Somervell, John Martin
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Tulip, Arkansas, June 25, 1861; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas to recover from wounds, October 1862; absent without leave, January 5, 1863; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment; promoted third lieutenant, July 20, 1864; reduced to ranks; paroled at Millican, Texas, June 3, 1865; born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, January 23, 1843; died at Hope, Arkansas, July 1, 1915; listed in Dallas County, AR 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Willis L. Somervell.
"John M. Somervell is the county and circuit clerk of Howard County, AR, and was born in Hardeman County, TN, January 23, 1843, being the sixth of eleven children born to Willis L. and Mary A. (Martin) Somervell, the former of whom was a successful planter of Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas in 1847, settling in Tulip, Dallas County, where he was engaged in managing the extensive plantation, sixty hands being under his control He was an active and wide-awake citizen, and for several years served in the capacity of judge of Dallas County. In 1863, he moved the most of his slaves to Western Texas, where he died on November 18, 1864, being still survived by his wife. The great-grandfather came to America from the Old World with two brothers and settled in Virginia. John M. Somervell attended the schools of Tulip, in Dallas County, but June 1861, laid aside his books to take up arms in the defense of the Southern cause, enlisting in Company I, Third Arkansas Regiment, and immediately went to Virginia and organized at Lynchburg, afterward participating in the battle of Greenbriar River; was with Gen. Jackson in Pennsylvania; was in the seven days fight in front of Richmond; was with Lee in Maryland. At the battle of Sharpsburg, he was badly wounded, and his eldest brother Willis, was killed. As soon as he was able to travel, John M. returned to Arkansas, and upon fully recovering, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and joined Slemmons' Second Arkansas Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war, being in the battles at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and was with Price on his celebrated Missouri campaign. His regiment was disbanded near Corsicana, on Trinity River, TX, in May 1865, and Mr. Somervell then returned to his home in Tulip, AR. In 1867, he went to Memphis, a year later to Louisville, KY, where he entered a grocery house as clerk, but in 1868, went to Tipton County, TN, and was married there to Miss Ellen Somervell, a cousin, and until 1870, made is home in Tennessee, after which he settled in Hempstead County, AR, and upon the organization of Howard County in 1873, he took up his abode here on a good farm. During the 1875-76, he taught school, and after his removal to Centre Point, in 1877, he followed the same occupation for four years. His wife had for some time been in very poor health, and in order to restore her failing energies, she made a trip to California, but while there, passed to her long home in 1881. She left four children: Willis L., William J. (who died in 1886), Mary, and Sue. In 1883, Mr. Somervell took for his second wife, Mrs. Mollie (Finn) Forshee, of Hope, a daughter of Richard Finn, of Washington, and to them has been born one son, Dick Finn. In November 1883, Mr. Somervell was elected to the position of county clerk, and has filled the office by re-election ever since, proving himself a capable and courteous official. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Centre Point Lodge No. 87, and Hill Chapter No. 24. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church."
(Goodspeed's Biographies)
married Ellen Somervell, August 4, 1868, Tipton County, TN
married Mrs. Mary P. "Mollie" (Finn) Forshee, September 20, 1883, Hempstead County, AR
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Tulip, Arkansas, June 25, 1861; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas to recover from wounds, October 1862; absent without leave, January 5, 1863; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment; promoted third lieutenant, July 20, 1864; reduced to ranks; paroled at Millican, Texas, June 3, 1865; born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, January 23, 1843; died at Hope, Arkansas, July 1, 1915; listed in Dallas County, AR 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Willis L. Somervell.
