Bio. of Clarence C. Martin ~ son of Anderson A. and Hannah (Seguin) Martin
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIALTREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR,INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A.M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department ofIowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and NewYork
1931
CLARENCE C. MARTIN is a member of the law firm Johnson & Martin at Fort
Madison.Mr. Martin determined on a career as a lawyer when a youth andbegan
the study of law, but along with his law studies went a great deal ofpractical
business experience, so that his career as a whole has been almost asmuch
identified with business as with his profession.
He was born at Fort Madison, Iowa, August 3, 1882, a son of Anderson A.
Martin, who was also born in this Iowa town.He spent his active life inthe
lumber business, being connected with one company, the Atlee Lumber Company,for
fifty-three years.He died in 1927.Anderson Martin marriedHannah Seguin,
of Pekin, Illinois, who died in 1917.Of their six childrenfive are
living:Clarence C.; Mrs. Jennie Kasten, of Davenport; Mrs. DaisyArnold, of Fort
Madison; David, of Fort Madison; and Mrs. Kittie Lane, of FortMadison.
Clarence C. Martin attended the common schools of Fort Madison until1898,
and while in high school he worked during his afternoons and Saturdays ina
livery stable.He was active in school athletics, playing baseball,football
and basketball.For a short time in 1898 he worked for the IowaFarm & Tool
Company, now the American Fork & Hoe Company, as office boyand stenographer.
He left that industrial plant to become a stenographerand law student in
the office of Judge W. S. Hamilton, with whom he remaineduntil 1901.During
the next three years he was stenographer to F. T.Dolan, superintendent of the
Santa Fe Railway Company, leaving him to enter thebusiness office of the
Morrison Manufacturing Company, where he became salesmanager.In 1906 he
established a retail grocery business, and for twelveyears was one of the
prosperous local merchants of Fort Madison.
In the meantime he had not abandoned his idea of becoming a lawyer andhad
carried on his studies at home so far as his business and other obligations
permitted.In 1918 he became assistant manager of the Shaeffer PenCompany,
with which nationally known organization he remained until 1920.
Mr. Martin in 1920 became associated with R. N. Johnson as law student,and
in June, 1923, was admitted to the Iowa bar.For four years now givinghis
time to the large general law business of this firm.
Mr. Martin hasserved a a member of the Fort Madison School Board.He is a
past presidentof the Rotary Club, is a knight commander of the Court of
Honor in Scottish RiteMasonry, and a past master of the local lodge.He also
belongs to the B.P. O. Elks and is a Republican.During the World war he was
a four-minutespeaker and early applied for the opportunity to serve in the
field, but he wasnot called to the colors until November 10, 1918, being
scheduled to go to CampFremont, California, but was discharged on the following
day, ArmisticeDay.
Mr. Martin married, October 1, 1903, Miss Harriett M. Scholes, of
Burlington, Iowa.They have one daughter, Mildred Louise, born August 26,1904.
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