Biographical Sketch of Judge John R. Martin, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Judge John R. Martin, attorney-at-law, of Washington is a native of
New Brunswick, N. J., born in 1843, and the son of Randolph and Annie
E. (Williamson) Martin.  The father was born in New Jersey, in 1808,
and was of English descent.  He followed merchandising the greater
portion of his life in New Brunswick, N. J.  He died in 1876.  The
mother was of English-Dutch origin, and was born in 1811.  She died
in 1881, and was the mother of three children.  The paternal grand-
father of our subject, James Martin, was a native of Virginia, a 
farmer, and was a soldier in the War of 1812.  John R. was the second
child born to his parents.  He was educated at Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, graduating in 1862, with the degree of A. B. and in 1865
he had conferred upon him the degree of A. M.  At the age of nineteen
he began the study of law, his preceptor being Hon. Henry V. Speer, 
of New Brunswick, and in 1864 he graduated at Albany Law School, Al-
bany, N. Y.  The same year he was admitted to the bar, and afterward
continued his study for two years.  In 1866 he came to Franklin Co.,
Mo., located at Union, and entered upon his practice.  In 1877 Mr.
Martin moved to Washington, where he has since resided, and where he
continued his practice.  December, 1868, he married Miss Mary B.
Ackerman, who was born in New Brunswick, N. J. in 1851, and who is 
the daughter of Abraham Ackerman, at one time editor and publisher of
the "Franklin County Progress", at Union.  To Mr. Martin and wife 
were born three children: Jessie, Edward and Annie.  In 1868 Mr. 
Martin was appointed probate judge of Franklin County, by Gov. Fletch-
er, and was the first one to hold that position in the county.  He
occupied this position one year.  In 1875-76 he was a member of the
State Legislature, elected by the Republican party.  He served on the
committee of criminal jurisprudence, and is one of the leading attor-
neys of Franklin County.  He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and Mrs.
Martin is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

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