Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Martin, Benjamin Lloyd 1806 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Wayne Township
p. 792 & 793

Benjamin Lloyd Martin, son of John and Ruth (Stephens) Martin, was born in 
1806 in Chester County, Pa., where he grew to manhood and attended the common 
schools, completing his education at the commercial college in Philadelphia. 
In 1831 he was married to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Moyer) Christman, 
of Chester County, Pa. They have seven children---Nathan W., of Wayne County; 
John W., of Raleigh, Ind.; Benjamin F., of Chester, Wayne County; William C., 
of Topeka, Kan.; Isaac N., in the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C.; 
Theodore S., their youngest child, residing in Wayne County, and Rebecca A. 
S., wife of William L. Boyd, of Richmond, Ind. In October, 1839, Mr. Martin 
moved with his family to Wayne County, Ind., and was engaged in teaching 
school till 1848. In December, 1842, he became Deputy Auditor of the county, 
filling that position till 1855, when he was elected Auditor, which office he 
held two terms of four years. In the meantime he with a number of others 
organized the First National Bank of Centreville, of which he was chosen 
Cashier. About this time, 1863, he was appointed additional Paymaster in the 
Federal army, and at once resigned his position in the bank to attend his 
duties at St. Louis, Mo., remaining there till the fall of 1864, when he was 
transferred from the Mississippi to the Cumberland department, headquarters 
Louisville, Ky. In the spring of 1865 he was ordered to North Carolina; 
reached Washington, D.C., and was soon sent back to Louisville, where he 
remained some time. He was then sent to the Northwestern department, 
headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., where he was on duty till the close of the 
war. He was mustered out in November, 1865. His position in the army was one 
of trust and responsibility as he had the disbursing of millions of dollars. 
During the war .Mr. Martin purchased a farm of 360 acres, where he now 
resides. In 1869 he was elected to represent Wayne County in the State 
Legislature, where he ably represented the county two years. In 1870 he was 
elected to the same position, serving two years. He is a member of the Masonic 
fraternity, lodge, chapter, commandery of Richmond, Ind., and in politics is a 
Republican. He and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1840 
he was licensed a local preacher. Mr. Martin's parents were of English and 
Welsh ancestry. They were reared in Pennsylvania, and were the parents of 
seven chi1dren. They belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church, and died in 
Iowa, both living to be over ninety years of age. Mrs. Martin's parents were 
of German ancestry and died in Chester County, Pa., her father aged sixty 
years and her mother aged seventy-three years.

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