Clifton Carroll Martin
(9 January 1926 - 20 December 2001)
3 gen. navigation
Father of Darrell Allen Martin.

Clifton C. Martin in 1946 Clifton was born in the house at 11 Elm Street in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, on 9 January 1926.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Clifton Oliver Martin and Annis Lizzie LaQue. Clifton Carroll Martin was often called Clif. Clifton was nicknamed Bud, exclusively by his siblings, nephews, and nieces, as far as I can tell. He lived much of his childhood in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont at various locations. At 15 years old he moved to Bellows Falls, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont where he worked on the Fred Bussino and Bertie Blodgett farms, attending Bellows Falls High School as a freshman. He then moved to Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont and lived and worked on the Ed Howe farm, attending Springfield High School. He began military service on 16 February 1943 as a volunteer in the United States Navy. Boot camp for him was on the Naval Training Center base which had been built the previous summer on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake, in Sampson, Seneca County, New York. He was a "plank owner" of the USS Hale, DD-642 (a Fletcher-class destroyer), and served as a sonarman in the South Pacific campaign from the Gilbert Islands to the end of the war. The Hale was the first destroyer to shell one of the Japanese home islands. He reached the rank of Seaman First Class, and was not aware of any individual decorations or unit citations. Later in life he became a "plank owner" of a different sort, of the Naval Memorial in Washington, DC. Clifton Carroll Martin ended military service on 27 January 1946 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, with an honorable discharge. He graduated in 1947 from Springfield High School in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, by attending night school. He was always considered part of his original class, SHS 1945. He married Kathelyn Mae Dutton in Springfield, on 31 July 1948.5,6 Clifton Carroll Martin resided with Kathelyn Mae Dutton at 29 Dewey Street in Springfield, on 16 September 1949.7 His son Darrell was born on 16 September 1949 in Springfield.8,9,10,11,12 He was working for Dustin's Esso Station in Springfield at the time.7 The family moved 20 December 1950 to what would later be the garage of the home they were building in the Dutton District in Springfield, on two acres of land purchased from Kathelyn's grandfather Herbert Dutton. His son Curtis was born on 9 December 1951 in Springfield.13 His son Bradley was born on 30 October 1956 in Springfield.14 His daughter Anita was born on 23 April 1958 in Springfield.15 In the summer of 1967, the family removed to Union Lake, Oakland County, Michigan when Bryant Computer Products was moved by its parent Excello Corporation. In 1970 the family moved to in Walled Lake, Oakland County, Michigan. In 1986 they moved to in Commerce Township, Oakland County, Michigan. He underwent emergency triple-bypass heart surgery 7 August 1992. Clifton died of congestive heart failure on 20 December 2001 in Huron Valley Hospital in Commerce Twp., Mich., at age 75. His body was donated on 20 December 2001 to Wayne State University Medical School located in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. He was buried in 2002 in the Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens cemetery, in the area reserved for the Wayne State University School of Medicine; "The Dead Shall Teach The Living" in Novi, Oakland County, Michigan.

     Appears on these charts:
          10-generation pedigree for Darrell Allen Martin
          10-generation descendants of Stephen Hartwell Dutton
          10-generation descendants of Oliver Martin
          10-generation descendants of Allen Downing Felch

     Children of Clifton Carroll Martin and Kathelyn Mae Dutton:

Darrell Allen Martin +   (16 Sep 1949 - )
Curtis William Martin +   (9 Dec 1951 - )
Bradley Clifton Martin +   (30 Oct 1956 - )
Anita Ruth Martin +   (23 Apr 1958 - )

Cited documentation:

1. [S67] Probable informant Elizabeth Shirley Julia (Martin) Round, Martin and LaPlante family oral traditions.
2. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b. 1-09-26.
3. [S26] Elm School, Attendance records, Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont; 1938-39, 1940-41, and 1941-42, age given as "12 Yr. 7 Mo. Sept. 1, 1938"; and as "14 Yr. 8 Mo. Sept. 1, 1940", which is in error as to month.
4. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate, father "Clifton Carroll Martin" age 23, b. Rutland, Vermont.
5. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, Anniversary: 7-31-48.
6. [S92] Town Clerk J. Leslie Giddings, Annual Report of the Town of Springfield, Vermont, Year Ending January 31, 1948, pg. 134 marriages, "Date of Marriage: 1948 July 31; Groom: Clifton Carroll Martin; Bride: Kathelyn Mae Dutton."
7. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate.
8. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b. 9-16-49.
9. [S18] Darrell Allen Martin, Birth Certificate, "Darrell Allen Martin" b. Springfield Hospital "September 16 1949."
10. [S24] Derrick Allen Martin, Birth Certificate, father "Darrell Allen Martin" age 33, b. Vermont.
11. [S23] Yavanna June Martin, Birth Certificate, father "Darrell Allen Martin" age 32, b. "Vermont."
12. [S22] Darrell Allen Martin to Deborah Stephanie Niedfeldt, Marriage License, groom's age 31, b. "9/16/49" place "Vermont," father "Clifton Martin" mother "Kathelyn Dutton."
13. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b.12-09-51.
14. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b.10-30-56.
15. [S73] Ed. Anita Ruth (Martin) Goldsmith, The 1991 Dutton Family Reunion Program, b. 4-23-58.

The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).

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