"John M. Somervell is the county and circuit clerk of Howard County, AR, and was born in Hardeman County, TN, January 23, 1843, being the sixth of eleven children born to Willis L. and Mary A. (Martin) Somervell, the former of whom was a successful planter of Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas in 1847, settling in Tulip, Dallas County, where he was engaged in managing the extensive plantation, sixty hands being under his control He was an active and wide-awake citizen, and for several years served in the capacity of judge of Dallas County. In 1863, he moved the most of his slaves to Western Texas, where he died on November 18, 1864, being still survived by his wife. The great-grandfather came to America from the Old World with two brothers and settled in Virginia. John M. Somervell attended the schools of Tulip, in Dallas County, but June 1861, laid aside his books to take up arms in the defense of the Southern cause, enlisting in Company I, Third Arkansas Regiment, and immediately went to Virginia and organized at Lynchburg, afterward participating in the battle of Greenbriar River; was with Gen. Jackson in Pennsylvania; was in the seven days fight in front of Richmond; was with Lee in Maryland. At the battle of Sharpsburg, he was badly wounded, and his eldest brother Willis, was killed. As soon as he was able to travel, John M. returned to Arkansas, and upon fully recovering, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and joined Slemmons' Second Arkansas Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war, being in the battles at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and was with Price on his celebrated Missouri campaign. His regiment was disbanded near Corsicana, on Trinity River, TX, in May 1865, and Mr. Somervell then returned to his home in Tulip, AR. In 1867, he went to Memphis, a year later to Louisville, KY, where he entered a grocery house as clerk, but in 1868, went to Tipton County, TN, and was married there to Miss Ellen Somervell, a cousin, and until 1870, made is home in Tennessee, after which he settled in Hempstead County, AR, and upon the organization of Howard County in 1873, he took up his abode here on a good farm. During the 1875-76, he taught school, and after his removal to Centre Point, in 1877, he followed the same occupation for four years. His wife had for some time been in very poor health, and in order to restore her failing energies, she made a trip to California, but while there, passed to her long home in 1881. She left four children: Willis L., William J. (who died in 1886), Mary, and Sue. In 1883, Mr. Somervell took for his second wife, Mrs. Mollie (Finn) Forshee, of Hope, a daughter of Richard Finn, of Washington, and to them has been born one son, Dick Finn. In November 1883, Mr. Somervell was elected to the position of county clerk, and has filled the office by re-election ever since, proving himself a capable and courteous official. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Centre Point Lodge No. 87, and Hill Chapter No. 24. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church."
(Goodspeed's Biographies)
married Ellen Somervell, August 4, 1868, Tipton County, TN
married Mrs. Mary P. "Mollie" (Finn) Forshee, September 20, 1883, Hempstead County, AR
Somervell, John Martin
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Tulip, Arkansas, June 25, 1861; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas to recover from wounds, October 1862; absent without leave, January 5, 1863; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment; promoted third lieutenant, July 20, 1864; reduced to ranks; paroled at Millican, Texas, June 3, 1865; born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, January 23, 1843; died at Hope, Arkansas, July 1, 1915; listed in Dallas County, AR 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Willis L. Somervell.
"John M. Somervell is the county and circuit clerk of Howard County, AR, and was born in Hardeman County, TN, January 23, 1843, being the sixth of eleven children born to Willis L. and Mary A. (Martin) Somervell, the former of whom was a successful planter of Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas in 1847, settling in Tulip, Dallas County, where he was engaged in managing the extensive plantation, sixty hands being under his control He was an active and wide-awake citizen, and for several years served in the capacity of judge of Dallas County. In 1863, he moved the most of his slaves to Western Texas, where he died on November 18, 1864, being still survived by his wife. The great-grandfather came to America from the Old World with two brothers and settled in Virginia. John M. Somervell attended the schools of Tulip, in Dallas County, but June 1861, laid aside his books to take up arms in the defense of the Southern cause, enlisting in Company I, Third Arkansas Regiment, and immediately went to Virginia and organized at Lynchburg, afterward participating in the battle of Greenbriar River; was with Gen. Jackson in Pennsylvania; was in the seven days fight in front of Richmond; was with Lee in Maryland. At the battle of Sharpsburg, he was badly wounded, and his eldest brother Willis, was killed. As soon as he was able to travel, John M. returned to Arkansas, and upon fully recovering, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and joined Slemmons' Second Arkansas Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war, being in the battles at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and was with Price on his celebrated Missouri campaign. His regiment was disbanded near Corsicana, on Trinity River, TX, in May 1865, and Mr. Somervell then returned to his home in Tulip, AR. In 1867, he went to Memphis, a year later to Louisville, KY, where he entered a grocery house as clerk, but in 1868, went to Tipton County, TN, and was married there to Miss Ellen Somervell, a cousin, and until 1870, made is home in Tennessee, after which he settled in Hempstead County, AR, and upon the organization of Howard County in 1873, he took up his abode here on a good farm. During the 1875-76, he taught school, and after his removal to Centre Point, in 1877, he followed the same occupation for four years. His wife had for some time been in very poor health, and in order to restore her failing energies, she made a trip to California, but while there, passed to her long home in 1881. She left four children: Willis L., William J. (who died in 1886), Mary, and Sue. In 1883, Mr. Somervell took for his second wife, Mrs. Mollie (Finn) Forshee, of Hope, a daughter of Richard Finn, of Washington, and to them has been born one son, Dick Finn. In November 1883, Mr. Somervell was elected to the position of county clerk, and has filled the office by re-election ever since, proving himself a capable and courteous official. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Centre Point Lodge No. 87, and Hill Chapter No. 24. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church."
