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Martin, George Alexander

soldier, lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 3, 1833, in Norfolk county, Va. He enlisted as a private in the confederate service and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel. In 1881 he was a member of the Virginia state senate; has. twice been a delegate to the Virginia.

House of delegates; in 1883-84 was railroad commissioner of Virginia; and in. 1888 was presidential elector of Virginia. He has made his-- tory and the classics a special study; and has contributed extensively to current. literature. He is one of the foremost. lawyers of his native state at Norfolk.