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G. W. Martin, senior member of the firm of Martin & Marsh, proprietors of the Eclipse Stables, Eureka Springs, Ark., was born in St. Clair County, Mo., in 1845. He is a son of Samuel H. and Dortha B. Martin, both of whom were born and reared in Henry County, Va. The parents came to Missouri in 1837, and resided there, engaged in farming and stock raising until their deaths in St. Clair County, the father’s on May 12, 1872, and the mother’s on February 23, 1888. G. W. Martin remained with his parents until he was twenty-three years of age, when he engaged in farming on his own account, and continued six years. He then engaged in the milling business in his native county, and for six years operated flour, grist and saw-mills. Thence he came to Eureka Springs and established a boarding-house, which he still manages, as the Boarder’s Home, which property he owns. He also owns his livery property, and has been connected with the business since June 30, 1888. The stable and stock are new, and the proprietors are making a success of the enterprise. Mr. Martin’s marriage with Mary F. Tucker was celebrated on September 10, 1868. She is from St. Clair County, Mo. They are the parents of three children, of whom two, Samuel H. and John H., are living. The one dead is Nora. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are consistent Christians, and members of the Baptist and Methodist Episcopal Churches respectively. In politics he endorses and supports the principles of the Greenback party, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. Besides his interests at Eureka Springs, Mr. Martin owns a good farm of 320 acres in Missouri, with 160 acres under cultivation. He is one of the enterprising and public-spirited citizens of the town, and in 1886 was a member of the town council.