MARTIN, M.A. (Honorable) – (d. 1851)
Death of Hon. M.A. Martin. The many warm friends and admirers of Judge Martin have been much shocked at the unexpected announcement of his sudden death which occurred on Tuesday night, the 3d inst., at his residence near Clarksville. He was a highly distinguished citizen, a man of the finest intellect and most social qualities. He had been a Circuit Judge in Tennessee for sixteen years, and was fifty-one years old at the time of his death. It is remarkable that three citizens of Tennessee so distinguished as jurists and men of intellect as TURLEY, CAHAL, and MARTIN whould have died so suddenly and in so short a time of each other. — Nashville Banner
Source: Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville, TN); 17 June 1851. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers