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he founded a high-school at Columbia, Tenn., and in 1809 accepted the chair of chemistry in Davidson college, N.C., where he estab- lished a private laboratory and subsequently a working laboratory for the students. He served as vice president, 1884-90, and as acting presi- dent, 1887-88, declining the presidency in 1888. The Columbian university, D.C, gave him the honorary degree of A.M. in 1858 and he received tiie degree of LL.D. from Hampden Sidney col- lege in 1887, and from the University of North Carolina in 1889. He was succeeded in 1890 by his son, William Joseph Martin, A. B., Davidson, 1888, A.M., 1893 ; M.D., University of Virginia, 1890, Ph.D., 1895 ; adjunct professor of sciences at Davidson, 1890-91 ; instructor in chemistry University of Virginia, 1892-90. Dr. William J. Martin, Sr., died at Davidson, N.C. , March 20, 1890. MARTIN, WiUiam Mulford, clergyman and educator, was born in Rahway. N.J., June 29, 1813 ; son of William and Ann (Loree) Martin ; grand- son of Mulford and Hannah (Trembley) Spinning Martin, and a descendant of John Martin, who came from Devonshire, England, to the planta- tion of Dover, on the Piscataqua river (now New Hampshire), in 1034, and removed in 1008 to that part of Woodbridge township, N.J.. sub- sequently named Piscata way township. William M. Martin attended the College of New Jersey, 18 :j3-30 ; was graduated from the University of the City of New York, A.B., 1837, A.M., 1840, and studied at the Union Theological seminary, 1839- 41. He was married, Jan. 10, 1830, to Ann Eliza- beth, daughter of Judge James Parmenter, of Boston, Mass. He was the organizer and first ])rincipal of tlie New York Classical and Mathe- matical college school at Brooklyn, N.Y., 1838- 48, and re-organized and was principal of the Athenian academy at Rahway, N. J., 1848-52. He was ordained by the presbytery of Brooklyn, April 3, 1852 ; was one of the founders of the Second Presbyterian church of Rahway and identified with its interests until July, 1852, and was pastor of the First Presbyterian church at Woodbridge, N.J., 1852-03. He served for a time during the civil war in the field as chaplain under the aus- pices of the Christian Commission. He was mi.s- flionary of the Home Missionary society, N.Y., 1804-07, and built under its auspices the churches at Columbia, Cal., 1804-05, and at Virginia, Nev., 1805-07 ; wa.r5 secretary of the Brooklyn Young Men's Christian association, 1808-70, and raised nearly $200,000 toward the building of its head- quarters. He was professor of Christian work at the Brooklyn Lay college, 1870-78 ; was con- nected with the Brooklyn Society for the Benefit of the Poor : secretary and superintendent of the Brooklyn City Mission and Tract society, 1878-88 ; and agent of the Charity Organization society,

N.Y., 1888-90. He removed to San Francisco, Cal., in 1890, and died there at the home of his son, James Parmenter Martin, Sept. 4, 1898.

MARTIN, William Thompson, soldier, was born in Glasgow, Barren county, Ky., March 25, 1823 ; son of Maj. John Henderson and Emily Monroe (Kerr) Martin ; grandson of Peter and Elizabeth (Henderson) Martin and of John Rice and Sarah (Henderson) Kerr, and a de.**cendant on the paternal side from Pierre Monteigne, a French Huguenot, who left Rochelle, France, and settled at Mannikin Town, Va., his name being afterward written Peter Martin ; and on the maternal side from William Randolph of Turkey Island, Va., who emigrated from Eng- land. He attended the Bowling Green, Ky., acad- emy, and was graduated from Centre college, Danville, Ky., in 1840. He studied law with his father at Vicksburg, Miss. ; removed to Natchez, Miss., in 1842; taught in a classical school, 1843-44, and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He was district-attorney of the 1st judicial district of Mississippi, 1845-49. In 1851 he actively supported General Foote, the Union candidate for governor, against Jefferson Davis, and as late as 1800 he actively opposed secession. He was commis- sioned captain of cavalry in the Confederate States army, June, 1801, and served in the Army of Northern Virginia. He raised the Jeff Davis legion of cavalry, Oct. 24, 1801, and was commis- sioned major and promoted lieutenant-colonel, Feb. 2, 1802, and served in the Peninsula cam- paign, in the seven days' battles around Rich- mond and in the invasion of Maryland, and served temporarily on General Lee's staff at Antietam. He was promoted brigadier-general, Dec. 2, 1802; commanded the 2d division, Wheeler's cavalry corps, at Chickamauga, and was com- missioned major-general, Nov. 10, 1803. In the siege of Knoxville he commanded a detach- ment of Wheeler's cavalry corps made up of his own division, and Armstrong's two brigades of Ransom's cavalry in Longstreet's army. When Longstreet was ordered to Virginia, General Martin returned to the Army of the Tennessee and commanded the 1st division in Wheeler's cavalry corps in the Atlanta campaign, 1804. He subsequently commanded the Department ♦of Mississippi, and at the close of the war resumed his law practice at Natchez. He was a member of the state convention of 1805, which framed a constitution repealing the ordinance of secession. This constitution was ignored by the Federal government and the state was placed under mili- tary rule. He was elected as a Democrat a representative to the 41st congress in 1808. but was not allowed his seat under reconstruction rules. He built and was president of the railroad from Natchez to Jackson, completed in 1884. He