[p. 952] a well known member of the Lawrence County bar, who has been a resident of New Castle for the past eighteen years, was born in 1867, in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Hon. A. L. Martin.
The Martin family was established in what is now Lawrence County by the grandfather Alfred Martin who was a native of Maine. He came as far west as Pittsburg in 1821, and in 1856 settled in North Beaver Township. There his son, A. L. Martin was born August 24, 1844. He is one of the leading men of Lawrence County, which he has represented three terms in the State Legislature, and now is filling the important office of deputy secretary of agriculture for the State of Pennsylvania.
Charles G. Martin was reared under the home roof and enjoyed liberal educational training, attending Grove City College and the Ohio Northern University, and graduating in the classical course at the latter institution in 1890. He then read law under attorneys Wintermute & McConahy, and was admitted to the bar in 1895, since which time he has been engaged in the active practice of his profession. He is a member of the Lawrence County Bar Association, a director in the New Castle Trotting Association and owns stock in other industrial concerns of New Castle.
On July 26, 1900, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Mary L. McConnell, of Grove City, and they have one child, Flora Ellen. Mr. Martin has been a member and active worker in the First Presbyterian church for the past ten years. He is a member of the city School Board and gives close attention to its affairs, and is known to be an enterprising and public-spirited citizen. He belongs to the Odd Fellows, the Elks and to the Royal Arcanum.
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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