MARTIN, Jerome - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Covington April 21 - Jerome MARTIN, age 78 died Wed evening at 8:30 at the home of his son, Charles Martin in Pearl Street. The deceased was a vet of the Civil War and Co I 150th Reg Ind vol. For several years he has been in very poor health due to disease contracted while in the army but his death was due to a stroke of paralysis which he suffered Wed evening and from which he never rallied. He was born in Covington and was the son of Nathaniel Martin, one of the pioneers of the county. He is survived by two children and a son Charles of this city and a daughter, Mrs. Anna Mitchell of Veedersburg. The funeral will be held Friday at 10 . The members of John C. Fremont Post NO. 4 of which the deceased was a member will attend in a body.