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Martin, George – Martin, John Mason

Martin, George

lawyer, jurist, was. born June 30, 1815, in Middlebury, Vt. In 1857 he was elected chief justice of Michigan for two years; and in 1859 he was elected a justice of the court for a term of eight years. He died Dec. 15, 1867, in.

Detroit, Mich.

Martin, Henry Newell

educator,. biologist, author, was born July 1, 1848, in Ireland. He was a biologist of note, pro-- fessor of biology at Johns Hopkins university from 1876; and the author of The Human Body; Practical Biology; and Handbook of Vertebrate Dissection. died in 1896.

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Martin, Homer Dodge

artist, was born Oct. 28, 1836, in Albany, N. Y. His landscapes are notable for color and atmosphere. His works include White Mountains from Randolph Hill; Adirondacks; Thames at Richmond; Evening on the Saranac; Sand Dunes on Lake Ontario; On the Neck, Newport, R. I.; and Old Manor at Criquebœuf, Normandy.

Martin, James Daniel

educator, was born May 9, 1864, in Mechanicsville, S. C. He has been principal in the leading normal schools of North Carolina; has been regularly engaged as one of the conductors of the summer Normal schools and institutes for the public school teachers of the state. He now fills the chair of Latin and English in the Normal and Preparatory school of the Biddle university of Charlotte, N. C.

Martin, James Henry

educator, was born June 29, 1864, in Grafton, W. Va.

He received his education at the Philippi academy, the university of Lebanon, and the Waynesburg college. He has attained success as an educator; has been city superintendent of Monticello schools; and county superintendent of Piatt county, Ill.

Martin, James Stewart

soldier, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 19, 1826, in Scott county, Va. He moved to Illinois in 1846; and was clerk of the Marion county court for twelve years. He entered the army as colonel in 1862, and was brevetted brigadier-general.

He was elected county judge of Marion county at the close of the war; appointed pension agent in 1868; and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.

Martin, Jane Percy

author, was born in England. She is the author of a novel entitled Lost and Saved; and has written extensively on subjects of travel.

Martin, John

naval officer, state legislator, governor, was born about 1730. He was appointed naval officer at Sunbury, Ga., in 1761; and was a member of the provincial congress in 1775. He entered the Georgia continental line as captain; and was lieutenant-colonel in 1781. He was a member of the legislature from Chatham county; was state treasurer in 1783; and commissioned to make a treaty with the Creek Indians in 1783. He was governor of Georgia from 1782 to 1783.

Martin, John Alexander

journalist, governor, was born March 10, 1839, in Brownsville, Pa. He was a successful journalist of Atchison, Kan.; and became governor of Kansas. He died Oct. 10, 1889, in Atchison, Kan.

Martin, John Hill

lawyer, journalist, author, was born Jan. 13, 1823, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is a lawyer of Philadelphia; legal editor of The Intelligencer since 1881; and the author of Bethlehem and the Moravians; The Bench and Bar of Philadelphia; Chester and Its Vicinity; and Delaware County.

Martin, John Jacob

soldier, lawyer, public official, was born in 1826 in Abbeville, S. C. In 1869 he was appointed sixth auditor of the treasury in Washington, which position he resigned in 1875, and was appointed postmaster of Montgomery, Ala.

Martin, John Mason

soldier, educator, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 20, 1837, in Athens, Ala. In 1871 he was elected state senator from Alabama to fill vacancy; in 1872 elected for a full term; and during the latter term was elected president pro tempore of the senate. In 1875 he was elected professor of equity jurisprudence in the university of Alabama, the term continuing until 1886. In 1884 he was elected a representative from Alabama to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat.