Son of William A. Martin & Rebecca Fielding.

1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Martin
Age: 38
Birth Date: Sep 1861
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1900: Garvin, Anderson, South Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lula Martin
Marriage Year: 1887
Years Married: 13
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's name: Rebecca Martin
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members - Name/Age:
William H Martin 38
Lula Martin 33
Jenny Martin 12
Annie Martin 11
Varina Martin 10
Henry H Martin 9
William N Martin 7
Paul E Martin 5
Ruth R Martin 3
John B Martin 7/12
Rebecca Martin 63
John Robinson 45
Varina Robinson 9
Christine Robinson 7

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: W Henry Martin
Age in 1910: 48
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: South Carolina
Home in 1910: Garvin, Anderson, South Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lula Martin
Father's Birthplace: South Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Household Members - Name/Age:
W Henry Martin 48
Lula Martin 43
Annie Martin 21
Varina Martin 20
Willie Martin 18
Paul Martin 16
Ruth Martin 13
John B Martin 10
Jessie Martin 8
Mary Martin 5
Ellen Martin 3
W Henry Martin Jr. 0 [11/12]
William A Martin 32
Marie Martin 4
Lettie Martin 2

Excerpt from “The History of South Carolina”, Volume 3, edited by Yates Snowden, published in 1920, page 497 which shows middle name as E. not J.)

WILLIAM HENRY MARTIN, whose father lost his life while a soldier of the Confederacy, has spent an active and hard career as a farmer of Anderson County, and while his personal record does not contain a record of military service, three of his sons were soldiers in the World war.

Mr. Martin was born near his present home in the northern part of the county September 27, 1861, son of William A. and Rebecca E. (Fielding) Martin, both natives of the same county. His grandfather, Jesse Martin, was born in Virginia and carne to Anderson County in early days. The maternal grandfathcr, Henry B. Fielding, was likewise from Virginia.

William Henry Martin was the only child of his parents. His father left the farm to go into the Confederate army at the beginning of the war and gave up his life to the cause while in the defense of Petersturg near Richmond. He was then twenty-five years of age. The mother in the meantime with her only child had made her home with her father and mother, and she remained on the Fieldinq farm and William Henry Martin grew up there. He had the opportunities of only a common school education. At the age of twenty-five he married and started out to make his own way in the world. Through farming he has proved his value as a business man and has gained prosperity by his (continued on page 498)