(special thanks to Leah Richier, [email protected] for the following 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)
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)
(special thanks to Leah Richier, [email protected] for the following 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)
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)
Inscription
R.F. Martin/Born/Jan. 18, 1837/Died/Aug. 22, 1902
Gravesite Details
Wife of Willam A. Martin
Family Members
Siblings
Children
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
