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David Radford Martin 1893 - 1918

David Radford Martin was born on December 15, 1893 in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky United States to John Dalton Martin and Lucy Frances (Johnson) Martin, and had siblings James Parker Martin, Rachel Ellen (Martin) Black, Samuel A. Martin, Charlie James Martin, Chester Arthur Martin, and Creed Daulton Martin. He was in a relationship with Nannette Serena Walters, and had children Vernon Eugene Martin and Theodore Roosevelt Martin. David Martin died at age 24 years old on October 22, 1918 at Corbin, Knox County, Kentucky, and was buried on October 24, 1918 at john dalton martin memorial cemetery arapaho trail, in gray.

David Radford Martin

December 15, 1893

Gray, Knox County, Kentucky, 40734, United States

October 22, 1918

Corbin, Knox County, Kentucky

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Introduction

Marriage to Nannette Serena Walters: 12/24/1915 at father John Dalton Martin's home in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Recorded at Knox County Clerk, Barbourville, KY on book A-3, page 83 Death from influenza, pneumonia fever from October 17, 1918 to October 22, 1918. Death at 5PM!-Dr. James Walker Parker. David was going to be buried at the Scott Chapel Cemetery with his grandfather Valentine "Cub" George Martin who died in 1911. A change of plans resulted in David's burial the grounds on his parents John Dalton Martin & Lucy Francis Johnson homestead, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. Both David's parents were buried with him when they too perished as were David's brothers Samuel and James and their wives. In 2011, David's son Vernon Eugene Martin's cremains were also spread on David's burial area, and covered with a marker.

David Radford Martin was a son of John Dalton Martin & Lucy Frances Johnson who were married on February 16, 1891 in Tennessee. David was born in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. He joined the US Army in March 7, 1912 at Middlesboro, Kentucky and was honorably discharged on March 6, 1915 as a Corporal with the 3rd US Regiment of Infantry, Madison Barrack, New York. David married Nannette Serena Walters on December 24, 1915, in Gray, Knox County, Kentucky. The were parents of Vernon Eugene Martin 1916-1985 and Theodore Roosevelt Martin 1918-1918. David is the paternal grandfather, via son Vernon Eugene Martin (aka Mike Striebel) of Ian Oliver Martin, Erika Stark Striebel, Karen Diane Striebel and Jan Patricia Striebel, and the great grand father of their children.
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1893

Birthday

December 15, 1893

Birthdate

Gray, Knox County, Kentucky 40734, United States

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Ethnicity & Family History

European American. Patrilineal Frankish descendant of Robert Fitz Martin an Alice de Nonant, of the Royal House of Blois, Theobaldian, France.
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Nationality & Locations

USA
Religious Beliefs

Baptist
Military Service

3rd Regiment of Infantry, Company C, US Army, March 7, 1912 to March 6, 1915
Professional Career

Laborer, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Corbin, Kentucky
Personal Life & Family

Master Mason, Cumberland Lodge No. 751, Gray, Knox County, Kentucky, raised 1918
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1918

Death

October 22, 1918

Death date

Spanish Influenza.

Cause of death

Corbin, Knox County, Kentucky
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10/24

1918

Gravesite & Burial

October 24, 1918

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john dalton martin memorial cemetery arapaho trail, in gray, knox County, Ky usa
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Newspaper would likely have been the Times Tribune, Corbin, KY but no papers or microfilm of that period has yet been found. Memorial published a short time ago in that newspaper.

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Ian Oliver Martin

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Howard Brighton Day

Ian Oliver Martin, a Member of the Keck Family:

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7th Great Grandparent / Grandchild
Garhard "Georg" Keck, b. 9/9/1678
Henry Keck, b. 2/23/1710 Hannah Catherine Peterson Germany, Bayern
Conrad Frederick Keck, b. 1755 Mary Ann Moser/Butcher PA, Lehigh Co
John D. Keck, b. 12/25/1795 Anna Owsley NC, Orange Co
Henry Keck, b. 3/5/1818 Elizabeth Edwards TN, Claiborne Co
Rachel Ann Keck, b. 11 APR 1849 Valentine "Cub" George Martin II TN, Claiborne Co
John Dalton Martin, b. 15 AUG 1872 Lucy Frances Johnson KY, Knox Co
David Radford Martin, b. 15 DEC 1893 Nannette Serena Walters KY, Knox Co
Vernon Eugene Martin, b. 9/18/1916 Louise Sophia Stark KY, Knox Co
Ian Oliver Martin, b. 3/18/1961 Spain, Andalusia
Sunny Brooke Martin - Luke William Martin - Raquel Rocio Martin

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FAMILY FEUD AT SUPERIOR OIL
Special to the New York Times
April 30, 1983

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After William M. Keck died in 1964, the leadership of a small company he founded -Superior Oil - fell to his son, Howard B. Keck, who built it into a premier independent explorer and producer.

Now Howard Keck, who retired as chairman in 1981 but who by all accounts still wields considerable influence over day-to-day operations, finds himself besieged by other shareholders questioning just whose interests Superior's management looks out for.

Today, more and more stockholders are challenging what they see as the reluctance of management to entertain potentially lucrative acquisition offers. What makes Superior's situation unusual is that the dispute is splitting a family: Howard Keck's chief antagonist is his sister, Willametta Keck Day.

Mrs. Day owns 3.5 percent of the company's outstanding common. Her brother is a director and has voting power over Superior's largest block of stock, about 11.5 percent of the common. At first glance, it would seem that Mrs. Day is outgunned. But she has some powerful allies, not the least of which is the acquisition-minded Mesa Petroleum Company, which owns a stake in Superior and has long been rumored to covet the company.

