William is the son of Zadock Martin and Susanna Sookey Brown.
William married Harriet Crobarger on 22 August 1839 in Platte county, Missouri. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee about 1818 and died in Douglas county, Oregon in 1884..
Their children are Catherine, and Francis and Josephine, twins, all born in Missouri; and Hardin D. Joseph, George Frank Martin, and Emma, all born in Oregon.
They came to Douglas county, Oregon between 1844 and 1848.
He was a merchant in Yamhill county, Oregon Terr. in 1850. He was a Receivor at the Roseburg land office in 1860. He farmed at Cow Creek, Douglas, Oregon in 1870 and 1880.
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Obituary of William J. Martin, Plaindealer [Roseburg, OR], Apr. 29, 1901:
William Jennings Martin.
Col. William Jennings Martin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. R. Miller, at Glendale, Oregon, April 26th, at 5:30 p.m. His age was 87 years, 2 months and 24 days. He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 1814. He was married to Miss Catherine Crobargee, July 16, 1839, by whom he had seven children; four of them still survive him, viz: Mrs. Kate Slocum and Mrs. F.R. Miller, of Glendale, H.D. Martin, of Grants Pass, and G. Frank Martin, of Dalles, Oregon. The three first named were in attendance at his death bed, the other son being prevented by illness in his family from being here. His wife died at the old home near Galesville, in this county, March 8, 1884; and in Dec. 14, 1897, he married Mrs. Margaret Trible of Indiana, who died June 4, 1899.
By his oft repeated request, he was buried at Maplewood cemetery, under the auspices of Glendale Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which order he had been a worthy member for over fifty-eight years, and to which order he had given devoted service all the best years of his life. It has always been to him the highest ideal, and when he laid down the mystic tools of the craft, a heart trueer (sic) to its sacred right never ceased to beat. He was a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Oregon, also a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Douglas county, which was organized at his old home residence near Winchester in this county. And as the Glendale lodge performed the mystic rites, that he understood so well, over his grave, and when we saw the beautiful emblem of purity deposited upon his casket, we thought how they as Masons must feel it a privilege to officiate at the obsequieses of one who has for more than half a century been true to his trust. He never failed in his duties to the order and the Grand Master of the Universe, when he calls them all to give an account of how they have used the mystic tools in building the celestial temple will say he never failed to do his whole duty. He lived upon the "Level" and finished his work upon the "Square."
He was a pioneer of 1843, and was captain of the famous Fremont expedition from California to the states in 1844, and he returned to Oregon with his family in 1846, settled on his donation claim near McMinnville in Yamhill county; he returned to Douglas county in 1851 where he resided almost continuously until his death. He was a plain man, just and true. He never forgot a favor, and in all the frontier wars he was a leading figure. A generous government made provisions for him in recognition of faithful service by a pension of $25 per month, for wounds received in the Seminole war in Florida, when he was only 21 years of age, where he was struck by four bullets and carried off the field as dead. During his last illness he complained constantly of one of the old wounds. The lodge of A.F. & A.M. supplied him a nurse for one month, Mr. Wm. H. Neff, who is not a member of the order but who attended him most faithfully, and who said if the "Old man lives a year I never will leave him." Mr. Neff has the deepest gratitude of his children for his faithful affectionate service. Among those who were in attendance at his bedside we will mention particularly Jesse Clements and S. H. Redfield, old friends. In his last days he was consoled by kind words from Dr. S. Hamilton, of Roseburg, and Jerry Nunan, of Jacksonville. And personally and in behalf of the family we wish to thank all of them who contributed in any way to his comfort.
Of the floral offerings most beautiful were received from the following persons: Mrs. Dick Miller, Mrs. Jesse Clements, Miss Dalles Miller, Little Dick Miller, Mrs. Winchell, Miss Miser, Miss Goldie Clements, Mrs. W.H. Redfield, Mrs. Adelia Redfield, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. A.G. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Wagner and Miss Ednol Wagner. We thank you all. HIS CHILDREN.
