Parents

Son of Alfred Mathew MARTIN & Mary Lovie HEATH.

Life History

Notes

• James Alfred Charles Martin is referred to as Jim in some records.The most common order of his four names appears as James A C Martin.His obituary in the Weatherford Democrat in 1942 had his name as JamesCharles Alfred Martin, while in Alex, Oklahoma, where he had lived formany years, the newspaper referred to him as James Alfred Martin, asdid his Oklahoma death certificate..
  
  In our ongoing email discussion of these families, one of my cousinsresearching these and related Green families contributed this note:
  "The 1880 Census for Parker Co. Tx has James Alfred Charles Martin age7 as a resident, head of household Alfred Mathew Martin. This wouldindicate Nancy Elizabeth-Jackson-Unknown Yeary-Martin was in ParkerCo. area at the time of her marriage to James Alfred Charles Martin.To date no record of marriage or burial has been found in or aroundParker Co. Texas. He died in Oklahoma City in 1942 based on familydata from Linda Hanks."
  --  Marion L. Mixon, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 16 July 2008
  
  Marion also includes in his genealogy, from family sources, the birthof James A C Martin in Montague County, Texas (on the Red River):
  "JAMES ALFRED CHARLES MARTIN was born 13 Jul 1871 in Montague Co TX,and died 10 Jun 1942 in OK City OK.  He married NANCY ELIZABETHJACKSON Abt. 1895 in TX, daughter of ABRAHAM JACKSON and TELITHIAGREEN.  She was born 19 Oct 1863 in Cooke CO TX, and died 27 Jul 1914in Parker Co TX".
  --  Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy, conveyed privately
  
  In 1880 James and his parents were enumerated in Parker County, wherefamily history revolves for them in later generations.  For somereason, the enumerator lists the relationship of everyone in thehousehold as Son, including A M's wife Lovy and all the girls!  Alsohe has reversed the birth states for mother and father of thechildren!
  
  1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 26 April, Justice Precinct1, District 135, page 16 (scan362), Hse #133, Fam #132
  Martin, A M  W M 36      Married Farmer TX IL IL
  Martin, Lovy  W F 35  Son [Wife] Married Keeping House GA GA GA
  Martin, Sarah A  W F 14  Son [Dau] Single At Home Cannot write LA GATX [sic]
  Martin, Wesley M  W M 11 Son Single TX GA TX [sic]
  ** James A C Martin 7 **   Son Single TX GA TX [sic]
  Martin, Edward L   W M 6 Son Single TX GA TX [sic]
  Martin, Jesse S   W M 4 Son Single TX GA TX [sic]
  Martin, David W  W M 2 Son Single TX GA TX [sic]
  
  It is unknown when James' parents moved to Parker County from MontagueCounty where he was born.  James was still in Parker County when hemarried Nancy Elizabeth Jackson-Yeary in October 1895.
  
  Nancy's name on the marriage record to James A C Martin is N E Green,indicating she was married to a Green after the death of her Yearyhusband and before 1895 when she married James A Martin.
  
  Parker County Marriages 1890 through 1899
  Martin J. A.   Green [Jackson] N. E. 10/6/1895
  --  Extracted by Melba Reidel,http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txparker/marriages/1890_1899parkerbrides.txt
  
  The fact that she is reported in the 1910 census as in her secondmarriage would seen to indicate that listing with the surname Green isan error.  This is her second marriage, accounting for only her priorknown marriage to Mr Yeary.  My cousins and co-researcher has surmisedthat the listing of Nancy with the surname Green is perhaps amistranscription, either originally, or in the reading of the original(which is not available for online viewing) for her mother's maidenname.
  
  Texas Marriage License
  J A Martin and N E Green [Jackson Yeary]
  Issued 4 October 1895 Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
  Married 6 October 1895 by K G Tennison, Minister of the Gospel
  Filed 7 October
  
  The 1910 census indicates James and Nancy moved to Indian Territory,where two of their children were born, then moved back to ParkerCounty, Texas.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 27 April, Justice Precinct6, District 83, page 4A, Hightower Valley of Brazos River, Hse #69,Fam #70
  Martin, Jim A Head M W 38 Marriage 1 Married 16 years  LouisianaLouisiana Louisiana  Farmer Rents
  Martin, Nancy E Wife F W 47 Marriage 2 Married 16 years  Texas USGeorgia
  Martin, Jesse A Son M W 14 Texas Louisiana Texas  Laborer Home Farm
  Martin, Elbert E Son M W 14 Texas Louisiana Texas  Laborer Home Farm
  Martin, Lily C Dau M W 9 Oklahoma Louisiana Texas
  Martin, Leeloo A Son M W 6 Oklahoma Louisiana Texas
  
