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[[File:John_Marshall_Martin.jpg|thumb|John Marshall Martin]] |
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'''John Marshall Martin''' (March 18, 1832 – August 10, 1921) was a slaveowner, an officer in the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]], and a member of the [[Confederate Congress]]. |
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== Biography == |
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Martin was born in [[Edgefield County]], [[South Carolina]] and moved to [[Marion County, Florida]] in the 1850s. |
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Marion County Tax Book records dated 1860 attribute to Martin the ownership of 3,000 acres of land and 53 enslaved people.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=Julia Floyd|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1079199321|title=Slavery and plantation growth in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1860|date=2017|isbn=978-1-947372-62-7|location=Gainesville, Florida|oclc=1079199321}}</ref> |
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He served in the [[Confederate Army]] and represented the state in the [[First Confederate Congress]], replacing [[James Baird Dawkins]], who had resigned. |
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Martin was Captain of the [[Marion Light Artillery]] until he was seriously wounded at the [[Battle of Richmond]].<ref name="ocala">{{Cite book|last=Allardice|first=Bruce S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r1E1FTjEfIkC&q=%22sallie+b.+waldo%22&pg=PA253|title=Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register|date=March 21, 2008|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=9780826266484|via=Google Books}}</ref> He surrendered under [[General Robert E. Lee]]‘s command at [[Appomattox Court House National Historical Park|Appomattox Court House]] in 1865. He was also the last survivor of the Confederate Congress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Martin, J.|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html|website=politicalgraveyard.com}}</ref> |
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He is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in [[Ocala]].<ref name="ocala" /> |
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== Notable relatives == |
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Martin was the paternal grandfather of the 24th Governor of Florida, [[John W. Martin]], by way of his son, John M. Martin Jr., whom he fathered with his first wife, Willie Wellborn (also spelled Welboren or Welborn).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Florida Plantations Misc. 1|url=https://www.dejaelaine.com/plantationsmisc.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.dejaelaine.com}}</ref> |
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Martin's second wife was Sallie B. Waldo,<ref name=":0" /> daughter of [[Benjamin Waldo]]. |
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Martin's daughter-in-law, Willie Owens Martin, was the daughter of [[James Byeram Owens]].<ref name=":0" /> |
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== References == |
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