Source - Ryan Wadleigh / http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/obits2.html#williammartin
William married Harriet Crobarger on 22 August 1839 in Platte county, Missouri. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee about 1818 and died in Douglas county, Oregon in 1884..
Their children are Catherine, and Francis and Josephine, twins, all born in Missouri; and Hardin D. Joseph, George Frank Martin, and Emma, all born in Oregon.
They came to Douglas county, Oregon between 1844 and 1848.
He was a merchant in Yamhill county, Oregon Terr. in 1850. He was a Receivor at the Roseburg land office in 1860. He farmed at Cow Creek, Douglas, Oregon in 1870 and 1880.
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Obituary of William J. Martin, Plaindealer [Roseburg, OR], Apr. 29, 1901:
William Jennings Martin.
Col. William Jennings Martin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. R. Miller, at Glendale, Oregon, April 26th, at 5:30 p.m. His age was 87 years, 2 months and 24 days. He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 1814. He was married to Miss Catherine Crobargee, July 16, 1839, by whom he had seven children; four of them still survive him, viz: Mrs. Kate Slocum and Mrs. F.R. Miller, of Glendale, H.D. Martin, of Grants Pass, and G. Frank Martin, of Dalles, Oregon. The three first named were in attendance at his death bed, the other son being prevented by illness in his family from being here. His wife died at the old home near Galesville, in this county, March 8, 1884; and in Dec. 14, 1897, he married Mrs. Margaret Trible of Indiana, who died June 4, 1899.
By his oft repeated request, he was buried at Maplewood cemetery, under the auspices of Glendale Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which order he had been a worthy member for over fifty-eight years, and to which order he had given devoted service all the best years of his life. It has always been to him the highest ideal, and when he laid down the mystic tools of the craft, a heart trueer (sic) to its sacred right never ceased to beat. He was a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Oregon, also a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Douglas county, which was organized at his old home residence near Winchester in this county. And as the Glendale lodge performed the mystic rites, that he understood so well, over his grave, and when we saw the beautiful emblem of purity deposited upon his casket, we thought how they as Masons must feel it a privilege to officiate at the obsequieses of one who has for more than half a century been true to his trust. He never failed in his duties to the order and the Grand Master of the Universe, when he calls them all to give an account of how they have used the mystic tools in building the celestial temple will say he never failed to do his whole duty. He lived upon the "Level" and finished his work upon the "Square."
He was a pioneer of 1843, and was captain of the famous Fremont expedition from California to the states in 1844, and he returned to Oregon with his family in 1846, settled on his donation claim near McMinnville in Yamhill county; he returned to Douglas county in 1851 where he resided almost continuously until his death. He was a plain man, just and true. He never forgot a favor, and in all the frontier wars he was a leading figure. A generous government made provisions for him in recognition of faithful service by a pension of $25 per month, for wounds received in the Seminole war in Florida, when he was only 21 years of age, where he was struck by four bullets and carried off the field as dead. During his last illness he complained constantly of one of the old wounds. The lodge of A.F. & A.M. supplied him a nurse for one month, Mr. Wm. H. Neff, who is not a member of the order but who attended him most faithfully, and who said if the "Old man lives a year I never will leave him." Mr. Neff has the deepest gratitude of his children for his faithful affectionate service. Among those who were in attendance at his bedside we will mention particularly Jesse Clements and S. H. Redfield, old friends. In his last days he was consoled by kind words from Dr. S. Hamilton, of Roseburg, and Jerry Nunan, of Jacksonville. And personally and in behalf of the family we wish to thank all of them who contributed in any way to his comfort.
Of the floral offerings most beautiful were received from the following persons: Mrs. Dick Miller, Mrs. Jesse Clements, Miss Dalles Miller, Little Dick Miller, Mrs. Winchell, Miss Miser, Miss Goldie Clements, Mrs. W.H. Redfield, Mrs. Adelia Redfield, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. A.G. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Wagner and Miss Ednol Wagner. We thank you all. HIS CHILDREN.
Source - Ryan Wadleigh / http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/obits2.html#williammartin
William is the son of Zadock Martin and Susanna Sookey Brown.