(Goodspeed's Biographies)
married Ellen Somervell, August 4, 1868, Tipton County, TN
married Mrs. Mary P. "Mollie" (Finn) Forshee, September 20, 1883, Hempstead County, AR
Private—Enlisted in Co. I, 3rd Arkansas Infantry, at Tulip, Arkansas, June 25, 1861; wounded at Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862; furloughed to Arkansas to recover from wounds, October 1862; absent without leave, January 5, 1863; enlisted in Co. E, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment; promoted third lieutenant, July 20, 1864; reduced to ranks; paroled at Millican, Texas, June 3, 1865; born in Hardeman County, Tennessee, January 23, 1843; died at Hope, Arkansas, July 1, 1915; listed in Dallas County, AR 1860 census; occupation farmer; brother of Private Willis L. Somervell.
"John M. Somervell is the county and circuit clerk of Howard County, AR, and was born in Hardeman County, TN, January 23, 1843, being the sixth of eleven children born to Willis L. and Mary A. (Martin) Somervell, the former of whom was a successful planter of Tennessee, and moved to Arkansas in 1847, settling in Tulip, Dallas County, where he was engaged in managing the extensive plantation, sixty hands being under his control He was an active and wide-awake citizen, and for several years served in the capacity of judge of Dallas County. In 1863, he moved the most of his slaves to Western Texas, where he died on November 18, 1864, being still survived by his wife. The great-grandfather came to America from the Old World with two brothers and settled in Virginia. John M. Somervell attended the schools of Tulip, in Dallas County, but June 1861, laid aside his books to take up arms in the defense of the Southern cause, enlisting in Company I, Third Arkansas Regiment, and immediately went to Virginia and organized at Lynchburg, afterward participating in the battle of Greenbriar River; was with Gen. Jackson in Pennsylvania; was in the seven days fight in front of Richmond; was with Lee in Maryland. At the battle of Sharpsburg, he was badly wounded, and his eldest brother Willis, was killed. As soon as he was able to travel, John M. returned to Arkansas, and upon fully recovering, he was transferred to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and joined Slemmons' Second Arkansas Cavalry, in which he served until the close of the war, being in the battles at Poison Springs, Marks' Mill, Jenkins' Ferry, and was with Price on his celebrated Missouri campaign. His regiment was disbanded near Corsicana, on Trinity River, TX, in May 1865, and Mr. Somervell then returned to his home in Tulip, AR. In 1867, he went to Memphis, a year later to Louisville, KY, where he entered a grocery house as clerk, but in 1868, went to Tipton County, TN, and was married there to Miss Ellen Somervell, a cousin, and until 1870, made is home in Tennessee, after which he settled in Hempstead County, AR, and upon the organization of Howard County in 1873, he took up his abode here on a good farm. During the 1875-76, he taught school, and after his removal to Centre Point, in 1877, he followed the same occupation for four years. His wife had for some time been in very poor health, and in order to restore her failing energies, she made a trip to California, but while there, passed to her long home in 1881. She left four children: Willis L., William J. (who died in 1886), Mary, and Sue. In 1883, Mr. Somervell took for his second wife, Mrs. Mollie (Finn) Forshee, of Hope, a daughter of Richard Finn, of Washington, and to them has been born one son, Dick Finn. In November 1883, Mr. Somervell was elected to the position of county clerk, and has filled the office by re-election ever since, proving himself a capable and courteous official. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Centre Point Lodge No. 87, and Hill Chapter No. 24. He and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church."
(Goodspeed's Biographies)
married Ellen Somervell, August 4, 1868, Tipton County, TN
married Mrs. Mary P. "Mollie" (Finn) Forshee, September 20, 1883, Hempstead County, AR
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