Larkin Nelson Martin

(to the left is my Great Grandfather Larkin Nelson Martin with his sister Sarah Ann ("Annie") Martin Taylor)

Descendants of Larkin Nelson Martin

Generation No. 1

1.  LARKIN NELSON MARTIN  (JOSIAH S., JOHN, WILLIAM DAVID) was born January 22, 1895 in Madisonville, TN, and died December 31, 1916 in Marysville, TN.  He married REVEREND ETTA LUTICIA BRASHER October 01, 1913 in Madisonville, TN, daughter of THOMAS BRASHER and MARY WARWICK.  She was born July 24, 1883 in Mt. Holly, Union County, AR, and died June 11, 1950 in Knoxville, TN.

More About LARKIN NELSON MARTIN:

Burial: Unknown, Ebenezor Cem Mc Minn Co Tn

Cause of Death: Typhoid fever

Notes for REVEREND ETTA LUTICIA BRASHER:

Etta and Ida were fraternal twins.  Etta was tall and lean and Ida wa s short and stocky.  Etta Luticia Brasher first married a man with nam ed William Marvin Durham.  From this union were produced Thomas and Ru by Durham.  Etta didn't raise these children, and they were farmed ou t to others to be raised.   There was a man named Nelson, who was a pi anist.  He played for Etta as she preached.  They fell in love and mar ried.  Then she married a Larkin Nelson Martin with whom she had Ida E lizabeth Martin.  Ida Elizabeth Martin was raised mainly by Liz Marti n Cook Rodrick until she became ill.  After this, the two moved in Wit h Aunt Annie, and the children she was raising from her sister.  Afte r Liz Rodrick's death, Aunt Annie finished raising Elizabeth (along wi th the Harris family).   After Larkin's death in 1916 from pneumonia, she married William Harvey Redwine (who is from Knoxville.  His funera l was actually held in Knoxville, but because Etta was buried at Chest ua, that is where he chose to be buried.)  She had quite a few jobs. One was a traveling evangelist/minister, another with a political comp any and later on in her life a seamstress.  Elizabeth had a feeling sh e needed to see her mother, so she sold an insurance policy and caugh t a bus to Vensiance, IN (where Ron was born).  When Liz got there sh e found out her mother was sick and was going into the hospital the ne xt day.  They found out she had Uterine cancer.  Etta only lived a fe w days after her 

More About REVEREND ETTA LUTICIA BRASHER:

Burial: Unknown, Chestua Cemetery, Monroe Co, Tn

Cause of Death: Uterine cancer

Occupation: minister; Occupation: Traveling evangelist

       

Child of LARKIN MARTIN and ETTA BRASHER is:

2.                i.    IDA ELIZABETH⁵ MARTIN, b. June 18, 1914, Mcminn Co; d. June 30, 1994, Englewood, TN (McMinn Co.).

                      Above is a photo of Ruby Durham, Elizabeth Martin and Etta Brasher Durham Martin.  

Generation No. 2

2.  IDA ELIZABETH⁵ MARTIN (LARKIN NELSON⁴, JOSIAH S.³, JOHN², WILLIAM DAVID¹) was born June 18, 1914 in Mcminn Co, and died June 30, 1994 in Englewood, TN (McMinn Co.).  She married (1) LEROY TOWNSAND.  He died Unknown.  She married (2) CHARLES CULBERSON January 16, 1939 in Athens, Tennessee (McMinn County), son of WILLIAM CULBERSON and MARY TIPPENS.  He was born July 14, 1912 in Benton, TN (Polk Co), and died February 22, 2001 in Roane County TN.

More About IDA ELIZABETH MARTIN:

Burial: July 03, 1994, Chestua Cemetary (Monroe Co.)

More About CHARLES CULBERSON:

Burial: February 25, 2001, Chestua Cemetery, Monroe CO TN

Above photo was taken Christmas 1993 at Charles & Elizabeth Culberson's house in Englewood, TN.  

Children of IDA MARTIN and CHARLES CULBERSON are:

3.                i.    CHARLES RONALD⁶ CULBERSON, b. Private.

4.               ii.    LARRY EUGENE CULBERSON, b. Private.

5.              iii.    DAVID GERALD CULBERSON, b. Private.

6.              iv.    MICHAEL JOSEPH CULBERSON, b. Private.