William married Harriet Crobarger on 22 August 1839 in Platte county, Missouri. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee about 1818 and died in Douglas county, Oregon in 1884..
Their children are Catherine, and Francis and Josephine, twins, all born in Missouri; and Hardin D. Joseph, George Frank Martin, and Emma, all born in Oregon.
They came to Douglas county, Oregon between 1844 and 1848.
He was a merchant in Yamhill county, Oregon Terr. in 1850. He was a Receivor at the Roseburg land office in 1860. He farmed at Cow Creek, Douglas, Oregon in 1870 and 1880.
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Obituary of William J. Martin, Plaindealer [Roseburg, OR], Apr. 29, 1901:
William Jennings Martin.
Col. William Jennings Martin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. R. Miller, at Glendale, Oregon, April 26th, at 5:30 p.m. His age was 87 years, 2 months and 24 days. He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 1814. He was married to Miss Catherine Crobargee, July 16, 1839, by whom he had seven children; four of them still survive him, viz: Mrs. Kate Slocum and Mrs. F.R. Miller, of Glendale, H.D. Martin, of Grants Pass, and G. Frank Martin, of Dalles, Oregon. The three first named were in attendance at his death bed, the other son being prevented by illness in his family from being here. His wife died at the old home near Galesville, in this county, March 8, 1884; and in Dec. 14, 1897, he married Mrs. Margaret Trible of Indiana, who died June 4, 1899.
By his oft repeated request, he was buried at Maplewood cemetery, under the auspices of Glendale Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which order he had been a worthy member for over fifty-eight years, and to which order he had given devoted service all the best years of his life. It has always been to him the highest ideal, and when he laid down the mystic tools of the craft, a heart trueer (sic) to its sacred right never ceased to beat. He was a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Oregon, also a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Douglas county, which was organized at his old home residence near Winchester in this county. And as the Glendale lodge performed the mystic rites, that he understood so well, over his grave, and when we saw the beautiful emblem of purity deposited upon his casket, we thought how they as Masons must feel it a privilege to officiate at the obsequieses of one who has for more than half a century been true to his trust. He never failed in his duties to the order and the Grand Master of the Universe, when he calls them all to give an account of how they have used the mystic tools in building the celestial temple will say he never failed to do his whole duty. He lived upon the "Level" and finished his work upon the "Square."
He was a pioneer of 1843, and was captain of the famous Fremont expedition from California to the states in 1844, and he returned to Oregon with his family in 1846, settled on his donation claim near McMinnville in Yamhill county; he returned to Douglas county in 1851 where he resided almost continuously until his death. He was a plain man, just and true. He never forgot a favor, and in all the frontier wars he was a leading figure. A generous government made provisions for him in recognition of faithful service by a pension of $25 per month, for wounds received in the Seminole war in Florida, when he was only 21 years of age, where he was struck by four bullets and carried off the field as dead. During his last illness he complained constantly of one of the old wounds. The lodge of A.F. & A.M. supplied him a nurse for one month, Mr. Wm. H. Neff, who is not a member of the order but who attended him most faithfully, and who said if the "Old man lives a year I never will leave him." Mr. Neff has the deepest gratitude of his children for his faithful affectionate service. Among those who were in attendance at his bedside we will mention particularly Jesse Clements and S. H. Redfield, old friends. In his last days he was consoled by kind words from Dr. S. Hamilton, of Roseburg, and Jerry Nunan, of Jacksonville. And personally and in behalf of the family we wish to thank all of them who contributed in any way to his comfort.
Of the floral offerings most beautiful were received from the following persons: Mrs. Dick Miller, Mrs. Jesse Clements, Miss Dalles Miller, Little Dick Miller, Mrs. Winchell, Miss Miser, Miss Goldie Clements, Mrs. W.H. Redfield, Mrs. Adelia Redfield, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. A.G. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Wagner and Miss Ednol Wagner. We thank you all. HIS CHILDREN.
Source - Ryan Wadleigh / http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/obits2.html#williammartin
William married Harriet Crobarger on 22 August 1839 in Platte county, Missouri. She was born in Virginia or Tennessee about 1818 and died in Douglas county, Oregon in 1884..
