Martin Boots [12551]

   Cause of his death was Dropsy (Edema "swelling", often caused by kidney or heart disease.)

   Ancestral File Number: FXRD-SJ.

  General Notes:

"Descendants of Adam Boots (1733-1803)" [LDS film #1036425] by
Clyde S. Boots, pp. 557-559ff; Marion, IN Library Genealogical
Records: marriage #3: last 2 children; died < dropsy; local news
columnist W. H. McGrew, "Heavilin Family Records Trace Early
History of The Community" [n.d.]; "Descendants of Hans Adam
Stieffel" by Sherrin Winn Rooney [2001]: 2nd marriage date '31
Aug 1805'; 3rd, '20 Jun 1833'; "I.O.O.F. Cemetery Records (per
DAR Cemetery Records)": 'died 13 Sep 1842'; "Jack MacDonald's
Odell/Odle Family" website Item #255: vital data - occasionally
a middle initial 'A.' is used with this Martin Boots, but
justification for it seems uncertain at best

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Martin, along with one daughter, came down the Missinewa River on a raft from Zenia, OH, Green County and went ashore where the small park, located at River Dr. (Road) and Euclid Ave meet in Marion, Indiana. He applied for acres of land from the government, brought his family there, and started a mill on the Missinewa River near Jalapa. Martin even held school for the settlers' children in his log cabin for years. He and David Branson donated acres of land to create what is now Marion,IN. Boots donating land on the present west side of the Courthouse and Branson on the east. Martin died in his chair in his home, a one-story brick house located at Second and Garfield Streets in Marion at the age of 65 years. Boots Street and Martin Boots Junior High School were named after him in Marion.

Source: Cynthia Ann Kochman Hyman

  Death Notes:

Will entered for probate on Oct 15 1842

  Burial Notes:

He was orginally buried in Boots Cemetery, but the city moved the cemetery to build a school.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: Business, Smithy, Miller.

2. Religion. Methodist

3. Probate: Will entered for Probate, 15 Oct 1842.

Martin married Eve Arahood [15326] [MRIN: 5670] on 18 Jun 1804 in , Ross, Ohio, USA. (Eve Arahood [15326] was born in ?ross Co., OH and died before 1 Sep 1805 in , Ross, Ohio, USA.)

Martin next married Mary J. Odle [12568] [MRIN: 5099], daughter of John Odle [25431] and Nancy Moore [25438], on 1 Sep 1805 in , Ross, Ohio, USA. (Mary J. Odle [12568] was born in 1786 in , Hampshire, Virginia, USA, died in Apr 1830 in Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA and was buried in 1830 in Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA.)

Martin next married Nancy [15327] [MRIN: 5673] on 19 Jun 1833 in Marion, Grant, Indiana, USA.