JOHNSON COUNTY, AR - JOHN L. MARTIN - Bio

SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. 
Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.

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John L. Martin, farmer, is well and favorably known to the majority 
of the residents of this section. He has resided here ever since his 
birth in 1840, and has been prominently indentified with the farming 
interests hereabouts, ever since he began doing for himself. His 
parents, L. A. and Nancy (Laster) Martin, were Tennesseeans and in 
1837 went to Johnson County, Ark., where the father followed the 
occupation of a farmer and cooper, teaching his son the details of 
these callings also. 

John L. attended school a sufficient length of time to obtain a 
practical education, and when only nineteen years of age, he started 
out to make his own way in the world, and by perseverance, energy 
and intelligence has become the owner of 180 acres of fine farming 
land, situated in King Township, about 100 acres of which he has 
under cultivation. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, and 
served the cause he espoused faithfully and well until the close of 
the war. 

His marriage, which occurred in 1859, was to Miss Permelia Boyer, 
and the following are the names of the children that have been born 
to them: William E., Emeline, F. L., Sarah R., Lon (deceased), Orah, 
James M., Bell, Charles O., Lillie, Jessie L., Abe and Newberry 
(deceased). Mrs. Martin is a daughter of William and Mary (Cooper) 
Boyer, and she, her husband and four children are members of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Everything about Mr. Martin's place shows that he is a man of thrift 
and industry, for his buildings and fences are substantial, and his 
land is in an excellent state of cultivation. Among their 
acquaintances and friends, the respect shown them is in full keeping 
with their well-established reputation for hospitality, and their 
true and sincere cordiality. Mr. Martin is thoroughly public 
spirited, and is also a very liberal contributor to the different 
enterprises that come before his notice.