Daniel McNair Martin was the son of John Terry Martin and grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran Cpt. John Martin.
Daniel was a prosperous and influential citizen during Jackson County's antebellum period. Residing in Bellefonte he operated an inn and several other businesses. This inn would lead him to meet and form an ironic friendship with General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was stationed in Bellefonte in the 1840's.
During the American Civil War he lost an 18 year-old son at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. According to a family journal of his great-granddaughter, when Federal troops came through the county they pillaged his house. His daughter had to quote "hide their fine china in the ash pit" to keep it out of Federal hands.
This is corroborated by other reports about the Federal troops behavior from Bellefonte at the time, as well as Sherman's own orders to subsist off the land there. Martin would lose all of his wealth except in property by the end of the war.
Afterwards he continued his life with daughter Virginia and son William B., taking time to write to his daughter Ella A. Elizabeth Martin Marley who had moved to Texas with relatives.
The community of Martintown near Bellefonte is named for him. His nephew was Colonel John Snodgrass of the 55th Alabama Volunteer Regiment.
Daniel was a prosperous and influential citizen during Jackson County's antebellum period. Residing in Bellefonte he operated an inn and several other businesses. This inn would lead him to meet and form an ironic friendship with General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was stationed in Bellefonte in the 1840's.
During the American Civil War he lost an 18 year-old son at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. According to a family journal of his great-granddaughter, when Federal troops came through the county they pillaged his house. His daughter had to quote "hide their fine china in the ash pit" to keep it out of Federal hands.
This is corroborated by other reports about the Federal troops behavior from Bellefonte at the time, as well as Sherman's own orders to subsist off the land there. Martin would lose all of his wealth except in property by the end of the war.
Afterwards he continued his life with daughter Virginia and son William B., taking time to write to his daughter Ella A. Elizabeth Martin Marley who had moved to Texas with relatives.
The community of Martintown near Bellefonte is named for him. His nephew was Colonel John Snodgrass of the 55th Alabama Volunteer Regiment.
Daniel McNair Martin was the son of John Terry Martin and grandson of American Revolutionary War veteran Cpt. John Martin.
Daniel was a prosperous and influential citizen during Jackson County's antebellum period. Residing in Bellefonte he operated an inn and several other businesses. This inn would lead him to meet and form an ironic friendship with General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was stationed in Bellefonte in the 1840's.
During the American Civil War he lost an 18 year-old son at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. According to a family journal of his great-granddaughter, when Federal troops came through the county they pillaged his house. His daughter had to quote "hide their fine china in the ash pit" to keep it out of Federal hands.
This is corroborated by other reports about the Federal troops behavior from Bellefonte at the time, as well as Sherman's own orders to subsist off the land there. Martin would lose all of his wealth except in property by the end of the war.
Afterwards he continued his life with daughter Virginia and son William B., taking time to write to his daughter Ella A. Elizabeth Martin Marley who had moved to Texas with relatives.
The community of Martintown near Bellefonte is named for him. His nephew was Colonel John Snodgrass of the 55th Alabama Volunteer Regiment.
Daniel was a prosperous and influential citizen during Jackson County's antebellum period. Residing in Bellefonte he operated an inn and several other businesses. This inn would lead him to meet and form an ironic friendship with General William Tecumseh Sherman, who was stationed in Bellefonte in the 1840's.
During the American Civil War he lost an 18 year-old son at the Battle of Parker's Crossroads. According to a family journal of his great-granddaughter, when Federal troops came through the county they pillaged his house. His daughter had to quote "hide their fine china in the ash pit" to keep it out of Federal hands.
This is corroborated by other reports about the Federal troops behavior from Bellefonte at the time, as well as Sherman's own orders to subsist off the land there. Martin would lose all of his wealth except in property by the end of the war.
Afterwards he continued his life with daughter Virginia and son William B., taking time to write to his daughter Ella A. Elizabeth Martin Marley who had moved to Texas with relatives.
The community of Martintown near Bellefonte is named for him. His nephew was Colonel John Snodgrass of the 55th Alabama Volunteer Regiment.
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