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Martin, William Dobbin – Marvin, Richard P

Martin, William Dobbin

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Oct. 20, 1789, in Martintown, S. C. He was a judge of the court of common pleas; and was a representative in congress from South Carolina from 1827 to 1833. He died Nov. 16, 1833, in Charleston, S. C.

Martin, William I

soldier, lawyer.

During the civil war he was in the army of northern Virginia; was afterward major-general in the army of the Tennessee; and now practices law in Vicksburg, Miss.

Martin, William Logan

lawyer, was born Nov. 3, 1850, in Madison county, Ala. In 1889 he was elected attorney-general of the state of Alabama.

Martindale, John Henry

soldier, lawyer, was born March 20, 1815, in Sandy Hill, N. Y. In 1861 he was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers. He subsequently became attorney-general of New York state. He died Dec. 13, 1881, in France.

Martyn, Eliza Lamb

poet, was born July 8, 1845, in Charlton, Mass. She is the author of a number of poems.

MARTYN, MRS. SARAH TOWNE [SMITH], author, was born Aug. 15, 1805, in Hopkinton, N. H. She was a writer of Sunday-school semi-historical fiction whose home was in New York city.

Among her many works are comprised Huguenots of France; William Tyndale; and Lady Alice Lisle. She died Nov. 22, 1879, in New York city.

Martyn, William Carlos

clergyman, author, was born Dec. 15, 1841, in New York city. He is a presbyterian clergyman of New York city; and the author of History of the Huguenots; History of the English Puritans; The Pilgrim Fathers of New England; History of the Dutch Reformation; and Lives of John Milton, John B. Gough, Wendell Phillips, William E. Dodge.

Marvin, Dudley

lawyer, congressman, was born in May, 1786, in Lyme, Conn. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1823 to 1829. In 1844 he moved to Ripley; and was again elected to congress, serving from 1847 to 1849. He died June 25, 1856, in Ripley, N. Y.

Marvin, Enoch Mather

bishop, author, was born June 12, 1823, in Warren county, Mo. He was a bishop of the methodist church south; and the author of The Work of Christ; Sermons; and To the East by Way of the West. He died Dec. 3, 1887, in St. Louis, Mo.

Marvin, Francis

manufacturer, • congressman, was born March 8, 1828, in New York city. He was educated at private schools in that city; entered upon a commercial career, and has been engaged in the promotion, construction, and operation of railways, water supply companies, bridges, the manufacture of illuminating gas, and in banking; and has filled many local offices. He was elected to the fifty-third congress from New York.

Marvin, James M

congressman, was born Feb. 27, 1809, in Ballston, N. Y.

In 1846 he was elected to the house of assembly; and in 1862 was elected a representative from New York to the thirtyeighth congress. He was re-elected to the thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses as a republican.

Marvin, Jonathan Jones

soldier, lawyer, poet, was born Sept. 23, 1822, in Hammond, N. Y. He settled in Falls City, Neb.; was prosecuting attorney of his county; was postmaster for three years; and for fifteen years was a justice of the peace. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, many of which have been incorporated into standard collections.

Marvin, Richard P

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in New York. He served in the assembly of that state from Chautauqua county in 1836; and was a representative in congress from New York from 1837 to 1841. In 1855 he was elected a judge of the supreme court of that state.