Their children are Catherine, and Francis and Josephine, twins, all born in Missouri; and Hardin D. Joseph, George Frank Martin, and Emma, all born in Oregon.
They came to Douglas county, Oregon between 1844 and 1848.
He was a merchant in Yamhill county, Oregon Terr. in 1850. He was a Receivor at the Roseburg land office in 1860. He farmed at Cow Creek, Douglas, Oregon in 1870 and 1880.
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Obituary of William J. Martin, Plaindealer [Roseburg, OR], Apr. 29, 1901:
William Jennings Martin.
Col. William Jennings Martin died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. R. Miller, at Glendale, Oregon, April 26th, at 5:30 p.m. His age was 87 years, 2 months and 24 days. He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, Feb. 2, 1814. He was married to Miss Catherine Crobargee, July 16, 1839, by whom he had seven children; four of them still survive him, viz: Mrs. Kate Slocum and Mrs. F.R. Miller, of Glendale, H.D. Martin, of Grants Pass, and G. Frank Martin, of Dalles, Oregon. The three first named were in attendance at his death bed, the other son being prevented by illness in his family from being here. His wife died at the old home near Galesville, in this county, March 8, 1884; and in Dec. 14, 1897, he married Mrs. Margaret Trible of Indiana, who died June 4, 1899.
By his oft repeated request, he was buried at Maplewood cemetery, under the auspices of Glendale Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which order he had been a worthy member for over fifty-eight years, and to which order he had given devoted service all the best years of his life. It has always been to him the highest ideal, and when he laid down the mystic tools of the craft, a heart trueer (sic) to its sacred right never ceased to beat. He was a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Oregon, also a charter member of the first lodge ever organized in Douglas county, which was organized at his old home residence near Winchester in this county. And as the Glendale lodge performed the mystic rites, that he understood so well, over his grave, and when we saw the beautiful emblem of purity deposited upon his casket, we thought how they as Masons must feel it a privilege to officiate at the obsequieses of one who has for more than half a century been true to his trust. He never failed in his duties to the order and the Grand Master of the Universe, when he calls them all to give an account of how they have used the mystic tools in building the celestial temple will say he never failed to do his whole duty. He lived upon the "Level" and finished his work upon the "Square."
He was a pioneer of 1843, and was captain of the famous Fremont expedition from California to the states in 1844, and he returned to Oregon with his family in 1846, settled on his donation claim near McMinnville in Yamhill county; he returned to Douglas county in 1851 where he resided almost continuously until his death. He was a plain man, just and true. He never forgot a favor, and in all the frontier wars he was a leading figure. A generous government made provisions for him in recognition of faithful service by a pension of $25 per month, for wounds received in the Seminole war in Florida, when he was only 21 years of age, where he was struck by four bullets and carried off the field as dead. During his last illness he complained constantly of one of the old wounds. The lodge of A.F. & A.M. supplied him a nurse for one month, Mr. Wm. H. Neff, who is not a member of the order but who attended him most faithfully, and who said if the "Old man lives a year I never will leave him." Mr. Neff has the deepest gratitude of his children for his faithful affectionate service. Among those who were in attendance at his bedside we will mention particularly Jesse Clements and S. H. Redfield, old friends. In his last days he was consoled by kind words from Dr. S. Hamilton, of Roseburg, and Jerry Nunan, of Jacksonville. And personally and in behalf of the family we wish to thank all of them who contributed in any way to his comfort.
Of the floral offerings most beautiful were received from the following persons: Mrs. Dick Miller, Mrs. Jesse Clements, Miss Dalles Miller, Little Dick Miller, Mrs. Winchell, Miss Miser, Miss Goldie Clements, Mrs. W.H. Redfield, Mrs. Adelia Redfield, Mrs. L. Jones, Mrs. A.G. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Wagner and Miss Ednol Wagner. We thank you all. HIS CHILDREN.
Source - Ryan Wadleigh / http://www.ryanwadleigh.com/obits2.html#williammartin
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