FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: MARTIN, William T. (published 1880)
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History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties,  Ohio
Pub. by Williams Bros.,  1880

HON. WILLIAM T. MARTIN,

was born April 6,  1788,  in Bedford County,  Pennsylvania;  was married
in 1814,  to Amelia Aschom;  and in the spring of that year,  migrated
to Columbus,  where he resided till his death,  February 19,  1866.

Like so many other Columbian pioneers who became prominent in business
and politics,  he cam to the city as a mechanic,  his particular trade
being that of carpenter and joiner.  He also united with this occupation
those of teacher and merchant.  He held many public offices,  which we
have not time here to enumerate,  the last being that of associate judge
of the court of common pleas,  in 1851.

In 1858 he published his "History of Franklin County,"  a very valuable
compendium of pioneer history,  written in a plain and unpretentious, 
but often very pleasing style.  He was remarkable for the evenness of
his temper,  his charity for the faults of others,  and for his great
liberality to the poor.  He died greatly regretted by all the classes of
citizens.  His widow,  who still survives,  resides with a daughter, 
now Mrs. Smithson E. Wright,  of Cincinnati.  His son,  B.F. Martin, 
well and favorably known as a lawyer and justice of the peace,  resides
in Columbus.



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