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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
/and served mostly in Louisiana and Texas.
He was married in Van Zandt county, in
March, 1860, to Mrs. Mary J. Casen, widow
of Green Casen, and daughter of Edmond
and Nancy (Blou) Williams, natives of Georgia.
The another died in her native State,
and the father afterward came to Van Zandt
county, in 1859, where he made his home
with our subject until his death, in 1880.
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have had four children:
Mary, now Mrs. Samuel Long, an attorney
of Dallas; Sarah, now Mrs. Fielder, of
Grand Saline; Fannie and Dora, at horie.
Mr. Richardson is independent in politics.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Richardson are members
of chiurc(h, the former of the Christian Church,
the wife and children of the Baptist faith.
2 2I P. 'IARTIN, deceased, was born at
Campbell station, Knox county,
o Tennessee, in 1823, the second son
and fifth child of Samuel and Julia (Reese)
Martin, the former a native of Ireland and
the latter of Tennessee. The father and his
brother, Hugh, came from the north part of
Ireland, and settled in Tennessee, where they
engaged in the mercantile business at Kiingston.
The brothers afterward separated, and
Ar. Martin then removed to Campbell Station,
where he died about 1856; his wife died at
Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1854.
The subject of this sketch was reared in
his native place, and educated at Washington
College, Tennessee. After completing his
education he went to Colurnbus, Georgia, in
company with a few lawyers, and in 1845
w\ent into the Mexican army, and served until
the close of the war. He participated in
several battles, and after the close of the war
returned to Tennessee, where he followed
53farming, and also the mercantile business.
In 1859 Mr. Martin came to Dallas county,
where he bought a prairie tract of 400 acres,
a small part of which was broken, and on
which was a small cabin, of the native timber.
During the war he was in the commissary
department, and bought and furnished cattle
for the Confederate army. He enlisted in
1863, in General R. M, Gano's regiment,
Captain Welsh's company. His death oc
curred near Lauesport in Bowie county, Texas,
at Dr. Ware's residence, in 1865, and his
remains were sent to Dallas, Texas, for internment.
W. P. INfartin was married in 1856, to
Eliza Jahe BrQwn, a native of Tennessee, and
daughter of General John and Nancy (Cox)
Brown, the former a native of North Carolina
and the latter of Tennessee. John Brown
was a Colonel in the war of 1812. General
Houston, who was a clerk at that time in the
store of McEwens, volunteered and was captain
of a company in Mr. Brown's regiment.
When General Jackson was in command he
was scarce of troops. At this juncture General
John Brown, above referred to, raised
.ind equipped a company for the service at
his own expense. The company did valiant
service at the battle of Horse-shoe.
When General Jackson was President he
recommended that General Brown be reimbursed
for his gallant services in furnishing
the company with much needed troops, and his
request was granted. At what is now the town
of Rockwood, Tennessee, the coal and iron
mines were awarded to General Brown for
his liberality and gallant services in the war
of 1812. Colonel Brown died about 1846,
at the home of his brother, Major Tom.
Brown, near Iingston, Tennessee. His wife
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/889/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.