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Full name
John Alexander Martin
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
7
Family
James Alexander Martin (father), Jane Montgomery Crawford Martin (mother), Ida Challiss (wife)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Baptist
Political Parties
Free Soil
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Government
Governor
State legislature
Other state government
Local government
Military
Union Army