FOURTH GENERATION

34. Vincent B. Martin was born on 26 Sep 1813 in Bedford County, Tennessee. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Marshall County, Tennessee.⁽⁷¹⁾ He appeared on the census on 13 Nov 1853 in Marshall County, Tennessee. ⁽⁷²⁾ He appeared on the census on 25 Jul 1860 in Jasper Township, Jasper County, Missouri.⁽⁷³⁾ He died in Aug 1864 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.

From the McConnell Book, Page 94:

Vincent B. Martin was murdered near his own house about two miles from Carthage, Mo., in August, 1864. His murderers claimed to be Federal soldiers. They were stationed at Carthage. They concealed themselves and sent a boy to the house to ask him to come out. When he came, not suspecting anything, they galloped up, shot him to death and then galloped away. They gave his wife notice to leave the country in ten days. She was indulged, however, a few days longer. It was surmised that the excuse for his murder was, that he had given food and shelter to his son, James Miller Martin, who was in the Confederate Army, but they afterwards killed another old man in the same way, who had no son in the Confederate Army.

I remember my uncle Vincent Martin very well. He was as kindly and good a man as ever lived. The killing of him, under the circumstances, was simply an atrocious murder. It is astonishing how quick men can shed the garb of civilization and become brutal savages. The widow of Uncle Vincent, together with her sister, Flavia Martin, left the State of Missouri and settled near Bairdstown, Texas, where they died a few years later. They are buried side by side in Shady Grove Cemetery about five miles from Bairdstown.

He was married to Lavisa Miller (daughter of Mr. Miller) on 28 Jan 1836. Lavisa Miller was born on 19 Apr 1814. She was buried in Shady Grove Cemetery, Lamar County, Texas. Vincent B. Martin and Lavisa Miller had the following children:

+127 i. James Miller Martin.
128 ii. Henderson Eagleton Martin was born on 30 Mar 1839 in Marshall County, Tennessee. He died on 27 Jul 1855.
+129 iii. Saphrona E. Martin.
+130 iv. Robert Doak Martin.