Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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TARBLE W. MARTIN resides with his half-brother, William I. Purcell, the subject of another sketch appearing in this history. He was born in Danville, Illinois, May 20, 1833, the son of William and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Martin, natives of Kentucky and New York respectively. His parents settled in Illinois in an early day, and in that state the father died in 1838. The mother, after having married again, later came to Adams county, Washington, where she died in 1898.
Mr. Martin came west with an ox team to California, in 1852. He began mining at Downieville, California, the following year and continued thus engaged until 1855, when he went north to Rogue River and to Portland, Oregon. During the autumn of that year, war with the Indians broke out, whereupon our subject, with a brother, volunteered to go to the front as soldiers. They served from November until May, when Mr. Martin entered the employ of the government in the Indian service. On one occasion he took a load of provisions for the Indians to Dayton, Washington, and while enroute was captured by the war-like savages and held prisoner for two days. He packed freight, after that time from Fort Simco to The Dalles until November, 1856, when he and his brother went to Texas. They remained in that state until 1860, when Mr. Martin went to Illinois where he farmed until 1883. In the year mentioned he came to Washington, stopping at Dayton, whence he came to Adams county. Here he filed on a half-section of land which he still owns, and in November, 1903, he went to Oklahoma, where he remained a brief space, from that territory he went to Texas, and thence to points in California, returning home in February of the following year.
On October 15, 1863, Tarble W. Martin was married to Mary J. Hogan, daughter of Adley and Nancy (Hornbach) Hogan, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Martin settled in Pike county, Illinois, about the year 1840, and there spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of five children.
Mr. Martin in 1860 allied himself with the Republican party and remained a Republican until 1892, when he joined the ranks of the People's Party, of which he is a member at the present time. He has repeatedly held school offices, and was elected the first assessor of Adams county, but never served owing to his refusal to qualify for the position.
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County Pioneer Called Hence
Complying with his request, the body of Tarble W. Martin, better known as Uncle Will, was
brought from Pullman Wednesday and buried beside his wife and mother and in a cemetery he had
purchased many years before his death.
Although he had failed rapidly the past few years, his last sickness was of two weeks'
duration. He died Tuesday at the home of his nephew, T. C. Martin, who resides at Pullman, and with
whom he had made his home for several years.
Mr. Martin was one of four who were the first settlers on Rattlesnake Flat, filing on
government land in the year of 1883. He was one of those pioneers, sturdy type; whole-souled and
whole-hearted; a friend to everyone and everyone's friend.
The funeral was held from the Christian church, Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Ralston, conducting the services, and burial was made on a high butte about eight miles
northeast of Washtucna.
Tarble Willard Martin was born at Danville, Illinois, May 25, 1833, and at his death was
83 years of age. He moved from Illinois to a homestead in Adams county and still owned the land
at the time of his death. He was a veteran of Indian wars, and if not the last he was among the
last surviving of that war. He is survived by one brother, Hutson Martin, who is his senior, and
resides at Rockport, Illinois.
He was not the father of any children, but he and Mrs. Martin raised an orphan, by the death
of his parents, at the age of two years. This boy was their nephew, T. C. Martin, who cared for
his uncle during his declining years.
Until the last two or three years he possessed a good memory and could relate some interesting
things that took place during the early days of this county. During the Indian war he and his
comrades wintered at the mouth of the Palouse river. Because of the severe winter the Government
was unable to get supplies to them and to keep from starving they were compelled to eat horse meat.
This was only one of his many experiences.
Where is body now rests, is without a doubt the oldest established cemetery in Adams county.
In it is buried the body of Henry Kemno, the first burial in this portion of the county, and it is
thought to be the first burial in Adams county.
Mr. Kemno was killed by a falling bucket while digging a well on Rattlesnake Flat. There
being no established burial grounds, his friends took the body to the top of a high round hill or
mound, where they buried it, thinking the place would be the least disturbed. Two years later Mr.
Martin placed a fence around the grave. Fifteen years ago occurred the death of Mrs. Martin, and
her body was buried too on top of the high hill. Mr. Martin then purchased an acre of ground, placed
a substantial iron fence around a small tract, including the grave of his wife and that of his
mother, and requested that when he died his body be buried within the enclosure. There are now
nine graves in this isolated cemetery, but it is quite likely that Mr. Martin's body is the last
to be buried there. -Washtucna Enterprise
Washington State Journal & Ritzville Times Aug 18, 1916
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TARBLE W. MARTIN resides with his half-brother, William I. Purcell, the subject of another sketch appearing in this history. He was born in Danville, Illinois, May 20, 1833, the son of William and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Martin, natives of Kentucky and New York respectively. His parents settled in Illinois in an early day, and in that state the father died in 1838. The mother, after having married again, later came to Adams county, Washington, where she died in 1898.
