The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-26

department call phone 1867
Ocala and again keep house for her
son-in-law, Mr. D. S. Woodrow, dur
bia, S. c.
Col. Martins Granddaughter Will be
ON General Young's Staff
Beneath splendid picture of Miss
Martin the following appeared in
Wednesdays Tmes-Union, which
will be Interestingly perused by a
large number of our readers. Miss
Martin has frequently been an ad-
mired visitor to Ocala and her an
cestors are prominently identified
| with the county and state history:
Miss Alice Manner Martin, who
has been appointed by Gen. Bennett
II. Young, commander-in-chief, as
maid of honor on his staff for the
| Confederate reunion, is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Marshall Mar
tin, Jr., of this city.
'3Her parental grandfather is Col.
! John Marshall Martin, of Marion
county; he was first lieutenant in the
| company of dragons organized under
capt. William A. Owens in the early
months of 1861; later he was elected
captain of the Marion Light Artillery
and ordered to the army of General
| Kirby Smith; he was severely
wounded in the battle of Richmond,
Ky. After recovering from this
wound he was elected to the Confed
crate congress but resigned his seat
and went again to the front as colo,
| mel of the Sixth Florida battalion
With this command he took part in
| the battle of Olustee and was attach
ed to Finnegan's brigade-after the
battle he went with his brigade to
Virginia, where the battalion became
the Ninth Florida regiment. With
the army of Lee he took part in the
battles around Richmond. In the
holly contested fight of Cold Harbor,
| his adjutant, James o. Owens, was
killed the day before his eighteenth
birthday. Col Martin served with
distinction till the day of Appomat
tox and is now a planter in Marion
county, one of the most distinguish
ed survivors of the Confederate
| armies.
| Miss Martins maternal GRANDPA
Their was Hon. James Ryeram Owens,
of Marion county; he was a delegate
to the democratic national convention
at Charleston in June, 1860; there
he was chosen by the Southern
democrats to speak for them while
Gen. B. F. Butler of Massachusetts,
represented the views of the North
| ern wing-in this forum that appeal
to law and principle was made which
preceded the sepeal to force. Suisse
quently Mr.. Owens took a prominent
part in the canvass for the election
| of members to the convention called
to decide the. question of secession;
he was an influential member of that
body and ardently supported the or
dinance which was adopted in Janu-
airy, 1861. Then Messrs. Morton,
AndeS ion and Owens were elected as
i delegates from Florida to the South
ern convention which met at Mont
gomery to organize the Confederate
government: when the capital was
| removed from Richmond Mr. Owens
was elected a member of the Con-
federate congress and served until
his failing health was Frustrated by
the rigor of the Virginia winter. Yet
he survived the Confederacy and
even the reconstruction era, dying
on his plantation in Marion county
full of years and of honors.
cit will be seen that Miss Mar
tin represents some of the most dis
tinguished families of the old South ;
through her mother her blood traces
back to the Alsfons of South Caro-
| lima, whose names are found on the
muster roll whenever South Carolina
called to arms
Miss Martin thus claims kindred
with both the soldiers and the states
men of the South-the Owens and
| Ryerams of Virginia the Alstons of
South Carolina, the Barksdales of
Mississippi and the Owens and Mar
tins of Florida
Mrs. r. L. Heating entertained at
a six O'Clock dinner last evening at
the Harrington Hall complimentary
to the guests of Mrs. P. V Leaven-
good and Mrs. E. c. Beuchler of An
thony. The table decorations were
beautiful, a profusion of violets and
pansies prettily arranged at each