Shawnee-Douglas-Franklin County KS Archives Biographies.....Martin, Clarence H. 1862 - 
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Author: James L. King (1905)

CLARENCE H. MARTIN.

    CLARENCE H. MARTIN, who for 18 years was one of the leading educators of
Northeastern Kansas and a favorite Normal School teacher and lecturer, is a
well-known resident of Topeka and since January, 1905, has been the accredited
agent of the Home-Seekers' Land Company, a corporation controlling a million
acres of Western lands. Mr. Martin was born in 1862 in Laporte County, Indiana,
and is a son of Abraham H. and Mary A. Martin.

    The parents of Mr. Martin were born in the State of New York. His father was
a college man and in his earlier years taught school. Later he removed to
Kansas, settling first in the old, historic town of Centropolis, in Franklin
County, and removed from there to a virgin farm in Douglas County, where he
engaged in farming and stock-raising. His family consisted of seven
children,—two sons and five daughters.

    The subject of this sketch was three years old when his parents came to
Kansas and six years old when they settled in Douglas County. Being the eldest
son, he was accustomed to farm work from boyhood. His educational advantages
were those obtainable in the district schools, which he attended for 29 months,
the nearest school house being located four and a half miles from his home. He
was a youth of quick perceptions and very ambitious and was assisted as far as
possible by his father. In his 19th year he entered the State Agricultural
College and after two years work in this institution began teaching.
Subsequently, in 1896, he graduated from Ottawa University and also obtained a
State certificate the same year. During his 18 years as an instructor, Mr.
Martin filled many very important and conspicuous positions. Prior to coming as
principal to the Richland School in Shawnee County, in 1890, he had served
elsewhere in the same capacity. He remained in charge of the Richland School for
two years. His period of teaching in Shawnee County, including one year at the
State Reform School, and as principal of Oakland and Belleview schools, covered
seven busy years. His work in the normal schools of Shawnee and Osage counties
was as instructor in physics, physiology and elocution.

    For some time after leaving the educational field, he engaged in contracting
and building, but in January, 1905, he embarked extensively in the real estate
line, and, as mentioned above, became associated with one of the large
organizations of the country. He is also the real estate representative of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for^ Shawnee County and has met with much
success, disposing of over 50 sections of land for the company within two
months. He has also a large, personal, real estate business, having on his list
over 500 choice farms and 400 residences. His home is on Topeka township in what
is known as Belleview Addition, a pretty suburb of Topeka, where he takes great
pride in the propagation of all kinds of fruit and a large variety of flowers
and shrubs. His well-appointed offices, located at No. 819 Kansas avenue,
Topeka, are shared by his brother, Scott Martin, who is a law student, attending
Washburn College.

    Mr. Martin was married in 1885, at Centropolis, Franklin County, Kansas, to
Anna M. Stanton, who was born in West Virginia. They made their home at Lyndon,
Osage County, for several years. They have three children, viz: Walter, a manly
youth of 19 years, a member of Battery B, Kansas National Guard; Vera, five
years old; and Evelyn, a beautiful babe of six months. On account of old
associations and personal regard for Rev. Mr. Hutchinson, the family retain
their membership in the North Topeka Baptist Church. Fraternally, Mr. Martin
belongs to the Knights and Ladies of Security. He is a typically self-made man,
one who has attained personal success through personal endeavor without favor or
financial assistance from any one.

    Mr. Martin takes quite an interest in literature and belles-lettres, being a
lover of good books. He has gradually built up a remarkably fine library, which
now contains upwards of 3,000 volumes. The classics are especially well
represented. The fields of history, biography and travel are well covered as
well as those of poetry, essays, the drama and standard works of fiction.


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HISTORY OF SHAWNEE COUNTY, KANSAS
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS

EDITED AND COMPILED BY
JAMES L. KING
TOPEKA, KANSAS 

"History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"

PUBLISHED BY
RICHMOND & ARNOLD,
GEORGE RICHMOND; C. R. ARNOLD.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,
1905.

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