MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY, Benton Co., Arkansas

Son of Martin & Nancy Seamster

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History of Benton County, Arkansas, Curtis Pub., 1991, p 762
... Williamson Seamster's son Martin Luther (1844-1936) married Nancy Jane Cole (1853-1927) on March 2, 1871. They moved to the Beaty community in northwest Benton county shortly afterwards and set up housekeeping. Nancy's family had moved, with 12 other families, to six miles north of Elkhorn Tavern, in 1832. All the families but 5 settled in Barry county, Missouri so they could be in a state.
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Martin and Nancy Seamster lived in Beaty until 1903, and then moved a few miles south of Hiwasse where they spent their remaining days together. Martin was a farmer and Justice of the Peace and Nancy a Christian farm wife and mother who was beloved by the community. Martin would often recount the story of his grandfather, John Seamster, Jr., visiting his father's family on horseback from Schuyler County Mo. in a solitary ride that would take six weeks to complete. He was 96 years old at the time, and rode high in the saddle. Nancy would tell of hearing the canons roar 5 miles away during the Battle of Pea Ridge and how wounded soldiers were brought to her family for assistance. She rarely spoke of the times her cousins, Jesse and Frank James, stopped by the home to rest their horses and enjoy a good meal. This was always a source of embarrassment to her.

"Centennial History of Arkansas, Vol. III", 1922, transcribed by Cindy Marcell
... M.L. and Nancy Jane (Cole) Seamster, both of whom are natives of Missouri, the former being born in Schuyler county and the latter in Barry county. ... To their union nine children were born, namely: John W., who is conducting a bakery at Fayetteville, Arkansas; Marion N., a well known farmer residing at Miami, OK; Etta who married A.M. Crouse, a successful agriculturist of Benton County; R A., who is the proprietor of a leading cafe of Breckenridge, Texas; J.R., a prominent restaurateur of Bentonville; A.S., who is successfully operating a farm at Wareagle, Arkansas; Lee, of this review; Alvin who acts as a rural mail carrier, making his home on a farm; and Jesse, who is connected with the Ferguson Lumber Company of Bentonville. The paternal grandfather, the Rev. Williamson Seamster, was a well known minister of the Baptist church, devoting his life to missionary work. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Newton Cole, at one time resided in North Carolina, going from that state to Missouri with the Cherokee Indians, and there he continued to make his home during the remainder of his life.
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