Son of ex-slave who fought in the Union army dies at age 97
Published: January 28, 2015
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) —Luke Martin Jr., the son of an ex-slave and Civil War Union soldier, has died — 179 years after his father was born. Martin was 97 when...
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Luke Martin Jr.
Fannie Martin-Williams
North Carolina
Martin Jr.
Luke Martin Sr.
RALEIGH
New Bern
Plymouth
Oscar
Tryon Palace
congestive heart failure
Union Army
U.S. House
Civil War Union
New Bern Academy
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
G.K. Butterfield
Weary Clyburn
Luke P. Martin Jr.
funeral attendant
contractor and teacher
member
Craven County

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