Lewis B. Martin  

Lewis Brown Martin BIRTH June 26 1841 Philadelphia Pennsylvania DEATH April 18 1902 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana BURIAL Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana son of James S Martin and Charlotte Sloan

married October 15 1877 Vigo county, Indiana Mary Adeline Prescott Fowler BIRTH 16 APR 1845 Fort Constitution, New Castle county, New Hamshire / Fort, Marshall, South Dakota DEATH 4 JAN 1931 Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana Burial Jan 7 1931 Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana NOTE per death certif. daughter of Capt William Henry Fowler and Margaret Edmiston Watson

They had:

Margaret E Martin Birth Jun 1880/1881 Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana Death Mar 23, 1957 South Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Margaret E. MArtin, last surviving member of a former prominent Terre Haute family died Satruday morning at the South Shore Hospital in South Weymouth Mass, according to word received here.

She was a native of Terre Haute and resided here during most of her life.

The family home, the first residence in Terre Haute to have electric wiring was located on Eagle Stree immediately west of where the Emaline Fairbanks Memorial Library now stands.

At one time she attended the old Coats College. She was a former member of St. Stephens Episcopal church, where she served as secretary to the Rev. John E. Sulgar.

Her father, the late Lewis B. Martin, was a secretary of the Terr Haute Savings Bank and for several years s member of the governing booard of Indiana State Normal School, now Indiana State Teachers College. He was also a senior warden of St. Stephen Church and her uncle, Rev. Thomas Mills Martin, served as a rector.

Following the death of her mother in 1931, she went to live with her cousin, Miss Louise Clapp in Belmont, Mass.

Survivors include several cousins

The body will be returned to Terre Haute and will be taken to the Martin Tearman Funeral Home where services are tentatively set for Thursday Morning - Terre Haute Tribune Mar 24, 1957

Thomas Mills Martin BIRTH Sep 1885 Death August 19 1900 Baltimore, Maryland BURIAL 22 Aug 1900 Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana

LEWIS BROWN MARTIN - The two most strongly marked characteristics of both the East and the West are combined in the residents of Indiana The enthusiastic enterprise which overleaps all obstacles and makes possible almost any undertaking in the comparatively new and vigorous Western states is here tempered by the stable and more careful policy that we have borrowed from our Eastern neighbors and the combination is one of peculiar force and power.

It has been the means of placing this section of the country on a par with the older East at the same time producing a reliability and certainty in business affairs which is frequently lacking in the West This happy combination of characteristics was possessed to a notable degree by the subject of this review Lewis Brown Martin late a well known citizen and successful business man of Terre Haute Equally noted as a citizen whose useful career conferred credit on his city and whose marked abilities and sterling qualities won for him high local repute he held distinctive precedence as one of the most enterprising and progressive men of his community Strong mental powers invincible courage and a determined purpose so entered into his composition as to render him an important factor in the business world and a leader of men He was essentially a man of affairs of sound judgment keen discernment and every institution to which he gave his services was indebted to him for much of the success which attended them

Lewis Brown Martin was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on June 26 1841 and was the son of James S and Charlotte. These parents were both of English ancestry the father a native of Virginia and he was the last survivor but one a family of ten children The father was a manufacturing and hatter in Philadelphia where his death occurred many ago

The subject of this sketch attended the common completing his educational training in Newark Academy 1864 he came to Terre Haute Indiana at which time his Rev Thomas Mills Martin an eminent clergyman of great ability was rector of St Stephen's Protestant Episcopal church Lewis Martin first accepted a position in the Terre Haute postoflice under Postmaster J. O. Jones but subsequently he went to Mobile Alabama where for a time he was engaged in business with a brother

Returning to Terre Haute he accepted a clerkship in the insurance office of Wharton & Beach but was soon transferred to the Prairie City Bank of John S Beach as assistant cashier In 1869 on the establishment of the Terre Haute Savings Bank of which Thomas Dowling was the first president and John S Beach secretary and treasurer Mr Martin became connected with the new institution which occupied the Prairie City Bank building

In 1882 Mr Martin was made cashier of the bank the duties of which responsible position he discharged with the utmost satisfaction to all concerned for twenty years In 1893 he succeeded Mr Beach as s ecretary and treasurer

Referring to his career in connection with the banks to one who knew him well said Mr Martin was qualified for his duties as a banker in an institution which received and protected the savings of the people Conscientious a fault exact conservative and kindly the important factor in business he saw the bank grow into a great financial with a million in money

The basic principle by which Mr Martin strove and conquered was loyalty when he recognized a duty the service gave him joy that was second only to the consciousness of work well done He was universally recognized as a splendid citizen a man of lofty character sturdy integrity and unswerving honesty and his record is one of tireless and unselfish devotion

Mr Martin's high character and innate ability were recognized outside his immediate home city or community On February 20 1894 Governor Matthews appointed him a member of the board of trustees of the State Normal School at Terre Haute and two years later he was re appointed to this position by Governor Mount He proved to be one of the most useful and eflicient members of the board and for a number of years he served as the secretary of the board His sound judgment keen discrimination and interest in educational matters made him especially competent for this position and he acquitted himself with honor to himself and to the advantage of the school Mr Martin enjoyed a personal friendship with Governor Matthews who appointed him as a member of his staff and ever afterwards he known as Colonel Martin

Fraternally Mr Martin was a Mason belonging to Haute Lodge No 19 and had attained to degrees of Knight Religiously he was a member of St Stephen's Episcopal church in the success of which he was ever deeply having been junior warden of the parish for twenty years or until 1902 treasurer of the Indiana diocese and a attendant at its conventions He was not only a regular on all the services of his church but his interest still farther for every rector found in him a warm supporter every phase of the church's activities for he gave liberally of his time and his money that the church's interests might conserved

His death which occurred on April 18 1902 regarded as a distinct loss to the community which had honored by his citizenship for in every position occupied by he was faithful to his trust and commanded universal and regard

On October 15 1877 Colonel Martin was united in marriage with Adeline P Fowler the daughter of Capt WH Fowler and to them were born two children Margaret E and Thomas Mills Martin The son a noble boy died on August 19 1900 at Baltimore where he was preparing to enter the Annapolis Naval Academy This bereavement was a terrible blow to Colonel Martin who was a devoted father and he never recovered from the shock

Mrs Martin traces her paternal ancestry to the days Madame Hancock wife of Governor John Hancock Massachusetts one of the signers of the Declaration of was her great great great great aunt Mrs WH Mrs Martin's mother is in many respects a most woman She is now living with her daughter at the family No 671 Eagle street and though past ninety three years her mind is perfectly clear Three years ago she fell and her hip which has made her an invalid but prior to that she had enjoyed splendid health for her years She possesses splendid recollection of the early days and is a most conversationalist her reminiscences being interesting and as throwing light on the early history of this section

Capt W H Fowler father of Mrs Martin was born in Baltimore Maryland and died in 1851 at the early age of ihirty-six years He was a veteran of the Mexican war and had also served in the Florida war against the Indians He was sent to Fort Meyer Florida and afterwards died of fever He was a graduate of West Point Military Academy where two of his most intimate classmates were Gen Joseph Hooker a noted Northern general during the Civil war and Gen Braxton Bragg who was equally noted as an officer in the Confederate army Captain Fowler married Margaret Watson the daughter of Col SE Watson a veteran of the Mexican war and under whose command the United States marines raised the Stars and Stripes in the city of Mexico after its capture Soon after this event Colonel Watson was taken sick and died at Vera Cruz while being brought home - Memorial and Genealogical Record of Representative Citizens of Indiana Jacob Piatt Dunn B.F. Bowen, 1912

Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001 
Name	Lewis B Martin
Gender	Male
Event Type	Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Marriage Date	15 Oct 1877
Marriage Place	Indiana, United States
Spouse M A P Fowler
Page	277
FHL Film Number	001392540

Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941 
Name	Lewis B Martin
Marriage Date	15 Oct 1877
Marriage Place	Vigo, Indiana, USA
Spouse Name M A P Fowler

1880 United States Federal Census 
Name	Louis B. Martin
Age	38
Birth Date	Abt 1842
Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Home in 1880	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Street	Eagle Street
House Number	668
Dwelling Number	224
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Self (Head)
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Mary Adaline Martin
Father's Birthplace	Virginia
Mother's Name	Sherlott Martin
Mother's Birthplace	Pennsylvania
Occupation	Banker
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Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Louis B. Martin	38	Self (Head)
Mary Adaline Martin 33 Wife
Sherlott Martin 70 Mother
 

1900 United States Federal Census 
Name	Louis Martin [Louis V Martin]
Age	58
Birth Date	Jun 1841
Birthplace	Georgia, USA
Home in 1900	Harrison, Vigo, Indiana
Ward of City	Seventh
Street	Eagle Street
House Number	671
Sheet Number	11
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation	176
Family Number	225
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Married
Spouse's Name	Ida Martin
Marriage Year	1875
Years Married	25
Father's Birthplace	Georgia, USA
Mother's Birthplace	Georgia, USA
Occupation	Bank Cashier
Months Not Employed	0
Attended School	10
Can Read	Y
Can Write	Y
Can Speak English	Y
House Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	F
Farm or House	H
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Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Louis Martin	58	Head
Ida Martin 56	Wife
Margaret Martin 19	Daughter
Thomas Martin 14	Son
Nora Curtis 24	Servant

