Upshur County, West Virginia          Biography of E. W. MARTIN

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 428

E. W. MARTIN, a former postmaster of Buckhannon,
Upshur County, in which city he still maintains his home,
has been closely and successfully identified with coal pro-
duction and real estate enterprise in this section of his
native state, and aside from his varied business interests
he has been an active and influential force in the ranks of
the republican party in West Virginia.

Mr. Martin was born at Peel Tree, Barbour County, this
state, in February, 1866, and is a son of John D. and Eliza
(Young) Martin, the former was born at Buckhannon,
Upshur County, and the latter at Staunton, Virginia.
John D. Martin was for many years engaged in farm
enterprise in Barbour County, where he also built up a
prosperous general merchandise business at Peel Tree.
After selling his property interests in that county he was
for a number of years engaged in the mercantile business
at Buckhannon, and later he resumed his activities as a
farmer in Harrison County, where his death occurred in
1901. He was the only one of his generation in the Mar-
tin family to be aligned as a staunch supporter of the
cause of the republican party, and both he and his wife
were active members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Of the six children all but one are living, and of the num-
ber the subject of this review is the eldest; L. O., a pros-
perous farmer and livestock dealer, resides at Buckhannon;
Rose C. is the wife of Jeremiah Dillinger, of Buckhannon;
H. C. is one of the substantial farmers of Harrison County;
and Hettie is the wife of Alfred Stout, of Denver, Colo-
rado.

E. W. Martin passed his childhood on the home farm
and attended the rural schools of the locality. At the age
of fifteen years he found employment as clerk in a gen-
eral store, and after several years of service in this capacity
he was for twelve years a successful traveling salesman.
In 1898 he became postmaster at Buckhannon, and of this
office he continued the incumbent until 1902. He was for
sixteen years a member of the Republican State Central
Committee of West Virginia, and he has been a delegate
to three national conventions of his party, including that
of 1920, where he was the first West Virginia delegate to
vote for the nomination of President Harding. Mr. Martin
served several-years as vice president of the Peoples Bank
of Buckhannon, and he is the owner of valuable real eatate
in Upshur and adjoining counties. In a fraternal way he
is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias.