Bio of Martin, James M. (b.1851) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Martin, James M., the senior member of the firm, was born in Mifflin
county, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1851. His parents, James M. and Emily
(Alexander) Martin, were natives of the same state, and by occupation
farmers. Young James occupied his time on the farm and attending the
country schools till the age of sixteen, when he entered the Columbia
Classical Institute, and diligently pursued his studies four years. In
1871 he came to Lake City, and at once took a position in the city schools
as assistant superintendent. This position he retained till the close of
1873, when he turned his entire attention to the reading of law, which he
previously had begun, in the office of Scott & Hahn. He was admitted to
the bar, May 15, 1876, and at once entered the law practice, forming a
business partnership with his brother-in-law, Hon. W. J. Hahn. They opened
a branch office at Wabasha, which he conducted till 1881, when Mr. Hahn
was appointed to the attorney-generalship of Minnesota. In December of the
same year he associated with himself, in the abstract business, Mr. A. J.
Greer, who the following May became a full-fledged lawyer. Mr. Martin was
married June 12, 1879, to Miss J. (Errata page reads "F.") Maggie Bell,
daughter of Prof. John M. Bell, of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, and has
two children: James M. and Vernon Bell. They are members of the Methodist
Episcopal church, and he is prominently connected with the Masonic
fraternities of the city.