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017 
Name	Lewis Brown Martin
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	60
Marital Status	Married
Birth Date	26 Jun 1841
Birth Place	Philadelphia
Death Date	18 Apr 1902
Death Place	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date	1902
Father James L Martin
Spouse M A P Martin

1910 United States Federal Census 
Name	Mary A Martain [Mary A P Martain] [Mary A Fowler]
Age in 1910	45
Birth Date	1865 [1865]
Birthplace	New Hampshire
Home in 1910	Terre Haute Ward 5, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Sheet Number	4a
Street	Eatle St
House Number	621
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	Maryland
Mother's Name	Margeret E Fowler
Mother's Birthplace	Maine
Native Tongue	English
Home Owned or Rented	Own
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Farm or House	House
Able to read	Y
Able to Write	Y
Enumeration District Number	0157
Number of Children Born	2
Number of Children Living	1
Enumerated Year	1910
Neighbors	View others on page
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Mary A Martain	45	Head
Margrate E Martain 24 Daughter
Margeret E Fowler 90 Mother
Mary H Fowler 68 Sister
Ovila A P Watson 82 Aunt
Martha J Watson 73 Aunt
Sarah E Harman 70 Servant

1920 United States Federal Census 
Name	Mary A P Martin
Age	74
Birth Year	abt 1846
Birthplace	New Hampshire
Home in 1920	Terre Haute Ward 1, Vigo, Indiana
Street	South Fifth Street
House Number	1633
Residence Date	1920
Race	White
Gender	Female
Relation to Head of House	Head
Marital Status	Widowed
Father's Birthplace	Maryland
Mother's Birthplace	No
[Maine]
Able to Speak English	Yes
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Free or Mortgaged	Free
Able to read	Yes
Able to Write	Yes
Neighbors	View others on page
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Mary A P Martin	74	Head
Margaret E Martin 39 Daughter
Mary H Fowler 78 Sister
Florence J Moir 44 Roomer 


1930 United States Federal Census 
Name	Mary M Martin
Birth Year	abt 1845
Gender	Female
Race	White
Age in 1930	85
Birthplace	New Hampshire
Marital Status	Widowed
Relation to Head of House	Head
Homemaker?	Yes
Home in 1930	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Map of Home	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana
Street Address	South Fifth Street
Ward of City	Ward 1 Pf of
Block	1600
House Number	1633
Dwelling Number	134
Family Number	154
Home Owned or Rented	Owned
Home Value	7500
Radio Set	No
Lives on Farm	No
Age at First Marriage	32
Attended School	No
Able to Read and Write	Yes
Father's Birthplace	Maryland
Mother's Birthplace	New Hampshire
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Mary M Martin	85	Head
Mary Fowler 88 Sister
Margaret Martin 49 Daughter
 
Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017 
Name	Mary Adeline Prescott Martin
[Mary Adeline Prescott Towler]
Gender	Female
Race	White
Age	85
Marital Status	Widow
Birth Date	16 Apr 1845
Birth Place	Fort Constitution
Death Date	4 Jan 1931
Death Place	Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA
Death Registration Date	1931
Father Wm Henry Towler
Mother Margaret E. Watson
Spouse Lewis B Martin

Web: Wabash Valley, Indiana, U.S., Obituary Index, 1900-2013 
Name	Mary A. P. Martin
Death Date	Abt 1931
Publication Title	Terre Haute Tribune
Publication Date	5 Jan 1931
Publication Place	Wabash Valley, Indiana, USA
Notes	Page: 02

1940 United States Federal Census 
Name	Margaret E Martin
Age	59
Estimated Birth Year	abt 1881
Gender	Female
Race	White
Birthplace	Indiana
Marital Status	Single
Relation to Head of House	Lodger
Home in 1940	Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Street	Temple Street
House Number	27
Inferred Residence in 1935	Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Residence in 1935	Belmont
Sheet Number	11A
Attended School or College	No
Highest Grade Completed	Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939	0
Income	0
Income Other Sources	Yes
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Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Louise A Clapp 75 Head
Margaret E Martin	59	Lodger
Greta Cahiar 33 Servant

1950 United States Federal Census 
Name	Margaret E Martin
Age	69
Birth Date	abt 1881
Gender	Female
Race	White
Birth Place	Indiana
Marital Status	Never Married (Single)
Relation to Head of House	Lodger
Residence Date	1950
Home in 1950	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Street Name	Front St.
House Number	277
Dwelling Number	394
Farm	No
Acres	No
Inferred Previous Residence Place	Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
Father Birth Place	USA
Occupation Category	Unable to Work
Same House	Yes
School Completed	S12
Grade Completed	Yes
Weeks Worked	14
Income	none
Other Income	none
Supplemental Income	410
Household Members (Name)	Age	Relationship
Amey D Beck 70 Head
Margaret E Martin	69	Lodger