History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . ,might be said to be indigenous to the soil,for he is by birth, training, education andexi)erience a product of the Northwest anda fair example of what its institutions can dofor its citizens. Mr. Martin was born inMaquoketa,—a name suggestive of westeniozone,—^lowa, in On his fathers sidethe ancestry is Scotch-Irish, while his motheris of English descent, from a family whichsettled at Stonington, Conn., in the seven-t
History of the great Northwest and its men of progress : a select list of biographical sketches and portraits of the leaders in business, professional and official life . ,might be said to be indigenous to the soil,for he is by birth, training, education andexi)erience a product of the Northwest anda fair example of what its institutions can dofor its citizens. Mr. Martin was born inMaquoketa,—a name suggestive of westeniozone,—^lowa, in On his fathers sidethe ancestry is Scotch-Irish, while his motheris of English descent, from a family whichsettled at Stonington, Conn., in the seven-teenth century. Her maiden name was LoisHyde Wever, and she was the youngestchild of Rev. John M. Wever, a MethodistEpiscopal minister of the Troy (N. Y.) con-ference. Mr. Martins father, James , was a traveling salesman in modestiinancial circumstances, who served in thewar of the Rebellion as captain of CompanyI, Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteers. Eben\V. Martins great-great-grandfather was asoldier of the Revolutionary war, and servedunder General Washington. By reaso7i ofthis military lineage Mr. Martin is a memberof the Loyal Legion through his fathers. W. 1I.\UTIN. service, and a member of the South DakotaChapter of the Sons of the American Revolu-tion by virtue of his great-great-grandfa-thers record in the struggle for indepen-dence. Mr. Maitins early education 1<ras ob-tained in the district school of Ma(]Uoketa,Jackson county, Iowa, and in the grammarand high school of Mount Pleasant, Iowa,where he prepared for college. He enteredCornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, andtook the classical course, graduating withthe degree of Bachelor of Arts in the classof 1S70, and three years later received fromthe institution the degree of Master of Arts.^^llile in college he was, in 1877, presidentof tlie Interstate Oratorical Association—afact which speaks well for his oratoricalstan<ling at college. Having chosen law ashis jirofession, he commenced his legal
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