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It was late last year that Mrs. Day decided that she and other stockholders were getting short-changed, especially in the dividend department. She began a campaign, which includes a stockholder resolution, that could make it easier for the company to be sold, and Mesa Petroleum said today that it would support her efforts. A 20-Cent Annual Dividend

Last year, Superior earned $223 million, or $1.75 a share, on $2.04 billion in total revenue. The company currently pays an annual dividend of 20 cents a share and reported a return on stockholders equity in 1982 of 10 percent. Mrs. Day said that the dividend was too low.

''I don't think my father built Superior to benefit the individuals who are paid to run it,'' she said earlier this month. ''I believe he built it for the stockholders who were willing to risk their money along with his.''

Her resolution, to be voted on at the annual shareholders meeting set for May 12 in Reno, calls for creation of an independent committee of directors that would recommend that the company be sold if terms of an offer for more than 45 percent of the outstanding common stock were deemed fair. In a letter today, Superior urged shareholders to vote against her proposal, which is aimed at antitakeover defenses built into company bylaws.

The company, which also has agricultural, mining and contract drilling interests in addition to its principal exploration and production interests, said it had not received any acquisition offers or bids for control.

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Mesa Petroleum's chairman, T. Boone Pickens Jr., said in a statement: ''We have not communicated with Mrs. Day; however, the basic principles of her proposal are consistent with Mesa's longstanding philosophy that boards of directors have an obligation to communicate premium offers to shareholders.''

Sources close to Mesa said today that it had lifted its stake in Superior from the 2.5 million shares it reported earlier this month to 3.2 million, or 2.5 percent, of Superior's 127.4 million common shares.

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Mr. Keck did not respond to repeated attempts to reach him, but Superior wrote to shareholders earlier this month that Mrs. Day's proposal was ''poorly conceived and contrary to your best interests.'' It said, ''You can be assured that if an acquisition proposal were to be received - and none has been - the board would give it full consideration.'' Feud Over Mausoleum

The feud between the brother and sister dates from the death of William M. Keck. Mrs. Day said she has always wanted Howard Keck - who is chairman of the W.M. Keck Foundation and the sole surviving trustee of the W.M. Keck Trust that finances it - to use foundation money to build a mausoleum for their late parents in southern California. The 67-year-old Mrs. Day says that no such mausoleum has been erected.

The foundation, with about $32 million in total assets, distributes proceeds from the trust, which has about $460 million in assets, to a variety of charitable, medical and educational institutions, mostly in California.

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About 10.9 million shares - or about 8.6 percent - of Superior's common stock outstanding constitute the largest asset in the trust and provide most of the trust's funds.

The will of William M. Keck states only that Howard Keck must use discretion in distributing the stock to the foundation, after which the trust would cease to exist.

In 1980 and 1981, the trust paid Mr. Keck and his late brother, William M. Keck Jr., each more than $400,000 a year to administer the trust - in effect, to decide to retain the oil stock.

Mrs. Day, a director of the foundation, has contendedd that the fee is too high and has challenged it in a California probate court. A Family Birthright

The foundation has 20 directors' posts, with board membership considered a birthright to Keck relatives. Currently there are 10 family members on the board, and there is an even split between the direct descendants or relatives of Mrs. Day and those of Mr. Keck. The other 10 directors are outsiders.

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Mrs. Day contended that Mr. Keck controlled the foundation board and saw to it that any nonfamily vacancies were filled by his supporters. She said that Mr. Keck was backed by 11 of the 20 current foundation board members, including Fred C. Ackman, chairman and a director of Superior Oil; Marsh A. Cooper, a director of Superior and formerly president of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd., a Canadian nickel producer that is 33 percent owned by Superior; Maurice G. Cummings, who is also a director of the Resource Drilling Company, a subsidiary of Superior, and Max R. Lents, a director of Superior. 'Total Poppycock'

James P. Lower, Mr. Keck's son-in-law, who is a foundation director, offered to respond to queries about the foundation and Superior Oil on behalf of Mr. Keck. He said Mrs. Day's claims about her brother are ''just flat wrong and total poppycock.'' He would not elaborate.

According to former Superior Oil officers, who asked not to be named, Mr. Keck's allies on the nine-member Superior board, in addition to Messrs. Ackman, Cooper and Lents, are John E. Kolb, a lawyer at the Houston law firm of Vinson & Elkins, which is Superior's principal outside legal counsel, and B.R. Dorsey, former chairman of the Gulf Oil Corporation.

Mr. Kolb, one of two current directors who agreed to discuss Mr. Keck's role on the Superior board, said: ''The company is run by Ackman, and I think he calls all the shots. We are always furnished with detailed information and directors vote based on that information.''

Mrs. Day said she was also concerned about the board's move, which she said had been spearheaded by Mr. Keck, to eliminate a bylaw requiring directors to step down when they reach 70. The move, made last January, would allow members to serve indefinitely.

During the past year, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Dorsey turned 70. Mr. Keck reaches 70 next September.

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Ian Oliver Martin

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Nannette Serena Walters

KNOX COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE
401 COURT SQUARE SUITE 102
BARBOURVILLE, KY 40906-1463

12/24/1915 Martin D R Walter Nannie Kittle Island Ky B'ville Ky Book A-3 Page 83

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Vernon Eugene, Royal House of Blois-Champagne, France

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Vernon Eugene, Royal House of Blois-Champagne, France

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David Radford Martin

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David Radford Martin
BIRTH
15 Dec 1893
Gray, Knox County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH
22 Oct 1918 (aged 24)
Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL
John Dalton Martin Memorial Cemetery
Gray, Knox County, Kentucky, USA

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