Living with her son, Abijah, and his family
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Biographical Sketch of William MARTIN (1810-1866)
( History of Benton County, Arkansas, 1991, Page 612, by Joe N. LaRUE)
Early settlers to Benton County were William MARTIN and his wife, Susan WOLF and their children. They moved from Hawkins County, Tennessee between 1848 when Eliza was born and the 1850 census taken in Sugar Creek Township, Benton County, Arkansas. Their eldest daughter, Margaret had married John BUTTRY and made the move about the same time. All of the MARTIN children’s names and birthdates are: Margaret, 14 August 1829; Mahala, 14 May 1832; Thomas J., 6 October 1834; Mary Jane (Polly), 15 October 1836; Moses, 24 September 1839; Martha (line of Joe N. LaRue), 29 July 1841; Catherine M., 10 July 1843; Alfred M. (Alford), 19 November 1845; and Eliza M., 29 May 1848. It is believed that they all were born in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Regarding the ancestry of William MARTIN – his parents were Thomas and Elizabeth MARTIN of Hawkins County, Tennessee. Their children were: James, John, Mahala, Thomas Jr., William (born 18 March 1810), Aaron, Paschal, Absalom, Elizabeth and Abijah. Paschal and wife, Nancy COPE, followed his brother to Benton County in the early 1850’s. Most of the others remained in Tennessee. The Martins have sometimes been credited for naming the Twelve Corners Church for a similar named home town in Tennessee.
According to family tradition, William’s wife, Susan WOLF was of Cherokee heritage. I have heard many times that her parents were Dennis WOLF and Polly BEAR. However documents seem to point to a George WOLF and Polly -------.
Susan MARTIN died at age 44 on 16 July 1851 and was buried at Twelve Corners Cemetery near their son, Moses, who had died 2 days earlier. Perhaps they died of the same cause. Sometime after that William married Mary (PATTERSON?) who outlived her husband several years.
In 1860 William MARTIN was listed as clerk of the Mount Zion Association. For many years he was active in the Twelve Corners Baptist Church. On 31 July 1866 he died and is also buried in the nearby Twelve Corners Cemetery. His gravestone bears a Masonic symbol at the top.
Wheth er a Farmer or a carpenter, he was probably better known as the postmaster of Pea Ridge from June 30, 1852 to April 18, 1866. He knew his health was failing and his daughter, Miss Martha MARTIN won the appointment as postmaster from April 18, 1866 to March 21, 1867 (during which time she married Johnson C. WOOD on 8 January 1867). She gained the recognition of being the first woman postmaster in Benton County.
In terestingly, records show that William MARTIN joined the 2nd Cherokee Arkansas Infantry but there does not show any intervening postmasters or interruption during the Civil War.
Martha, the daughter that had been postmaster is my ancestor (Joe N. LaRue’s). (For more details on her life, I refer you to the story on Johnson C. WOOD elsewhere in this book.) An old shelf clock has come down through her to our family. In William’s probate inventory and sale, a clock was purchased by Martha. We believe it is the same timepiece that came down through Martha’s daughter, Martha (Mattie) Wood LaRUE who was my paternal grandmother, my Dad-Theodore Joseph LaRUE and now to me. This clock was made by Elisha HOTCHKISS and has wooden works. It is a lively reminder of my heritage that centered around the life of William MARTIN.
By Joe N. LaRUE (nix4uns)