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3100. Lillie Mae BOWLBY ⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾^(12412)⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 21 Mar 1866 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois.^(12413) She died on 6 Mar 1946 in Irving, Montgomery County, Illinois.^(12414) She was also known as "Lily".^(12415)

She was married to John MARTIN on 11 Feb 1889 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois.^(12416) John MARTIN⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾^(12417)^(12418)⁽⁶⁾⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 2 Sep 1865 in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio.^(12419) He died on 19 Jun 1942.^(12420) He was buried in Irving, Montgomery County, Illinois. Lillie's grandson, Glen Martin, told Connee Speiser that Lillie Mae
"was staying with or working for the Shaw's at Moroa when she met JOHN
MARTIN, her husband to be." They were married at the home of her
parents in Olney on 11 February, 1889. John was the third child of
William and Susannah (Grosser) Martin, born 2 September, 1865,
Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, died 19 June, 1941.

When John was seven years old, he moved with his family to Effingham
County, Illinois, possibly to a farm seven miles south of Effingham.
Glen Martin said his father Charles told of his grandfather, John
Martin, leaving home as a young man, "One morning he went out to feed
the mules and went in the south door of the barn and out the north
door and kept going." Families were large in those days and many
young men set out to make a place of their own in the world. John
moved up into the Maroa, Illinois area where he rented eighty acres of
land. It was here that he met Lillie. In 1904, after the birth of
three daughters and a son, they moved from the Maroa area to
Assumption. They lived here for a short time before moving to Witt,
where they bought 320 acres in Witt and Irving Townships, Montogomery
County, Illinois. Their two-story house on the edge of Witt was still
standing in 1994, and was occupied by the widow of their grandson,
Glen Martin.

Like other women of her time, Lillie not only raised her children, but
did sewing, raised chickens and gathered eggs, canned, and did other
household duties. She took a deep interest in her church work and
spent many hours quilting.
Lillie Mae BOWLBY and John MARTIN had the following children:

+4955 i. Zora Roberta MARTIN⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 5 Dec 1889 in Maroa, Macon County, Illinois. She died on 5 Sep 1957.^(12421) She was buried on 8 Sep 1957 in Witt Cemetery, Witt, Illinois.
+4956 ii. Florence Elma MARTIN⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 14 Oct 1891 in Maroa, Macon County, Illinois. She died on 20 Jan 1982. She was buried on 23 Jan 1982 in Witt Cemetery, Witt, Montgomery County, Illinois.
+4957 iii. Charles Alexander MARTIN (Private).
+4958 iv. Ethel Lenora MARTIN⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 13 Nov 1897 in Maroa, Macon County, Illinois. She died on 19 May 1968 in Pana, Christian County, Illinois. She was buried on 22 May 1968 in Witt Cemetery, Witt, Montgomery County, Illinois.
4959 v. George William MARTIN⁽³³⁴³⁾⁽⁸⁰⁵⁾⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾⁽⁸⁾ was born on 14 Apr 1906 in Montgomery County, Illinois. He died on 17 Jun 1908 in Montgomery County, Illinois.^(12422) He died as a child. He was buried in Irving, Montgomery County, Illinois.