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Note: 1860 CENSUS: LIBERTY TWSP., SHELBY CO., INDIANA, PAGE 30, 216/217--JUNE 16
George Canull (38, M, Wagon Maker, PA), Cloe (32, F, Housekeeper, VA), Sarah E. (11, F, IN), Mary E. (9, F, IN), George T. (6, M, IN), John S. (5, M, IN), James S. (M, 1, IN), Martha (Martin) (5, F, IN), Mary (Martin) (4, F, IN), Green W. (Martin) (3, M, IN) * [Those individuals designated with the surname Martin are the children of Chloe Ensminger and William F. Martin who died in 1857.]
1870 CENSUS: LIBERTY TWSP., SHELBY CO., INDIANA, PAGE 30, 240/244--NO DATE
Ensminger, Philip (68, M, W, Farmer, VA), Ensminger, Polly (63, F, W, VA), [Martin] Green, William (14, M, W, IN), Louis, Mary A (24, F, W, IN), Louis, Lucian (6, M, W, IN), Louis, Flora (4, F, W, IN)
"Shelby Democrat," (Shelbyville, Shelby Co., IN) September 16, 1897 (page 2)
LYNCHING OF MARTIN
Who Was Formerly A Resident of Liberty Township, This County
"A special from San Francisco, under date of September 12, relates how William G. Martin, of Missouri, was hung by a party of Klondyke miners on September 2, for the alleged stealing of a ham. Just before everything was completed for the hanging, Martin said:
'May I write a message boys?" "Poor Martin took a letter from his pocket and kissed it, then he tore it up, saving only the back of the envelope, stooped, pulled off his rubber boots, and placing the paper on the sole of one, wrote in darkness the following in a dim trembling hand:
'Hoping that with the money I might make in the Klondyke, sacrifice would go
out the door and love return through the window, I left you. Kiss Ted, but never
tell him." (Signed) 'Gid' "In the morning Martin's body was seen turning first one way and then back, like a kettle dangling over a fire, his hands tied behind him with a pack strap. On the other half of the envelope, which Martin tore in two, was his name and the post mark, St. Louis."
"Martin was born and raised in Liberty township, this county, and was of a roving disposition and left here for Missouri about 15 years ago, where he had learned telegraphy. His mother was a sister of Messrs. A. J. and St. Clair Ensminger and a relative of the other Ensmingers of this county."
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