The Rockford Weekly Gazette, 2 February 1881
(Illinois)

Death of Jas. B. Martyn
Another early settler has passed away. Mr. Jas. B. Martyn, who came to Winnebago county in 1836, settling near Rockford, afterwards removing to Cherry Valley, and subsequently to Belvidere, where he has lived for the past twenty-five years, died at his residence in Belvidere, on Sunday. At the annual meeting of the Early Settlers’ Society, held in this city Monday arrangements were made for a number to attend the funeral at Belvidere, Tuesday, at 2 o’clock.
Jas. B. Martyn was born Dec. 28, 1801, in the Parish of Provus, County of Cornwall, England. He came to this country in 1836, and settled on a farm near Rockford. Subsequently he purchased the Cherry Valley Mills, and afterwards the Belvidere Mills. Mr. Martyn leaves a widow and grown-up children.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho