Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of W. E. E. MARTIN 

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W. E. E. MARTIN, a prominent young farmer of Coweta county, belongs to one of 
those hardy pioneer families from whom are descended many of Georgia's most 
valued citizens. He is the grandson of Elijah and Amanda F. (Amos) Martin, 
Virginians by birth, but among the early settlers of Oglethorpe county, Ga., 
and who in 1830 moved to Coweta county, where they brought into being a home 
in the forest wilderness. Mr. Martin, born in 1837, enlisted in 1861 in 
Company A, Seventh Georgia regiment. He served through the war until about 
two months before the surrender, when he was killed in a skirmish at 
Maynesboro, Ga. At the time of his enlistment his little son, W. E. E., the 
subject of this sketch, was but about two years old, having been born in 
1859. The mother, Carrie (Smith) Martin, was a daughter of George E. and 
Martha N. (Pinkard) Smith, Virginians, her grandfather, George Smith, who 
served as captain in the war of 1812, having brought his family and settled 
in Georgia about 1830. After Mr. Martin's death in 1865, Mrs. Martin 
continued to reside upon the farm where she and her husband had settled just 
after their marriage, and here the lad, W. E. E., grew to manhood. Although 
circumstances deprived him of more than a limited education, he made the best 
of such opportunities as he had, and has done well. He owns a good farm, 
well-improved, and stands well in the community. He is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.