Francis Albert Martin
| ID: | I894 |
| Last: | Martin |
| First: | Francis |
| Middle: | Albert |
| Birth: | 4 Feb 1857 at Pickens Co., South Carolina |
| Death: | 21 Jun 1886 at Greenville Co., South Carolina 1 |
| Burial: | 23 Jun 1886 Hagood Family Burying Ground, Pickens Co., South Carolina 2 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | Francis Albert Martin of Pickens Co., South Carolina was the first husband of Hattie Harrison Feaster who lived on the "old McClanahan place" near Greenville, South Carolina. The land was apparently handed down from relatives of her mother, Annette (nee McClanahan) Feaster. The name of Francis Albert Martin was remembered in the name of Hattie's nephew Albert Martin Feaster, son of Hattie's brother Samuel Feaster. Another son of Samuel Feaster, Marshall McClanahan Feaster, also had a son named "Albert Martin Feaster". Extensive information on the family of Francis Albert Martin and his connections to HAGOOD, CRENSHAW, and other important families of Pickens Co., South Carolina is available online as part of the Old Pendleton District genealogy project at Rootsweb.com. Source: Crenshaw Family [Tentative] - Fourth Generation - geschwind@aol.com Internet: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~oldpend/crenshaw/creg06.htm |
| Sources: | 3 |
| Mother: | UNKNOWN |
| Father: | UNKNOWN |
| Marriage 1 | Harriet Harrison Feaster b: 1861 d: AFT Jun 1886 |
| Wedding: 1884 South Carolina | |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Obituary Note: Transcribed online at e-familytree.net. Text: Greenville Daily News. Reprinted by The Pickens Sentinel, Thursday July 1 1886. Mr F A Martin died at his home on the McClanahan place three miles above the city on Monday night. He was 29 years old and a native of Pickens County. He was married to Miss Hattie Feaster of this city about 18 months ago and went to live on the McClanahan place early in the spring. Burial in the Hagood family burying ground. Mr Martin was a nephew of Col J E Hagood. Burial was on the 23rd ult by Revs D C Freeman and S R Riley. |
| 2 | Title: Obituary Note: Note1: Location - Hagood Plantation, Benjamin 5m NE of Pickens. GPS = N34 56.573 x W82 42.110, per www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/southcarolina/pickens3.html. Note2: Francis Albert Martin was buried with family of his mother, Elmira Hagood Martin. He was a nephew of Col. Hagood, a military leader of South Carolina troops in the Civil War. Coincidentally, Mr. Martin's father-in-law Nathan Andrew Feaster had enlisted with Hagood's troops and died on the battlefield at Sharpsburg. |
| 3 | Title: 1880 U.S. Census, Pickens Co., South Carolina Publication: T9-1238 (1255238) Page: p. 127-B Note: Albert (Francis) Martin age 22 lived with his mother Elmira (45, widow, proprietress) and brothers Hamilton (12) and Beaver (5) in Pumpkintown Twp., northeastern Pickens County, south of Ceaser's Head. |
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