Mr. Martin came west with an ox team to California, in 1852. He began mining at Downieville, California, the following year and continued thus engaged until 1855, when he went north to Rogue River and to Portland, Oregon. During the autumn of that year, war with the Indians broke out, whereupon our subject, with a brother, volunteered to go to the front as soldiers. They served from November until May, when Mr. Martin entered the employ of the government in the Indian service. On one occasion he took a load of provisions for the Indians to Dayton, Washington, and while enroute was captured by the war-like savages and held prisoner for two days. He packed freight, after that time from Fort Simco to The Dalles until November, 1856, when he and his brother went to Texas. They remained in that state until 1860, when Mr. Martin went to Illinois where he farmed until 1883. In the year mentioned he came to Washington, stopping at Dayton, whence he came to Adams county. Here he filed on a half-section of land which he still owns, and in November, 1903, he went to Oklahoma, where he remained a brief space, from that territory he went to Texas, and thence to points in California, returning home in February of the following year.
On October 15, 1863, Tarble W. Martin was married to Mary J. Hogan, daughter of Adley and Nancy (Hornbach) Hogan, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Martin settled in Pike county, Illinois, about the year 1840, and there spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of five children.
Mr. Martin in 1860 allied himself with the Republican party and remained a Republican until 1892, when he joined the ranks of the People's Party, of which he is a member at the present time. He has repeatedly held school offices, and was elected the first assessor of Adams county, but never served owing to his refusal to qualify for the position.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
County Pioneer Called Hence
Complying with his request, the body of Tarble W. Martin, better known as Uncle Will, was
brought from Pullman Wednesday and buried beside his wife and mother and in a cemetery he had
purchased many years before his death.
Although he had failed rapidly the past few years, his last sickness was of two weeks'
duration. He died Tuesday at the home of his nephew, T. C. Martin, who resides at Pullman, and with
whom he had made his home for several years.
Mr. Martin was one of four who were the first settlers on Rattlesnake Flat, filing on
government land in the year of 1883. He was one of those pioneers, sturdy type; whole-souled and
whole-hearted; a friend to everyone and everyone's friend.
The funeral was held from the Christian church, Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Ralston, conducting the services, and burial was made on a high butte about eight miles
northeast of Washtucna.
Tarble Willard Martin was born at Danville, Illinois, May 25, 1833, and at his death was
83 years of age. He moved from Illinois to a homestead in Adams county and still owned the land
at the time of his death. He was a veteran of Indian wars, and if not the last he was among the
last surviving of that war. He is survived by one brother, Hutson Martin, who is his senior, and
resides at Rockport, Illinois.
He was not the father of any children, but he and Mrs. Martin raised an orphan, by the death
of his parents, at the age of two years. This boy was their nephew, T. C. Martin, who cared for
his uncle during his declining years.
Until the last two or three years he possessed a good memory and could relate some interesting
things that took place during the early days of this county. During the Indian war he and his
comrades wintered at the mouth of the Palouse river. Because of the severe winter the Government
was unable to get supplies to them and to keep from starving they were compelled to eat horse meat.
This was only one of his many experiences.
Where is body now rests, is without a doubt the oldest established cemetery in Adams county.
In it is buried the body of Henry Kemno, the first burial in this portion of the county, and it is
thought to be the first burial in Adams county.
Mr. Kemno was killed by a falling bucket while digging a well on Rattlesnake Flat. There
being no established burial grounds, his friends took the body to the top of a high round hill or
mound, where they buried it, thinking the place would be the least disturbed. Two years later Mr.
Martin placed a fence around the grave. Fifteen years ago occurred the death of Mrs. Martin, and
her body was buried too on top of the high hill. Mr. Martin then purchased an acre of ground, placed
a substantial iron fence around a small tract, including the grave of his wife and that of his
mother, and requested that when he died his body be buried within the enclosure. There are now
nine graves in this isolated cemetery, but it is quite likely that Mr. Martin's body is the last
to be buried there. -Washtucna Enterprise
Washington State Journal & Ritzville Times Aug 18, 1916
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
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TARBLE W. MARTIN resides with his half-brother, William I. Purcell, the subject of another sketch appearing in this history. He was born in Danville, Illinois, May 20, 1833, the son of William and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Martin, natives of Kentucky and New York respectively. His parents settled in Illinois in an early day, and in that state the father died in 1838. The mother, after having married again, later came to Adams county, Washington, where she died in 1898.
