a school teacher.
Unluckily for him, his wife died in about twenty-two months after they
were married; one child was born to them, viz., Jesse, who now resides
near Dayton, Ohio.  His second marriage was celebrated with Amelia
Campbell, who was a native of Ireland, born about 1804; twelve
children were born to this union, of whom ten are living, viz.,
Elizabeth, Robert, Samuel, Mary, Rachel, John, William, Steward,
Martin and Rebecca.  Mr. Martindale departed this life in March, 1858.
Amelia, his widow, survived the storms of life till April, 1865.
Martin, the subject of this sketch, is of Scotch descent on the
paternal side and Irish on the maternal, born in Montgomery Co., Ohio
on the 26th of January, 1839; he spent his boyhood days on his
father's farm, assisting in the clearing and cultivation of the soil;
obtained a good common-school education in the district schools of
this county; he lived at home till he was about 22 years old, when, on
the 18th of April 1862, he celebrated his marriage with Rebecca C.
Yount, who is of German descent; Fredric Yount, her father, was born
in North Carolina; her mother is a native of Ohio.  Rebecca was born
in Miami Co., Ohio on the 4th of June 1842.  After his marriage, he
rented his father-in-law's farm, where he remained till September,
1862, when he purchased 70 acres of land in Adams Township, Darke Co.,
where he moved and has resided since;  he has erected a beautiful
two-story frame house, at a cost of about $1,600, and has cleared or
put under cultivation since his residence here about 22 acres, and at
present has 59 acres in good state of cultivation; has a good frame
barn, 40x76 feet.  Mr. Martindale has by his hard labor, connected
with correct business and temperable habits, accumulated a
considerable amount of property, in which he has been nobly assisted
by his good and industrious wife.  They are active workers in the
cause of religion, being members of the Christian Church.  They have
no children of their own, but have taken Sheridan Ingle, a bright and
promising little boy, born on the 23d of September 1867.  Mrs.
Martindale's grandmother was a native of Scotland, and her grandfather
on her father's side, Duben Campbell, whose father was Duke of
England.