Biographical Sketch of Joseph T. Martin, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Joseph T. Martin, foreman of the St. Joseph Planing Mill, is a native
of Maryland, and was born in Emmettsburgh, July 31, 1846.  He there
spent his youthful days, and resided until the breaking out of the
rebellion, when he tendered his services to the Confederate cause,
enlisting in the Second Maryland Battalion, and served until the close
of the war, participating in many stirring events, among which were
the second battle of Bull Run and Antietam; was three times wounded,
once severly, and was taken prisoner at Petersburg, and held two months
at Point Lookout.  In 1865, he came West, taking up his abode in this
city, and entered the St. Joseph Planing Mill.  Being a man of mech-
anical inclination, he rapidly progressed, and in about two years was
placed as foreman.  The duties of this responsible position he has 
since faithfully discharged.  Mr. Martin, in scroll work and ornamental
designs, of which he makes a specialty, as but few equals.  A large
amount of this class of work, which ornaments many of the imposing
structures of St. Joseph, and throughout the Northwest, are specimens
of his skill.  He is esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances.

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