POPE COUNTY, AR - WILLIAM A. MARTIN - Bio SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1891. -------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William A. Martin, farmer, Potts Station, Ark. Mr. Martin, one of the substantial and progressive agriculturists of Pope County, Ark., first saw the light of day in Wayne County, Tenn., in the year 1843. His parents, Samuel N. and Rebecca (Lawson) Martin, were both natives of that State. The father removed from his native State to Pope County, Ark., in 1858, with his family, and is still living on the same place he purchased three miles from Russellville, when first coming to the State. The maternal grandparents of our subject lived and died in Tennessee. William A. Martin was principally reared in Arkansas, and in 1863 he enlisted in the Union Army under Col. M. L. Stevenson, Company D, Second Arkansas Infantry, and for the most part was on duty between Little Rock and Fort Smith. He was discharged at Clarksville in 1865, and returned home and engaged in tilling the soil. In November, 1868, he was married to Miss Rebecca C. Harkey, daughter of Isaac Harkey of Pope County, and to them have been born ten children, viz.: Martha J., Samuel I., Charles E., Lily May, Anna Bell, Clarence Garfield, Mary Cora, Hattie Frances, Jacob Alva and Homer Harrison, all single and living with their parents. Mr. Martin now owns 166 acres of land, has sixty-five acres under cultivation, and raises principally grain, cotton and some stock. He has been living on his present property since 1870, and although there were but six acres cleared at that time, he has since cleared up about sixty acres and has built a comfortable and tasty residence. He is making an effort to give his children good education. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. Mrs. Martin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is an active worker in the same.