Bio of BLAND, Martin (b.1851), Wright Co., MN
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452          HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

Martin Bland, representative farmer of Marysville township, was born 
in Pine Grove, in what is now Wetzel county, West Virginia, September 
20, 1851, son of Joseph and Castilda (Wyatt) Bland, who brought him to 
Wright county in 1865. He received a district school education and 
remained at home until 1886. Then he moved onto his own farm, of eight 
acres, which he had previously acquired in section 23, Marysville. He 
broke and developed the land, and built a house and other buildings. 
In 1888 his wife died and for two years he lived on the home place, but 
in 1890 he again moved back to his own farm. A year later he once more 
took up his home on his father's place. Since 1912 he had lived on his 
own place. He rents the land and is practically retired from the more 
strenuous duties of life. Aside from the original eighty he purchased 
forty acres in section 14, and forty in section 23. He also owns 100 
acres of his father's home place. Mr. Bland has traveled extensively. 
In the winter of 1884 he spent several months in Wetzel county, West 
Virginia, and in the winter of 1900 he spent several months in visiting 
points of interest on the Pacific coast. He has taken an interest in the 
affairs of his community, and was road supervisor for some twenty years. 
In every way he is a desirable citizen, and few people in the community 
are more highly respected than he. He and his sister, Phoebe, live together, 
and their home is well known for its comfort and good cheer. Mr. Bland 
was married January 1, 1886, to Anna Laura Baker, of Bayfield, Wis., who 
died March 13, 1888. October 14, 1890, he was married to Emma R. McCardell,
of Montrose, who died October 23, 1891.