David Radford Martin

Marriage to Nannette Serena Walters: 12/24/1915 at father John Dalton Martin's home in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Recorded at Knox County Clerk, Barbourville, KY on book A-3, page 83 Death from influenza, pneumonia fever from October 17, 1918 to October 22, 1918. Death at 5PM!-Dr. James Walker Parker. David was going to be buried at the Scott Chapel Cemetery with his grandfather Valentine "Cub" George Martin who died in 1911. A change of plans resulted in David's burial the grounds on his parents John Dalton Martin & Lucy Francis Johnson homestead, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Both David's parents were buried with him when they too perished as were David's brothers Samuel and James and their wives. In 2011, David's son Vernon Eugene Martin's cremains were also spread on David's burial area, and covered with a marker.

David Radford Martin was a son of John Dalton Martin & Lucy Frances Johnson who were married on February 16, 1891 in Tennessee. David was born in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. He joined the US Army in March 7, 1912 at Middlesboro, Kentucky and was honorably discharged on March 6, 1915 as a Corporal with the 3rd US Regiment of Infantry, Madison Barrack, New York. David married Nannette Serena Walters on December 24, 1915, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. The were parents of Vernon Eugene Martin 1916-1985 and Theodore Roosevelt Martin 1918-1918. David is the paternal grandfather, via son Vernon Eugene Martin (aka Mike Striebel) of Ian Oliver Martin, Erika Stark Striebel, Karen Diane Striebel and Jan Patricia Striebel, and the great grand father of their children.