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Rosalie Adella “Rosa” <I>White</I> Martin

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Rosalie Adella “Rosa” White Martin

Birth
Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
Death
6 Aug 1922 (aged 81)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.122525, Longitude: -90.0304861
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She was the daughter of Col. C.C. White. She married John Donelson Martin in 1857, they had one child: John Donelson Martin Jr. After the death of her husband at the Battle of Corinth she married Andrew Jackson Martin. According to the death certificate she was 81 years old. She had passed away before Dr. David Galloway arrived at her home. Cause of death was presumed to be pulmonary edema.

I have included the biography of Andrew Jackson Martin here because it is in many respects the co-biography of his wife, Rosa.

A. J. MARTIN was born in Davidson County, Tenn., near the Hermitage, April 15, 1832, and on the maternal side is related to the Donelson family, one of the first families to settle in Nashville, and through them distantly connected with the family of Gen. Jackson. He received a thorough education in one of the leading colleges in Nashville, and afterward graduated from the Law University of Virginia. He was married September 27, 1869, to Mrs. Rosa A. Martin, daughter of Col. C. C. White. Mary, A. J., Shelton W., and Rosadelle, were the children of this marriage. The mother was born in Marshall County, Miss., January 13, 1841. She had previously been married to Dr. John D. Martin, afterward a general in the Confederate Army, who was killed in the charge on the breastworks at the battle of Corinth, October 3, 1862. One son was the issue of this union—John D., a member of the law firm of Young & Martin; he graduated from the State University, at Knoxville, Tenn., and at the Law University of Virginia. Mrs. Martins' father, Col. C. C. White, was born in Elbert County, Ga., April 20, 1813, and was of English descent. He immigrated to Mississippi in 1838 and settled in Marshall County where he owned a large plantation; in 1868 he moved to Shelby County, Tenn., locating at Buntyn. He was married in Marshall County, Miss., October 31, 1839, to Miss Mary E. Withers, daughter of Sterling Withers, a native of Virginia. Three sons and two daughters were the result of this marriage: Albert T. (deceased); Alphonsus C., who was aid to Gen. Martin during the early part of the war, and afterward a member of Jackson's escort, and died August 12, 1864; Shelton W., now a planter in Mississippi, and Rosa A., the co-subject of this sketch, and Emily E. (deceased). The father died at his home in Buntyn, Tenn., January 17, 1886, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, at Memphis. The mother was born in Sussex County, Va., December 22, 1823, and is still living at the old homestead in Buntyn. A. J. Martin, our subject, resides at Buntyn, and deals in real estate. He is a man of fine social standing and great stability of character, and has the esteem and confidence of all who know him.
She was the daughter of Col. C.C. White. She married John Donelson Martin in 1857, they had one child: John Donelson Martin Jr. After the death of her husband at the Battle of Corinth she married Andrew Jackson Martin. According to the death certificate she was 81 years old. She had passed away before Dr. David Galloway arrived at her home. Cause of death was presumed to be pulmonary edema.

I have included the biography of Andrew Jackson Martin here because it is in many respects the co-biography of his wife, Rosa.

A. J. MARTIN was born in Davidson County, Tenn., near the Hermitage, April 15, 1832, and on the maternal side is related to the Donelson family, one of the first families to settle in Nashville, and through them distantly connected with the family of Gen. Jackson. He received a thorough education in one of the leading colleges in Nashville, and afterward graduated from the Law University of Virginia. He was married September 27, 1869, to Mrs. Rosa A. Martin, daughter of Col. C. C. White. Mary, A. J., Shelton W., and Rosadelle, were the children of this marriage. The mother was born in Marshall County, Miss., January 13, 1841. She had previously been married to Dr. John D. Martin, afterward a general in the Confederate Army, who was killed in the charge on the breastworks at the battle of Corinth, October 3, 1862. One son was the issue of this union—John D., a member of the law firm of Young & Martin; he graduated from the State University, at Knoxville, Tenn., and at the Law University of Virginia. Mrs. Martins' father, Col. C. C. White, was born in Elbert County, Ga., April 20, 1813, and was of English descent. He immigrated to Mississippi in 1838 and settled in Marshall County where he owned a large plantation; in 1868 he moved to Shelby County, Tenn., locating at Buntyn. He was married in Marshall County, Miss., October 31, 1839, to Miss Mary E. Withers, daughter of Sterling Withers, a native of Virginia. Three sons and two daughters were the result of this marriage: Albert T. (deceased); Alphonsus C., who was aid to Gen. Martin during the early part of the war, and afterward a member of Jackson's escort, and died August 12, 1864; Shelton W., now a planter in Mississippi, and Rosa A., the co-subject of this sketch, and Emily E. (deceased). The father died at his home in Buntyn, Tenn., January 17, 1886, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, at Memphis. The mother was born in Sussex County, Va., December 22, 1823, and is still living at the old homestead in Buntyn. A. J. Martin, our subject, resides at Buntyn, and deals in real estate. He is a man of fine social standing and great stability of character, and has the esteem and confidence of all who know him.


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