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Archie A. Martin worked for the Chicago and North Western Railroad when he and his family lived in Ames. He moved to Ames at the age of 58 in 1915. He retired from the railroad in 1932. Archie and his wife Nancy established a strong family tradition in their home at 218 Lincoln Way. The second floor of their home was reserved for black students attending Iowa State. For more information see "Early African-American families of Ames" in The Ames Intelligencer (newsletter of the Ames Heritage Association),Winter 1990-91 and Spring 1991. Archie was born on September 15, 1857, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He married Nancy in 1886 in Austell, Georgia. When he died on February 29, 1960, at the age of 102, he was survived by four sons, one daughter, thirty-two grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by Nancy, in 1947, and by a daughter. SEE ALSO: 147.809.1-2