Carroll Co., AR - Biographies - G. W. Martin

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G. W. Martin, senior member of the firm of Martin & Marsh, proprietors 
of the Eclipse Stables, Eureka Springs, Ark., was born in St. Clair 
County, Mo., in 1845. He is a son of Samuel H. and Dortha B. Martin, 
both of whom were born and reared in Henry County, Va. The parents 
came to Missouri in 1837, and resided there, engaged in farming and 
stock raising, until their deaths in St. Clair County, the father's on 
May 12, 1872, and the mother's on February 23, 1888. G. W. Martin 
remained with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age, when 
he engaged in farming on his own account, and continued six years. He 
then engaged in the milling business in his native county, and for six 
years operated flour, grist and saw-mills. Thence he came to Eureka 
Springs and established a boarding-house, which he still manages, as 
the Boarders' Home, which property he owns. He also owns his livery 
property, and has been connected with the business since June 30, 
1888. The stable and stock are new, and the proprietors are making a 
success of the enterprise. Mr. Martin's marriage with Mary F. Tucker 
was celebrated on September 10, 1868. She is from St. [p.1064] Clair 
County. Mo. They are the parents of three children, of whom two, 
Samuel H. and John H., are living. The one dead is Nora. Mr. and Mrs. 
Martin are consistent Christians, and members of the Baptist and 
Methodist Episcopal Churches. respectively. In politics he endorses 
and supports the principles of the Greenback party, and is a member of 
the I. O. O. F. Besides his interests at Eureka Springs Mr. Martin 
owns a good farm of 320 acres in Missouri. with 160 acres under 
cultivation. He is one of the enterprising and public-spirited 
citizens of the town, and in 1886 was a member of the town council.