Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMaj. Gen. Charles Irving MARTIN 
1819, does not give middle name,5165, p 1
1819, does not give middle name,5165, p 1Birth25 Jan 1871, Ogle County, Illinois5165, p 1
Death8 May 1953, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming5165, p 4; year & state only,5160, p 1 Age: 82
MemoSection 43-A Row 3 Site 1
FatherWilliam Henry MARTIN (1837-1907)
MotherMary NETTLETON (1834-1913)
Individual Notes
• Their son General Charles Martin was a two term state senator and Adjutant General of Kansas. Both received their law degrees from the U. of Kansas.1819
• Senator Martin, an attorney of this city.5161
• 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War.5160, p 1
• Adjutant General of Kansas, 1909-1917, 1919-1923. World War I veteran: Brigadier General, 70th Infantry Brigade, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces.5165, p 1
• [excerpts] Gen. Charles I. Martin. Kansas, in the course of its history, has produced soldiers as well as farmers, statesmen, orators and business men. As is well known, some of these soldiers have covered themselves with glory.
...next to the youngest of six children whose parents were William H. and Mary (Nettleton) Martin, both of whom were native Canadians. When General Martin was about three months of age his parents moved to Kansas, and settled on a farm in the western part of Allen County.
Then in 1904 he was elected state senator, serving during the sessions of 1905-07-08. It was during his term as senator that he took up the study of law in the legal department of the State University. Mrs. Martin was again his schoolmate and they pursued the study of law simultaneously. Both graduated with degrees LL. B. in 1907.5165, pp. 2-3
• Senator Martin, an attorney of this city.5161
• 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry in the Spanish-American War.5160, p 1
• Adjutant General of Kansas, 1909-1917, 1919-1923. World War I veteran: Brigadier General, 70th Infantry Brigade, 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces.5165, p 1
• [excerpts] Gen. Charles I. Martin. Kansas, in the course of its history, has produced soldiers as well as farmers, statesmen, orators and business men. As is well known, some of these soldiers have covered themselves with glory.
...next to the youngest of six children whose parents were William H. and Mary (Nettleton) Martin, both of whom were native Canadians. When General Martin was about three months of age his parents moved to Kansas, and settled on a farm in the western part of Allen County.
Then in 1904 he was elected state senator, serving during the sessions of 1905-07-08. It was during his term as senator that he took up the study of law in the legal department of the State University. Mrs. Martin was again his schoolmate and they pursued the study of law simultaneously. Both graduated with degrees LL. B. in 1907.5165, pp. 2-3
Census Data
• 1880 Census: Osage, Allen, Kansas. Age 9, b IL.5162
Spouses
Individual Notes
• His wife Lou Ida Ward was the 1st woman to serve as assistant Attorney General in Kansas.1819
• [excerpts] She was a graduate of the Fort Scott Normal College and the School of Law at the University of Kansas. She was believed to be the second woman to take the state bar examination in Kansas. She was admitted to practice in Kansas in 1907 and before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1922.
She soon set up a law practice with her husband under the firm name of Martin and Martin.
Mrs. Martin’s greatest accomplishment may have come on August 15, 1924, when she was appointed as the first woman in Kansas to serve as assistant attorney general.5165, pp. 4-5
• [excerpts] She was a graduate of the Fort Scott Normal College and the School of Law at the University of Kansas. She was believed to be the second woman to take the state bar examination in Kansas. She was admitted to practice in Kansas in 1907 and before the Supreme Court of the United States in 1922.
She soon set up a law practice with her husband under the firm name of Martin and Martin.
Mrs. Martin’s greatest accomplishment may have come on August 15, 1924, when she was appointed as the first woman in Kansas to serve as assistant attorney general.5165, pp. 4-5
Marriage28 Nov 18941819, marriage only,5165, p 1,5160, p 1
ChildrenLillian Mae (1895-1976)