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Pink Panther (7’6” 3/4 weight – 2 piece)

I built this rod for my granddaughter.  Got the blank from Roger Penrose on e-bay, used metallic purple thread, guides are single foot, ceramic inserts from Angler’s Roost, reel seat is from Mudhole. This was ...

Research Assistance Thanks

Much of the information contained within this book is the compilation of research shared by various Martin genealogy researchers. I am indebted to many for the work they have done and the information they have ...

About Grandpa’s Grumblings

This is a multi-subject site. I use it to post information about things I am interested in, although a majority of content falls in the following areas:

Logan Confederate Service

2nd Alabama Cavalry Regiment The Second Alabama Cavalry Regiment was organized at Montgomery on 1 May 1862. It proceeded to West Florida and operated there about ten months, engaging in several skirmishes. Ordered to north ...

Battle at the West Wall

The XX Corps Battle at the West Wall (4-18 December) After weeks of severe fighting, troops of the Third Army finally had come up against the fortifications of the German West Wall. On 3 December, ...

North Carolina Ancestors

Ancestors of Hubert Munsey Martin  Even though Hubert Martin left North Carolina as a child with his widowed mother, he continued to have contacts with the Martins who stayed in North Carolina, near Hiddenite, in ...

Coming to America

My ancestors were of basic European stock.  Coming to this country from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany.  Most arrived here prior to the Revolutionary War with the remainder coming soon after.  They came for a ...

Hubert Munsey and Maud Ulan Martin

These are my paternal grandparents. The Martin’s were a relatively close family and I visited my grandparents often.  For many years, the Martin’s lived in Concord, AR and all with adjoining homes and farms. This ...

Martin Surname

Martin is an extremely common name throughout the English-speaking world and, in its many variants form, throughout Europe, stemming from a diminutive of the Latin Martius, the god of war. its popularity is largely due ...

Captain Samuel Martin

Excerpt from Sketches of Western North Carolina, Cyrus L. Hunter, 1877 CAPTAIN SAMUEL MARTIN Captain Samuel Martin was a native of Ireland, and born in the year 1732. When a young man, he emigrated to ...

Hubert Munsey Martin

December 26, 1879 - April 29, 1965 Early History Hubert Martin was born in Alexander County, North Carolina December 26, 1879. His parents were Samuel C. Martin and Rebecca Melvina Florentine Norton. His father died ...

Maud Ulan Cranford Martin

JANUARY 10, 1882 - JANUARY 9, 1966 Maud was born January 10, 1882 on a farm near Five Mile in Stone County, Arkansas. She later moved, with her parents, to Wolf Bayou, Arkansas. She ...