BIO: Mark James GILMARTIN, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 565.
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  M. J. GILMARTIN, assistant superintendent of the Buffalo & Susquehanna 
Railroad, has been a resident of DuBois, Pa., since 1905 and has identified 
himself with the best interests of the place.  He was born at Driftwood, Pa., 
February 6, 1877, and is a son of Thomas and Catherine (Nagle) Gilmartin.
  Thomas Gilmartin, whose death occurred in 1905, at the age of seventy-eight 
years, was one of the old and trusted employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad 
Company, which he had served in various capacities.  He married Catherine Nagle 
and they had five children, namely:  John, Mary, Winnifred, William and Mark 
James.
  Mark James Gilmartin attended the public schools of Driftwood and Sterling 
Run, Pa., and when seventeen years of age became an employe of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company as a section hand.  He later was made a brakeman and was with 
the B. & S. Railroad at Austin, Pa., in 1897.  He kept on upward, gaining 
promotion every few years, becoming freight conductor and then passenger 
conductor, and came to DuBois in that capacity in 1905.  It is the wise policy 
of the railroad to thoroughly train every employe before advancing him and thus 
a promotion carries with it an assurance of efficiency.  In April, 1908, Mr. 
Gilmartin was made assistant superintendent, succeeding G. H. Crissman.  He is a 
well informed, practical railroad man, and the end of his railroad career is not 
yet.
  Mr. Gilmartin was married in July, 1902, to Miss Harriet Pouliat and they have 
one daughter, Alice.  They are members of the Roman Catholic church of St. 
Catherines, at DuBois, and Mr. Gilmartin belongs to the Knights of Columbus.  
Politically he is a Democrat.  The family residence is No. 122 Park Avenue, 
DuBois.