Added by his gr gr granddaughter from Annals of Northumberland County PA:
Hugh Martin was born April 5 1810 at Lewisburg Union Co Pa where he was reared in his youth attending the local pay schools When seventeen years of age he had earned and saved enough money by working on the canal to buy a house and lot at Lewisburg Later he learned the trade of plasterer which he followed about twenty five years He was a skilled workman and many of the houses in his district showed his workmanship In 1848 he moved to Chillisquaque township Northumberland county where he purchased a farm of 120 acres of valuable land which he cultivated for a period of eleven years At the end of that time he removed to Montandon residing there until his death Dec 11 1893 Mr Martin's business enterprise had turned out well and he was a stockholder in the Lewisburg Bank the First National Bank of Milton, the Nail Company, and the Lewisburg Bridge Company. Mr Martin was a Democrat and in 1864 was elected Northumberland county commissioner serving from 1864 to 1867 He also served as overseer of the poor for several years and held almost all the township offices being a man who inspired the greatest confidence among his fellow citizens He was a charter member of Lewisburg Lodge IOOF Though not connected with any particular denomination he was a liberal supporter of all the churches In 1831 Mr Martin married Hannah Maurer daughter of John Maurer of Berks county Pa she was born Nov 11 1807 and died Aug 21 1883 Mr and Mrs Martin are buried in Harmony cemetery Milton They had a family of four children two sons and two daughters namely Alexander is living at the old homestead in Montandon Chillisquaque township, Elizabeth married James Bannen and had children, Rev Hugh a Lutheran minister now of Illinois, Rev Robert a Lutheran minister of Williamsport Pa, Mary married Fred Swope, Cora married Miles Derr she is now deceased and Amy; Robert is mentioned below; Fannie is the wife of Elias Bieber and they reside in Chillisquaque township.