MARTIN, A. M., Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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A. M. MARTIN, LAFAYETTE.--A. M. Martin, Clerk of the District Court at
Lafayette, is a native of the place, born 1851.  He is the son of Charles and
Catherine (Deagle) Martin.  Charles Martin was a native of Lafayette parish
and a successful planter.  The mother of our subject is still living, being in
her eighty-fifth year.  She is the mother of eleven children, of whom the
subject of this sketch is the youngest.

Mr. Martin early in life became identified with public affairs.  At the age of
sixteen he was made deputy assessor of the parish, and at the age of eighteen
was appointed one of the enrolling clerks in the House of Representatives,
where he remained for nearly five years, and was a witness to the great
Wheeler Compromise.  His public experience thus far had well qualified him for
public life, and at the age of twenty-three he was elected district clerk
which office he has filled for sixteen consecutive years.   Mr. Martin's
length of service for one so young, and his influence in Lafayette parish
bespeak of themselves the esteem in which he is held.  He was married in
Lafayette parish to Miss S. McBride, a native of this parish.  There have been
born to this marriage six children, viz.:   Clara,  Nella,  Cora,  Amy, 
Charles and  Agnes.  Mr. Martin and family are members of the Roman Catholic
church.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
244-245.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.