  This indicates that Nancy Elizabeth was married before marrying JamesMartin.  This refers to Nancy's marriage to a man named Yeary, fatherof James L Yeary.  In 1910, Jim had just married Pearl Norris, andthey are enumerated in their own household.  No one has yet found theMartins or Nancy's son Jim Yeary in the 1900 census.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas, 9 May, Justice Precinct 7,District 84, page 12B, Hse/Fam #226
  Yeary, Jim M W [no age] Married [No birth states reported] Rents farm
  -- page 12B --
  Yeary, Pearl Wife F W [no age] Married 0 years [No birth statesreported]
  
  Though the report says they have been married 16 years, according tothe marriage record they have been married only 14.5 years.  If thedate in the marriage record is correct, they would have been marriedonly 15 years on 6 October 1910.
  
  This census is also helpful in filling in their move from ParkerCounty to Oklahoma (Indian Territory).  At some time after thatmarriage, according to Betty Jackson letters, they moved to IndianTerritory, returning to Parker County in 1907, the year that OklahomaTerritory came into being out of a merger of Oklahoma Territory, thevarious nations of Indian Territory and some additional territory fromthe State of Texas.  They probably moved earlier in 1907 before thecreation of the State of November on 16 November 1907.
  
  This 1910 census reports that their last two children were born inOklahoma (Indian Territory), about 1900 and 1905, matching what Bettyreported.  If Jesse and Elbert (twins) were 14 in April 1910, they hadto be born sometime before 1 April 1896.  But the known birthday ofthe twins (from Jesse's death certificate and Elbert's Social Securityinformation) is 15 June 1896.  Thus, as we so often find, the agesreported in this census are not very exact!
  
  Since we know Jesse and Elbert were born in June 1896 in ParkerCounty, Texas, James and Nancy moved to Indian Territory only afterthat date.  It was between then and the birth of Lily in about 1900that James and Nancy moved to Indian Territory.  Then they moved backto Parker County, Texas, some time in 1907.  Nancy died in 1914.  Atsome point, James moved to Alex, Oklahoma, where he married hisbrother Edward's widow, Martha (Mattiee) Vann Martin.
  
  Marriage License
  State of Oklahoma
  J A Martin of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma, aged 54 years
  Mattie Martin of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma, aged 49 years
  Issued 2 October 1925
  Married 3 October 1925 in Alex, Grady, Oklahoma by C A Smith
  Minister of the Missionary Baptist Church
  of Alex, Grady, Oklahoma
  Witnesses Minnie L Smith and Geroge B Smith
  Certificate registerd 8 October 1925
  
  On James' death certificate, I found it interesting that his name waswritten first as James Charles Alfred Martin, then then Charles wasmarked out.  Family researchers I work with know him as James CharlesAlfred Martin.  The 1880 census has his name as James A C Martin.  Theobituary in the Alex, Oklahoma, paper refers to him as James AlfredMartin, while the Weatherford, Texas, paper calls him James CharlesAlfred Martin.
  
  The certificate gives the name of James' mother as Lovie Heath.  Thismatches the census name in 1880 spelled Lovy.  But the frst name infamily genealogies is Mary.  Her name seems to be Mary Lovy/LovieHeath.
  
  Oklahoma Certificate of Death #62475
  James Alfred Martin
  Current Residence 617 So Shartell, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma,for 6 months
  Usual Residence Alex, Grady, Oklahoma
  Birth 13 July 1870 Texas
  Death 10 June 1942 in home, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
  Wife and informant Mattie Martin age 66
  Father Alfred Mathew [sic] Martin born Louisiana
  Mother Lovie Heath  born Georgia
  Cause of Death Carcinomatosis; Primary Carcinoma of Stomach
  Removal for burial 10 June 1942, from W P Brown Funeral Home,Chickasha [Grady County], Oklahoma
  Place of burial Annette [Parker County], Texas
  Certificate filed with local registrar 10 June 1942
  
  The certificate states that death occurred on 10 June 1942 (Wednesday) but the body was already removed for burial after being embalmed onthe same date.  The certificate was also filed with the localregistrar on the same date!  This fast work seems confirmed by thenewspaper story of the burial in Anneta, Parker County, Texas.  Thestory appears to come from the edition of Saturday, 13 March 1942, andannounces that James died "this week" in Oklahoma City, and the bodywas shipped to Weatherford, Texas, for burial in Anneta Cemetery,arriving "Thursday night"  [11 June 1942] and was buried "Fridayafternoon" [12 June 1942].
  