Mr. Martin came west with an ox team to California, in 1852. He began mining at Downieville, California, the following year and continued thus engaged until 1855, when he went north to Rogue River and to Portland, Oregon. During the autumn of that year, war with the Indians broke out, whereupon our subject, with a brother, volunteered to go to the front as soldiers. They served from November until May, when Mr. Martin entered the employ of the government in the Indian service. On one occasion he took a load of provisions for the Indians to Dayton, Washington, and while enroute was captured by the war-like savages and held prisoner for two days. He packed freight, after that time from Fort Simco to The Dalles until November, 1856, when he and his brother went to Texas. They remained in that state until 1860, when Mr. Martin went to Illinois where he farmed until 1883. In the year mentioned he came to Washington, stopping at Dayton, whence he came to Adams county. Here he filed on a half-section of land which he still owns, and in November, 1903, he went to Oklahoma, where he remained a brief space, from that territory he went to Texas, and thence to points in California, returning home in February of the following year.
On October 15, 1863, Tarble W. Martin was married to Mary J. Hogan, daughter of Adley and Nancy (Hornbach) Hogan, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Martin settled in Pike county, Illinois, about the year 1840, and there spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of five children.
Mr. Martin in 1860 allied himself with the Republican party and remained a Republican until 1892, when he joined the ranks of the People's Party, of which he is a member at the present time. He has repeatedly held school offices, and was elected the first assessor of Adams county, but never served owing to his refusal to qualify for the position.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
County Pioneer Called Hence
Complying with his request, the body of Tarble W. Martin, better known as Uncle Will, was
brought from Pullman Wednesday and buried beside his wife and mother and in a cemetery he had
purchased many years before his death.
Although he had failed rapidly the past few years, his last sickness was of two weeks'
duration. He died Tuesday at the home of his nephew, T. C. Martin, who resides at Pullman, and with
whom he had made his home for several years.
Mr. Martin was one of four who were the first settlers on Rattlesnake Flat, filing on
government land in the year of 1883. He was one of those pioneers, sturdy type; whole-souled and
whole-hearted; a friend to everyone and everyone's friend.
The funeral was held from the Christian church, Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Ralston, conducting the services, and burial was made on a high butte about eight miles
northeast of Washtucna.
Tarble Willard Martin was born at Danville, Illinois, May 25, 1833, and at his death was
83 years of age. He moved from Illinois to a homestead in Adams county and still owned the land
at the time of his death. He was a veteran of Indian wars, and if not the last he was among the
last surviving of that war. He is survived by one brother, Hutson Martin, who is his senior, and
resides at Rockport, Illinois.
He was not the father of any children, but he and Mrs. Martin raised an orphan, by the death
of his parents, at the age of two years. This boy was their nephew, T. C. Martin, who cared for
his uncle during his declining years.
Until the last two or three years he possessed a good memory and could relate some interesting
things that took place during the early days of this county. During the Indian war he and his
comrades wintered at the mouth of the Palouse river. Because of the severe winter the Government
was unable to get supplies to them and to keep from starving they were compelled to eat horse meat.
This was only one of his many experiences.
Where is body now rests, is without a doubt the oldest established cemetery in Adams county.
In it is buried the body of Henry Kemno, the first burial in this portion of the county, and it is
thought to be the first burial in Adams county.
Mr. Kemno was killed by a falling bucket while digging a well on Rattlesnake Flat. There
being no established burial grounds, his friends took the body to the top of a high round hill or
mound, where they buried it, thinking the place would be the least disturbed. Two years later Mr.
Martin placed a fence around the grave. Fifteen years ago occurred the death of Mrs. Martin, and
her body was buried too on top of the high hill. Mr. Martin then purchased an acre of ground, placed
a substantial iron fence around a small tract, including the grave of his wife and that of his
mother, and requested that when he died his body be buried within the enclosure. There are now
nine graves in this isolated cemetery, but it is quite likely that Mr. Martin's body is the last
to be buried there. -Washtucna Enterprise
Washington State Journal & Ritzville Times Aug 18, 1916
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TARBLE W. MARTIN resides with his half-brother, William I. Purcell, the subject of another sketch appearing in this history. He was born in Danville, Illinois, May 20, 1833, the son of William and Cerraphina (Weatherbee) Martin, natives of Kentucky and New York respectively. His parents settled in Illinois in an early day, and in that state the father died in 1838. The mother, after having married again, later came to Adams county, Washington, where she died in 1898.
