Martin Haga was the son of David Haga (1785 - 1851) and Sarah Bonham (1801 - 1886). He was married first to his 1st cousin Eveline (nee Bonham) Bishop (daughter of Joseph Bonham and Tabitha Russell) whose first husband Elkanah Bishop had died in the Civil War. Martin and Eveline had four children: John Melvin (married Mary McCray), Lartetia, Samantha Ann Triphenia (married Sampson Edmiston), and Reece Martin (married Susie Hash and Lula Moore). Martin was married second to Sarah Jane (Janie) Parks (daughter of James Parks and Rosamond Brewer) and had the following children: Leona (married Floyd Waddell), William (married Ida King), James (married Lida Fortner), Cora (married James Morris), and Wiley (married Martha McFarlane).

Martin served in the Civil War and was taken as POW. His grave marker is approximately 5 rows from the west side of the church on the northerly end of the row (Map coordinates for grave stone: 36.934402,-81.165581)

"Grayson Countians in the Civil War":
Co. I, 51st VA, Enl. on 9/1/62 in Grayson Co. Taken POW at Waynesboro on 3/2/65, sent
to Fort Delaware on 3/12/65. Released on 6/20/65, Res. of Grayson Co., fair comp., light hair, brown hair,
5'8"

The 51st Virginia Infantry Regiment was organized at Wytheville, Virginia in August of 1861. It was composed of eleven companies from southwestern Virginia. The men of the 51st were from Wythe, Grayson, Wise, Patrick, Nelson, Bland, Tazewell, Amherst, and Floyd Counties. The vast majority of these men were farmers. The 51st earned an impressive record in many battles. It led the charge at New Market, a victory which saved the Shenandoah Valley, and therefore bought the Confederacy another year. The regiment participated in Longstreet's Knoxville Campaign, and was assigned briefly to Lee's Army of Northern Virginia while fighting around Richmond and at the bloody battle of Cold Harbor. It was also a vital part of Jubal Early's Valley Campaign and his famous raid on Washington. On March 2, 1865, the battered, depleted, and severely outnumbered 51st Virginia and the rest of Wharton's division was overwhelmed by Sheridan's Federal cavalry under Gen. George Custer at Waynesboro, Virginia. The majority of the regiment was captured and sent to Fort Delaware or Elmira, N.Y. The few soldiers of the 51st who escaped, served briefly under Gen. John B. Gordon at Petersburg. The beloved battle flag of the regiment was captured on March 25, 1865, in the attack on Fort Stedman.