Home › M › Martin, Thomas Staples

Martin, Thomas Staples

was born July 29, 1847, in Scottsville, Va.

Though not a regularly enlisted soldier, a considerable part of the time while he was a cadet at the Virginia Military institute was spent in the military service of the confederate states with the battalion of cadets of the institute. Since 1869 he has devoted himself closely to law; for a number of years has been a member of the board of visitors of the Miller Manual Labor school of Albemarle county; and a member of the board of visitors of the university of Virginia. In 1893 he was elected a senator from Virginia for the term commencing March 4, 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.

MARTIN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER PARSONS, clergyman, missionary, college president, author, was born April 10, 1827, in Livonia, Ind. He is a presbyterian clergyman and missionary, president of the Tungwen college, Pekin. Among his writings in Chinese are, Evidences of Christianity; The Three Principles; Religious Allegories. In English he has published The Chinese: Their Education, Philosophy and Letters.