Born ‎14 Apr 1844 Wilson County, Tennessee, died ‎19 Dec 1924 Callisburg, Cooke Co., Texas‎, 80 years

W. L. and Mary Martin were charter members of the Callisburg Methodist

Church, Cooke County, TX. formed in 1898. Prior to this they were Baptist.

After the Civil War, W.L. owned a drug store in Franklin, TN. (this would be between 1865 and 1879) He left TN in 1879.

W E Martin


Edgar Martin


1878 – 1930





William Stonewall Martin

11 Dec 1892 in Callisburg, Cooke, Texas
18 Mar 1943 in Callisburg, Cooke, Texas

1892 – 1943




Jeanette Martin (Nettie)


1896 –


Emiline Martin

1897 –


Thomas Martin Colonel

1898 – 1968


William Stonewall Martin

1892 – 1943

Married name: Martin

She was from a wealthy family. Her parents didn't like the choice she

made for husband. When W. L. moved to Texas in 1879 and settled in

Cooke County in 1882, he sent for her. She met him in Sherman, Grayson

County, Texas. They had a son at the time, Edgar Martin.

M. E. got sick and couldn't get better (consumption). Her parents

wanted her to come home to "better doctors" to get well. She went home
but never recovered. She died at her parents home in Tennessee

Married name: Martin, born ‎28 Dec 1856 Hope, Hempstead County, AR, died ‎3 Sep 1933 Gainseville, Cook Tx‎, 76 years

Mary also had two brothers named Lawrence Riley, and Jim Riley. She

also had 3 sisters. Two sisters moved to Deleon, Texas and married two

Lightfoot brothers. One Lightfoot descendant became Superintendent of

School in Dublin, TX and another became a Methodist preacher. One of

the Lightfoot couples had a daughter (name unknown) who married a

Parker who had a son named Fess Parker, movie star for Walt Disney,

best known for his portrait of Davy Crockett. Fess Parker was raised in

Comanche, TX.