Martin Luther Hockersmith

M, #6359, b. 14 February 1873, d. 1927
Martin Luther Hockersmith|b. 14 Feb 1873\nd. 1927|p6359.htm|Francis Marion Hockersmith|b. Dec 1836\nd. 24 May 1910|p4092.htm|Laura Matilda Clark|b. 13 Oct 1840\nd. 15 Nov 1911|p4123.htm|Thomas J. Hockersmith|b. 11 Aug 1809\nd. 1 Jun 1885|p4090.htm|Rokyannah Noble|b. 10 Apr 1813\nd. 21 Sep 1899|p4091.htm|Carlos A. Clark||p6355.htm|Matilda Dille||p6356.htm|

Relationship=2nd cousin 3 times removed of Robert Lynn Adams.
Relationship=2nd cousin 2 times removed of Ida Ione Ashby.
Last Edited=23 Nov 2008
     Reference: 1358. Martin Luther Hockersmith was born on 14 February 1873 at West Grove, Davis Co., Iowa.1,2,3 He was the son of Francis Marion Hockersmith and Laura Matilda Clark.

Martin Luther Hockersmith was enumerated with Francis Marion Hockersmith as Luther Hockersmith on the Census of 1885 at West Grove Township, Davis Co., Iowa. He is shown as age 11 and born in Davis County, Iowa.4

Martin Luther Hockersmith married Martha Maranda (Mattie) McCullough on 6 July 1899 at Davis Co., Iowa, when he was 26.

Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. Martin Luther Hockersmith filled out a registration card on 12 September 1918 in Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa. He is described as of medium height and stout buiild with Blue eyes and Brown hair.

Martha Maranda (Mattie) Hockersmith was listed as Martin Luther Hockersmith's closest relative on his World War I Draft Registration.1

Martin Luther Hockersmith was a self-employed farmer on 12 September 1918 at R.F.D. 3, Bloomfield, Davis Co., Iowa.1

Martin Luther Hockersmith died in 1927 at Davis Co., Iowa, at age 53 years.2,3 He was buried West Grove Cemetery, West Grove Township, Davis Co., Iowa, 40.7289099~-92.5568553, To see others buried at the same cemetery, go to the preceeding link for West Grove *Cemetery.2,3

Child of Martin Luther Hockersmith and Martha Maranda (Mattie) McCullough

Citations

  1. [S462] Martin Luther Hockersmith. "WWI Draft Registrations," http://www.ancestry.com
  2. [S283] Ancestry.com, http://www.ancestry.com, Page: 59
    Name: Martin L. Hockersmith
    Birth Date: 1873
    Death Date: 1927
    Cemetery: West Grove
    Town: West Grove
    Comment: block 41
    Grave Stone Records of Davis County, Iowa; copied by Graves Registration W. P. A. Project.
  3. [S405] Davis Co., Iowa Cemetery Project, online http://showcase.netins.net/web/daviscoiacemeteries/, Last: Hockersmith
    First: Martha
    Middle: L.
    Birth: 1873
    Death: 1927
    Age:     
    Comments:
    Cemetery: West Grove.
  4. [S144] 1885 Iowa State Census of Davis County, Iowa, Dwelling 39, Family 39. Township 69, Range 15, Section 36 NWSE.
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