Willard Edwin Martin (1836 - 1921)

Born 8 Dec 1836 in Salisbury, Addison, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Alice Ann (Barnes) Martin — married 25 Sep 1865 in Merton Township,Steele County,MN

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1921 at age 84 in Los Angeles County, California, USA

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Biography

Willard Martin served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA

Courtesy of The Genealogy of Philpot John Sutton Freepages [1]:

"W. E. Martin came here in 1857 from Addison County, Vt., and engaged in farming and teaching school. He was born on the 8th of December, 1836. On December 2nd, 1857, he was married to Miss Nancy Cady, who died September 8, 1864. He was again married, on the 25th of September, 1865, to Miss Alice A. Barnes, a native of Wisconsin. They have six children, besides one which died in infancy, as follows: Frank, born April 11, 1868; Georg, born June 27, 1870; Bessie, born November 8, 1874; Grace, born March 11, 1880; Ruth, born December 29, 1882, and Harriett, born November 16, 1885. Frank is in Marshall County, Minn., teaching school, and the others are at home. Mr. Martin and family are members of the Baptist Church. In political matters Mr. Martin has taken a prominent part, being a Prohibitionist. In 1879 he was elected assessor of Merton Township and still holds the office. He has been justice of the peace six years; school treasurer two terms. and town supervisor two terms. On the 11th of August, 1862, Mr. Martin enlisted in Company A, Tenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served until honorably discharged, July 7, 1865. At present writing Mr. Martin is carrying on farming and stock-raising on section 32." (p. 286), Willard E. Martin appears in a list of men who enlisted from Steele Co. MN., the town of Merton.(p. 125). (History of Steele and Waseca Counties, Minnesota : an album of history and biography, embracing sketches of the villages, cities, and townships, educational, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent citizens, and biographies of old settlers and representative men : history of Minnesota, embracing an account of early explorations, organization, a review of its political history, together with an account of the Indian outbreak of 1862. Chicago: Union Pub. Co., 1887, 740 pgs.)

TENT MATES OF WAR-TIME, COMRADES EVER, MEET AGAIN MINNESOTA SOLDIERS OF CIVIL WAR MEET Survivors of Most of the Old Regiments Join in Affecting Reunions and Recall Old Days. TENTH MINNESOTA lNFANTRY The Tenth Minnesota infantry was mustered in and left for the seat of hostilities in August, 1862, and was almost continuously on the firing line until the close of the war. It was mustered out in August, 1865. The Tenth Minnesota was conspicuous in all the engagements of the Red River campaign and all of the battles fought by the Sixteenth army corps, including those of the Nashville campaign and at Eastport and Mobile. The regimental officers were Colonel J. H. Baker Lieutenant Colonel S. P. Jennison and Major M. Cook. The members who were present at the reunion were; [LIST] W. E. Martin, Owatonna; (The Minneapolis Journal, Aug. 15, 1906, p.4)

912; S. 3500. Willard E. Martin was a sergeant in Company A, Tenth Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted August 11, 1862, and was honorably discharged July 5, 1865, having served nearly three years. The medical records show him treated while in service for chronic diarrhea and dysentery. He established a claim under the general law and is pensioned at $17 per month for chronic diarrhea and resulting disease of rectum and vertigo and desease of heart - results of sunstroke. He was first pensioned at $12 from October 10, 1889; increased to $17 from September 9, 1891. Application for further increase was rejected July 29, 1910. When claimant was last examined by a Pension Bureau board, at Owatonna, Minn., June 1, 1910, he was rated five-eighteenths for disease of heart and twelve-eighteenths for chronic diarrhea. The board did not recommend any increase, but stated that claimant was thin and emaciated and muscles are flabby, and he walks haltingly with a cane. Evidence filed with this committee is to the effect that claimant is incapable of performing manual labor by reason of chronic diarrhea and resulting disease of stomach and rectum, heart disease, and vertigo, resulting from sunstroke. He is about 74 years of age and in need of additional relief for the support of himself and family, all in poor health. Acting in this case as we have in similar cases, the committee recommend increase of pension to $24 per month. (Pensions and increase of pensions for certain soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, etc. February 20, 1912. Date: 1912-02-20, Serial Set Vol. No. 6124, Session Vol. No.A, 62nd Congress, 2nd SessionS. Rpt. 384)

Civil and Indian Wars Veteran Dies The rapidly diminishing body of Civil War veterans and Indian fighters has lost another member in the death of Willard E. Martin, 84 years of age. Funeral services were under the auspices of Stanton Post No. 55, G. A. R., in the Calvary Baptist church. Martin served with the Minnesota volunteers during the Civil War, and took part in the scouting expedition into the South Dakota Badlands after the band of Sioux that in 1862 massacred a number of whites in that region. (Los Angeles Herald, Jan. 14, 1921)

Sources

• Year: 1880; Census Place: Merton, Steele, Minnesota; Roll: 635; Family History Film: 1254635; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 238; Image: 0012

• Year: 1900; Census Place: Owatonna Ward 1, Steele, Minnesota; Roll: 793; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0133; FHL microfilm: 1240793

• Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties

• Rice County, Minnesota Marriages, 1860-1895

• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of California and Pacific

• Rice County, Minnesota Marriages, 1860-1895 Author: Dalby, John Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Title: 1880 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
• Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=80656302&pid=115