Fayette Martin

Residence: Prophetstown, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 01 February 1865
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: IL
Unit Numbers: 327 327
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 February 1865 Enlisted in Company B, 147th Infantry Regiment IL on 01 February 1865. Mustered out Company B, 147th Infantry Regiment IL on 20 January 1866 in Savannah, GA. Company of Captain George H. Fay.

George was born December 6, 1876 at Spring Hill, Whiteside, Illinois and died May 1, 1968 at Racine, Racine, Wisconsin. He married August 10, 1897 in Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois to Effie Viola Clapper (1879-1934). They lived in Racine, Wisconsin.

Their children:

Carl Wilbur Martin was born August 16, 1899 in Illinois and died July 29, 1920 in New Glarus, Green, Wisconsin.

Lloyd George Martin Sr. (Probably went by George) was born May 2, 1904 in Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois and died November 2, 1945 in Ohio. He was married first on February 9, 1922 in Cook County, Illinois to Ella Larson/Larsen (1903-1924). Ella was the daughter of William Larson and Mary Berg, both born in Denmark. Lloyd and Ella had two children:

• Lloyd George Martin, Jr. born February 10, 1922 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois and died November 30, 1942. He was in the Navy in WWII and died in the Pacific Theatre. He was a Fire Controlman 2c.
• Dorothy Marie Martin born October 5, 1923 married first to a Thomas who died in 1946 and then she married January 23, 1946 in Los Angeles, California to Daniel J. Crary (1923-1999).

Lloyd Sr. married December 13, 1930 in Lake, Indiana to Sara Elizabeth Moore (1909-1988). Their children:

• John Carl Martin was born about 1933 in Illinois.
• Arthur Richard Martin was born about 1936 in Illinois.
• Doris Elaine Martin was born March 14, 1938 in Illinois and died May 29, 2015. She married Paul James Schroeder (1936-2011). They had 3 children.

Nellie Viola Martin born July 27, 1910 in Racine, Racine, Wisconsin and died January 11, 195 in Keosha, Kenosha, Wisconsin. In 1932 she married Arthur M. Rudolph Holtz (1911-1980) and they had four children.

Maurice was born February 4, 1879 at Spring Hill, Whiteside, Illinois, and died January 3, 1954 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. He and Sadie are buried at the Sharon Cemetery. He married Sadie Lamphere June 22, 1898 at Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois. Sadie Mae Lanphere (1876-1958). They lived in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois.

They had the following children:

• Vera Dove Martin born July 17, 1899 in Portland, Whiteside, Illinois and died September 30, 1976 in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois. She married September 20, 1917 to Robert Samuel LaCoste (1898-1992) — no children.
• Bessie Lenore Martin was born November 7, 1903 in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois and died July 19, 1990 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois. She married October 9, 1953 in Pomona, California to Kenneth A Kirkpatrick (1909-1995) — no known children.
• Clifford Maurice Martin was born February 25, 1907 in Spring Hill, Whiteside, Illinois and died June 3, 1961, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. He married on September 20, 1926 to Violet A. Schwartz (1908-1983).
• LeRoy Lanphere Martin born April 19, 1912 in Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois and died June 19, 1989 in Winnebago County, Illinois. He was married November 30, 1935 to Bernice M. Wimmer (1914-2018)— no children.

Bessie was born January 4, 1881 at Sharon, Illinois and died August 17, 1951, in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota. She married September 3, 1898 at Morrison, Whiteside, Illinois to Wallace L. Bennett (1873-1948) Illinois. His father was born in England and his mother was born in New York.

They had the following children:

Myrtle Lydia Bennett

Myrtle born September 28, 1899 at Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois and died February 4, 1981 at Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota. She married July 31, 1923 in Huron, Jerauld, South Dakota to Glen Fred Eddy (1900-1981).

They had two children:

Joyce Bessie Eddy born February 18, 1927 in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota. She married on August 20, 1946 to Eldon Roy Beckman (1923-2019). They had four children: Cynthia L. Beckman Rimpo (1949-2018) and Mark Eldon Beckman (1953-1959), two are living.

Dihl F. Eddy born December 14, 1933 in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota and died April 2, 2000 in Plankton, Aurora, South Dakota. (Korean War Vet) — He married and had no children.

Fay Edwin Bennett

Fay was born February 18, 1901 at Erie, Whiteside, Illinois and died April 7, 1973 at Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota. He married September 14, 1923 at Huron, South Dakota to Edna M. Kellogg (1903-1998).

They had two children:

Russell Dwight Bennett born May 25, 1924 in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota and in . He married Velma Jean Crosby (1926-) and had one son, David Bennett born September 26, 1944 in Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, and died December 13, 1944 same place.

Son, living

Ruby Irene Bennett

Ruby was born April 4, 1905 at Gray, Cook, Illinois and died January 12, 1982 at Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota. She married June 4, 1924 at Huron, South Dakota to Dr. Herschel Litherland, born January 7, 1893 and died November 1, 1975 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota.

They had two children:

• Dr. Bennett Herschel Litherland was born August 22, 1933 in Mitchell, Davison, South Dakota March 17, 2009 in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois. He married and had 3 children.
• Dorcas Jeanne Litherland was born February 4, 1921 in Holstein, Adams, Nebraska and died January 17, 2013 in Middletown, Butler, Ohio. She was the step-daughter of Ruby. Her mother was Joy Belle Wilson. She married John Ervin Weidner (1924-2005).

Genevieve Dakota Bennett

Genevieve was born December 26, 1914 at Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota and died in March 16, 2003 in Kimball, Brule, South Dakota. She married September 3, 1938 to William H. Tupper (1916-1993) at Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota.

They had two children:

• Laura Bess Tupper born July 23, 1940 in Wessington Springs, Jerauld, South Dakota and died November 8, 2018 in Goldendale, Klickitat, Washington.
• Son, living

Marcia Chloe Martin born January 7, 1890 in Prophetstown, Whiteside, Illinois and died July 20, 1957 in Rock Falls, Whiteside, Illinois. She married on September 12, 1906 in Clinton, Illinois to Arthur Glass. More on Marcia’s family>>>