Genealogy of Philip L. Martin
through his maternal line to
Larimer Mitchell, His Great Grandfather
Philip Lewis Martin of Bridgeport, West Virginia, traces his genealogy back to Larimer Mitchell, a policeman and member of the Union Infantry. The below chart shows Philip's maternal ancestry back through his mother's line to Larimer Mitchell, 1832-1908.
Larimer Mitchell and his wife, Rachel (Kuhn) Mitchell, had six children. Five were daughters and there was one son. Larimer served as a policeman and enlisted in the Union Army on August 18, 1864, Company I, 5th H.A., and was mustered out in June, 1865.
Click here to view Larimer Mitchell's Family Group Sheet.
Above are: Julia Edith (aka Bumps - grandmother of Philip Martin) center; Maggie (Madge); Lula (Lou); Molly; and Annie.
Philip Lewis Martin's genealogy is primarily founded on the book, "History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Volume II" from the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Library and Archives Division, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4200.
Below are scans of the title page and the information on Larimer (Larmer) Mitchell and his family, pages 699 and 700.
The history of Larimer's Civil War Regiments can be found at the following link: History - Pennsylvania Artillery (Part I).
Scroll down to:
(1) 3rd Regiment Heavy Artillery (152nd Volunteers)
(2) 5th Regiment Heavy Artillery (204th Volunteers) - Note from Philip Martin says "...writeup in History of Allegheny County says Larimer's unit ID could be read as 5th or 6th Regiment Heavy Artillery."
(3) 6th Regiment Heavy Artillery (212th Volunteers) - Note from Philip Martin says "...could be read either 5th or 6th Regiment Heavy Artillery."
Larimer Mitchell and his wife, Rachel, are buried in The Verona Cemetery, see map below:
Phil Martin
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Published and © Copyrighted, June 15, 2002 by Betty Naff Mitchell - Editor & Web Mistress
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