Philadelphia County PA Archives Biographies.....Martin B. GARMAN, 1827 - April 7, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: P Barr 10.emlet@telus.net November 21, 2009, 8:24 pm Source: History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania by John Blair Linn, Louis H. Everts 1883 Author: John Blair Linn ....the late Martin Garman was born in Dauphin County, Penn, in 1820, and in early manhood went west, engaging, when he was about twenty-one, in the management of a trading boat on the Mississippi River. He continued the business for many years, but at the approach of the Civil War his trips up and down the stream were interfered with, and life itself became unsafe. Suspending his operations, he returned to his native State, and after looking about for a suitable business opening he decided to locate in Philadelphia, where he purchased the old Blue Anchor Inn, famous as the hostelry where William Penn first stopped when he came to America. This investment proved extremely profitable, a handsome fortune being realized under the wise management of the new owner. Mr. Garman was a member of the Episcopal Church, and in politics adhered to Democratic principles. His death occurred in 1891. His wife passed from earth in 1879 at the age of thiry. She was a native of Philadelphia and a daughter of William Scott, who was for many years the manager of the Asylum for the Blind at that city. Being blind himself, he understood the peculiar difficulties under which his charges labored, and had overcome them as to be able to do most artistic work in various lines, specimens being now preserved among his relatives as precious souvenirs. He lived to the age of eighty years. Of his three daughters - Mrs. William Wood, Mrs. Garman and Mrs. Roach - the eldest and the youngest reside in Philadelphia. Additional Comments: NOTE: He was actually born in 1827 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/bios/garman-mb.txt