MARTINS See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

FERRY  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• BELMONT, AUGUST (1816–189o)

Belmont See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• OHIO

Ohio, U.S.A., on the Ohio See also:

• RIVER

River, nearly opposite See also:

• WHEELING

Wheeling, See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• VIRGINIA
• VIRGINIA, or VERGINIA
• VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Virginia . Pop . (189o), 6250; (1900), 7760, including 1033 See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 252 negroes; (191o), 9133 . It is served by the See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania (See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland & See also:

• PITTSBURG
• PITTSBURG, or PITTSBURGH

Pittsburg See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division), the See also:

• BALTIMORE
• BALTIMORE, GEORGE CALVERT, 1ST BARON (C. 1580—1632)

Baltimore & Ohio, and the Wheeling & See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake See also:

• ERIE

Erie (See also:

• WABASH

Wabash See also:

• SYSTEM

System) See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and by several steamboat lines . The city is situated on two plateaus; the See also:

• LOWER

lower is occupied chiefly by factories, the upper by dwellings . See also:

• COAL

Coal See also:

• MINING

mining and manufacturing are the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries; among factory products are See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• STEEL, FLORA ANNIE (1847– )

steel, See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin, stoves, machinery and glassware . The See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality owns and operates the See also:

• WATER

water-See also:

• WORKS

works and an electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting plant . A See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was attempted here in 1785, but was abandoned on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of trouble with the See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians . In 1795 a See also:

• TOWN

town was laid out by See also:

• ABSALOM (Hebrew for " father of [or is] peace ")

Absalom See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin and was called See also:

• JEFFERSON
• JEFFERSON, JOSEPH (1829-1905)
• JEFFERSON, THOMAS (1743-1826)

Jefferson, but this, too, was abandoned, on, yeP°inu '* See also:

• MARTINIQUE

MARTINIQUE p.~oPot See also:

• ENGLISH

English Mites • o t a 4 6 8 to ~nP °t M O„nM so` Boundary of ~••ondiapematta---~ "' ~• C . Salomon Grande Aare d'Arlet Bourg . Pt . ,Pdxe Arse d'Arld Pone Arse du See also:

• ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran ..

gam' C.' . Atone du O.ama t* . ' •s. p.P~ Y doohrr du OtamoM'.' ' (See also:

• DIAMOND

Diamond See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil 3 ~ •''s'eP°` OwJerour account of its not being made the county-seat . The town was laid out again in 1835 by Ebenezer Martin (son of Absalom Martin) and was called Martinsville; the See also:

• PRESENT

present name was substituted a few years later . The Martins and other pioneers are buried in See also:

• WALNUT (Juglans)

Walnut See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

Grove See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

Cemetery within the city limits . Martins See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

Ferry was incorporated as a town in 1865 and chartered as a city in 1885 .