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  James C A Martin Is Laid to Rest in Anneta Friday
  
  Martin James Charles Alfred Martin, a resident of Weatherford manyyears ago, died at Oklahoma City this week [Wednesday 10 June 1942]and the body was shipped to Weatherford for burial in Parker County.
  
  The body arrived here Thursday night [11 June 1942], and the funeralservices were held at Anneta, Friday afternoon [12 June 1942] at 2:00o'clock, with Rev Melton, pastor of the Church of God, officiating.Burial took place in the Anneta Cemetery.
  
  Mr Martin is survived by his wife, Mrs Mattie Martin, and fourchildren and one step-son:  Jesse and Leelo Martin both ofWeatherford;  Mrs Chas. Smothers, Weatherford; Elbert D Martin,Foulke, Ark., and the stepson, Junior [Jim] Yeary, Aledo.
  --  Weatherford Democrat, Weatherford, Parker, Texas, appears to beedition of Saturday, 13 June 1942
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  His primary obituary appeared in the newspaper in Alex, Oklahoma,where he had lived for many years.
  
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  James Alfred Martin Passes On At City
  
  James A Martin, better known to his friends in this community as "Dad"Martin, passed on last week at Oklahoma City, after an illness of morethan a year.
  
  Mr Martin was born in Montague County, Texas, July 13, 1871.  He wasmarried to Mrs Nancy E [Jackson] Yeary  in 1895, and raised a familyof five.  She passed on in 1914, and in 1925 he was married to MrsMattie Martin of Alex, who survives.
  
  For several years Mr Martin was an active minister of the gospel,serving both in Texas and in Oklahoma, retiring in 1925.
  
  He departed this life June 10, 1942, at the age of 71 years. He wasburied in Anneta cemetery, Weatherford, Texas.
  
  Survivors are Mrs Martin, three sons, Elbert of Fouke, Ark., Jesse andL A of Weatherford, one daughter, Mrs Lily Smethers of Weatherford,one brother, Wesley of Duke, Oklahoma, one sister, Mrs Alice Cannon ofOklahoma City, two nieces and two bnephews of the same town, one nieceof Phoenix, Arizona, 15 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, anda stepson, Jim Yeary of Aledo, Texas.
  --  The Alex Tribune, Thursday, June 18, 1942
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Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 27 April, Justice Precinct 6, District 83, page 4A, Hightower Valley
• 2. Marion L Mixon, Bearden-Langston Genealogy
• 3. Oklahoma Certificate of Death
  • #62475
• 4. Obituary of James Alfred Martin, Weatherford Democrat, Weatherford,Parker, Texas, 13 June 1942
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Parker County, Texas
  • 26 April, Justice Precinct 1, District 135, page 16 (scan362), Hse
• 6. Parker County Marriages 1890 through 1899
  • Name: Name: Extracted by Melba Reidel; Location:http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txparker/marriages/1890_1899parkerbrides.txt;;
• 7. Betty Jackson Hess, Letters to Linda Martin Hanks, 1984-85
• 8. Obituary of James Alfred Martin, Alex Tribune, Alex Gerady, Oklahoma,18 June 1942
• 9. Oklahoma Marriage License
• 10. Houston Green, Genealogy Notes, James Daniel Green family
• 11. Ancestry Trees
  • Marion Mixon,
• 12. 1920 Federal Census, Eastland County, Texas
  • 5 February, Justice Precinct 2, District 106, page 19B, Ranger, Clay
• 13. 1930 Federal Census, Miller County, Arkansas
  • 8 May, Beech Township, District 8, page 1A, Fouke Town, State Highway
• 14. Social Security Death Index
• 15. Annetta Cemetery Records, Parker, Texas
  • Name: Name:http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/parker/cemeteries/annetta-AZ.txt;;