History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . (wf-^ C{ f)V(M^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COLXTY 761 tained almost entirely through his own individual efforts, and here he taught school forseveral terms. He then engaged in farming in Texas and through his tireless industry he becamethe owner of a farm of 220 acres near Corsicana. This he devoted largely to growinggrain and cotton and to stock raising and in this he was very successful, beco
History of Orange County, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its earliest growth and development from the early days to the present . (wf-^ C{ f)V(M^ HISTORY OF ORANGE COLXTY 761 tained almost entirely through his own individual efforts, and here he taught school forseveral terms. He then engaged in farming in Texas and through his tireless industry he becamethe owner of a farm of 220 acres near Corsicana. This he devoted largely to growinggrain and cotton and to stock raising and in this he was very successful, becoming oneof the prosperous farmers of that vicinity. After a residence of twenty years in Texas, .during which time he had brought his place up to a high state of cultivation, he disposedof it at a good profit in the fall of 1901, and came to California with his family inJanuary, 19U2. 1 hey settled at Santa Ana and within a month after his arrival here hebought the eight-acre farm at 1176 East Chestnut Avenue, and here he still makes hishome m the beautiful mansion erected by the late Mr. Crookshank for his own resi-dence. From time to time Mr. Martin increased his holdings until he had twenty-eightacres
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