Biographical Sketch of William T. Martin, Dent County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** William T. Martin, railroad and express agent of Salem, was born in Dent County, Mo., in 1855, being the son of William C. and Rachel Minerva (Barnes) Martin. William C. Martin was born in Roane County, Tenn., in 1826, and when a young man immigrated to Dent County, Mo. He was married here in 1852, and located four miles north of Salem, where he has since resided. He is the owner of 320 acres of land, and is a successful farmer. His wife, Rachel M. (Barnes) Martin, was born in Lauderdale County, Ala., in 1830, and is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Barnes, who were natives of Alabama, and who came to Dent County, Mo., in 1844, and located seven miles northeast of the county seat. Thomas Barnes ded about 1880, at the age of eighty, and his wife is yet living, and is eighty-four years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born five children: Eliza J., wife of John T. Watson; William Thomas; John W.; Francis M. and George W. William T. was educated at Salem Academy, and at the age of eighteen he began teaching, which profession he followed for three terms in Dent county, Mo. He was reared and grew to manhood on the farm, making his home with his parents until twenty-one years of age. In 1877 he married Miss Amanda J. Goade, who was born in Crawford County, Mo., January 6, 1859, and who bore him six children: Charles E., Ernest E., Minnie M., Pearl, Mattie and Lee. In 1879 Mr. Martin and family came to Salem, where he teamed for two years for William James, hauling iron ore. In 1881 he commenced working for the St. Louis, Salem & Little Rock Railroad, now 'Frisco Railroad, as assistant agent and assistant clerk for E. B. Sankey, superintendent of the same branch. For twenty months he was baggage and express agent for the Salem branch, and in February, 1887, he was given his present position. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., and is a Democrat in politics, casting his first presidential vote for Tilden in 1876. ==================================================================== 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================