Bios: GEORGE E. MARTIN, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      GEORGE E. MARTIN,
  
  [p. 919] general contractor and also general agent for the Reliance Life
  Insurance Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., has been a resident of New Castle
  for the past four years. He was born near Princeton, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, and is a son of George Martin.
  
  George Martin, who is a substantial farmer in Slippery Rock Township,
  Lawrence County, was born in this section in 1839, and is a son of John
  Martin, who was a native of Ireland and came to America and settled in
  Lawrence County in 1829.
  
  After he left school George E. Martin worked for different telephone
  companies for about six years and then engaged in a general contracting
  and retail lumber business, under the style of McConahy & Martin. This
  partnership continued until April 1, 1908. Mr. Martin has been general
  manager for the Reliance Life Insurance Company of Pittsburg, during the
  current years, his territory covering Lawrence, Butler, Mercer and
  Venango Counties. He takes a lively interest in local politics and is a
  member of the Republican County Board of Registration for the Second
  District, Third Ward, New Castle.
  
  In 1906 Mr. Martin was married to Miss E. Amanda Patterson, who was born
  at East Brook, Pa., and is a daughter of Thomas J. Patterson. Mr. Martin
  is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is consul of
  New Castle Camp No. 5269.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
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