Mr. Martin came west with an ox team to California, in 1852. He began mining at Downieville, California, the following year and continued thus engaged until 1855, when he went north to Rogue River and to Portland, Oregon. During the autumn of that year, war with the Indians broke out, whereupon our subject, with a brother, volunteered to go to the front as soldiers. They served from November until May, when Mr. Martin entered the employ of the government in the Indian service. On one occasion he took a load of provisions for the Indians to Dayton, Washington, and while enroute was captured by the war-like savages and held prisoner for two days. He packed freight, after that time from Fort Simco to The Dalles until November, 1856, when he and his brother went to Texas. They remained in that state until 1860, when Mr. Martin went to Illinois where he farmed until 1883. In the year mentioned he came to Washington, stopping at Dayton, whence he came to Adams county. Here he filed on a half-section of land which he still owns, and in November, 1903, he went to Oklahoma, where he remained a brief space, from that territory he went to Texas, and thence to points in California, returning home in February of the following year.
On October 15, 1863, Tarble W. Martin was married to Mary J. Hogan, daughter of Adley and Nancy (Hornbach) Hogan, the former a native of South Carolina and the latter of Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Martin settled in Pike county, Illinois, about the year 1840, and there spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of five children.
Mr. Martin in 1860 allied himself with the Republican party and remained a Republican until 1892, when he joined the ranks of the People's Party, of which he is a member at the present time. He has repeatedly held school offices, and was elected the first assessor of Adams county, but never served owing to his refusal to qualify for the position.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
County Pioneer Called Hence
Complying with his request, the body of Tarble W. Martin, better known as Uncle Will, was
brought from Pullman Wednesday and buried beside his wife and mother and in a cemetery he had
purchased many years before his death.
Although he had failed rapidly the past few years, his last sickness was of two weeks'
duration. He died Tuesday at the home of his nephew, T. C. Martin, who resides at Pullman, and with
whom he had made his home for several years.
Mr. Martin was one of four who were the first settlers on Rattlesnake Flat, filing on
government land in the year of 1883. He was one of those pioneers, sturdy type; whole-souled and
whole-hearted; a friend to everyone and everyone's friend.
The funeral was held from the Christian church, Rev. J. S. Penix, pastor of the Presbyterian
church at Ralston, conducting the services, and burial was made on a high butte about eight miles
northeast of Washtucna.
Tarble Willard Martin was born at Danville, Illinois, May 25, 1833, and at his death was
83 years of age. He moved from Illinois to a homestead in Adams county and still owned the land
at the time of his death. He was a veteran of Indian wars, and if not the last he was among the
last surviving of that war. He is survived by one brother, Hutson Martin, who is his senior, and
resides at Rockport, Illinois.
He was not the father of any children, but he and Mrs. Martin raised an orphan, by the death
of his parents, at the age of two years. This boy was their nephew, T. C. Martin, who cared for
his uncle during his declining years.
Until the last two or three years he possessed a good memory and could relate some interesting
things that took place during the early days of this county. During the Indian war he and his
comrades wintered at the mouth of the Palouse river. Because of the severe winter the Government
was unable to get supplies to them and to keep from starving they were compelled to eat horse meat.
This was only one of his many experiences.
Where is body now rests, is without a doubt the oldest established cemetery in Adams county.
In it is buried the body of Henry Kemno, the first burial in this portion of the county, and it is
thought to be the first burial in Adams county.
Mr. Kemno was killed by a falling bucket while digging a well on Rattlesnake Flat. There
being no established burial grounds, his friends took the body to the top of a high round hill or
mound, where they buried it, thinking the place would be the least disturbed. Two years later Mr.
Martin placed a fence around the grave. Fifteen years ago occurred the death of Mrs. Martin, and
her body was buried too on top of the high hill. Mr. Martin then purchased an acre of ground, placed
a substantial iron fence around a small tract, including the grave of his wife and that of his
mother, and requested that when he died his body be buried within the enclosure. There are now
nine graves in this isolated cemetery, but it is quite likely that Mr. Martin's body is the last
to be buried there. -Washtucna Enterprise
Washington State Journal & Ritzville Times Aug 18, 1916
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