Served as a private in Co. C, 1st Arkansas Infantry (Union)
ROSS, Martin Clinton Tarlton (Tal):
Enrolled on 12 Feb 1863 at Fayetteville; he served as a scout on detached service with Capt. James R. Vanderpool in Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith he took part in skirmishes in Newton Co. in northwest Arkansas and southern Missouri he was discharged at Ft. Smith on 10 Aug 1865; died on 23 Oct 1910.
Martin's older brother, Alexander Martin “Coon” Ross, killed Lewis and Richard Meek, his brothers-in-law, at Meek's Mill on Richland Creek, Newton County, Arkansas, about 1878. (Alexander was also the brother-in-law of James Cagle who married Eliza Meek.)
A jury found Alexander innocent because it was self defense. The best known information is that Alexander was grinding corn into cornmeal at the mill and the two Meek brothers rode up to the mill on their horses, drunk, and threatening to shoot Alexander. Richard Meek's wife, Susan Cagle, had told him not to threaten Alexander because he had been a sharp-shooter in the Civil War.
Alexander came out of the mill to talk to them with a shoulder-holstered gun. Richard drew his gun but Alexander shot him first--through the heart. Lewis was wounded as he ran and died later at his home. Alexander's brother, Martin, was also tried and acquitted for the killings although Alexander was the shooter.
Alexander Ross and his wife, Rhoda Jane Meek, moved from Newton County to Pope County, Arkansas, after the trial, and Martin Ross moved from Newton County to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
ROSS, Martin Clinton Tarlton (Tal):
Enrolled on 12 Feb 1863 at Fayetteville; he served as a scout on detached service with Capt. James R. Vanderpool in Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith he took part in skirmishes in Newton Co. in northwest Arkansas and southern Missouri he was discharged at Ft. Smith on 10 Aug 1865; died on 23 Oct 1910.
Martin's older brother, Alexander Martin “Coon” Ross, killed Lewis and Richard Meek, his brothers-in-law, at Meek's Mill on Richland Creek, Newton County, Arkansas, about 1878. (Alexander was also the brother-in-law of James Cagle who married Eliza Meek.)
A jury found Alexander innocent because it was self defense. The best known information is that Alexander was grinding corn into cornmeal at the mill and the two Meek brothers rode up to the mill on their horses, drunk, and threatening to shoot Alexander. Richard Meek's wife, Susan Cagle, had told him not to threaten Alexander because he had been a sharp-shooter in the Civil War.
Alexander came out of the mill to talk to them with a shoulder-holstered gun. Richard drew his gun but Alexander shot him first--through the heart. Lewis was wounded as he ran and died later at his home. Alexander's brother, Martin, was also tried and acquitted for the killings although Alexander was the shooter.
Alexander Ross and his wife, Rhoda Jane Meek, moved from Newton County to Pope County, Arkansas, after the trial, and Martin Ross moved from Newton County to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
Served as a private in Co. C, 1st Arkansas Infantry (Union)
ROSS, Martin Clinton Tarlton (Tal):
Enrolled on 12 Feb 1863 at Fayetteville; he served as a scout on detached service with Capt. James R. Vanderpool in Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith he took part in skirmishes in Newton Co. in northwest Arkansas and southern Missouri he was discharged at Ft. Smith on 10 Aug 1865; died on 23 Oct 1910.
Martin's older brother, Alexander Martin “Coon” Ross, killed Lewis and Richard Meek, his brothers-in-law, at Meek's Mill on Richland Creek, Newton County, Arkansas, about 1878. (Alexander was also the brother-in-law of James Cagle who married Eliza Meek.)
A jury found Alexander innocent because it was self defense. The best known information is that Alexander was grinding corn into cornmeal at the mill and the two Meek brothers rode up to the mill on their horses, drunk, and threatening to shoot Alexander. Richard Meek's wife, Susan Cagle, had told him not to threaten Alexander because he had been a sharp-shooter in the Civil War.
Alexander came out of the mill to talk to them with a shoulder-holstered gun. Richard drew his gun but Alexander shot him first--through the heart. Lewis was wounded as he ran and died later at his home. Alexander's brother, Martin, was also tried and acquitted for the killings although Alexander was the shooter.
Alexander Ross and his wife, Rhoda Jane Meek, moved from Newton County to Pope County, Arkansas, after the trial, and Martin Ross moved from Newton County to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
ROSS, Martin Clinton Tarlton (Tal):
Enrolled on 12 Feb 1863 at Fayetteville; he served as a scout on detached service with Capt. James R. Vanderpool in Indian Territory and at Ft. Smith he took part in skirmishes in Newton Co. in northwest Arkansas and southern Missouri he was discharged at Ft. Smith on 10 Aug 1865; died on 23 Oct 1910.
Martin's older brother, Alexander Martin “Coon” Ross, killed Lewis and Richard Meek, his brothers-in-law, at Meek's Mill on Richland Creek, Newton County, Arkansas, about 1878. (Alexander was also the brother-in-law of James Cagle who married Eliza Meek.)
A jury found Alexander innocent because it was self defense. The best known information is that Alexander was grinding corn into cornmeal at the mill and the two Meek brothers rode up to the mill on their horses, drunk, and threatening to shoot Alexander. Richard Meek's wife, Susan Cagle, had told him not to threaten Alexander because he had been a sharp-shooter in the Civil War.
Alexander came out of the mill to talk to them with a shoulder-holstered gun. Richard drew his gun but Alexander shot him first--through the heart. Lewis was wounded as he ran and died later at his home. Alexander's brother, Martin, was also tried and acquitted for the killings although Alexander was the shooter.
Alexander Ross and his wife, Rhoda Jane Meek, moved from Newton County to Pope County, Arkansas, after the trial, and Martin Ross moved from Newton County to the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.
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