Biography of William Wallace Martin Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- WILLIAM WALLACE MARTIN was born November 12, 1840, at Crawfordsville, Ind., the son of Owen and Sarah (Reese) Martin. They were natives of Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Mr. Martin was educated in the common schools of that state, and after four years' service in the army he graduated from the law department of Michigan University, in 1866. He enlisted as a private in the Fifty-fifth Indiana infantry, and subsequently served in the One Hundred and Sixteenth and One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana. In 1866 he married Caroline Mills, and in that same year located in Fort Scott. His wife died in 1878, and in 1882 he married Elizabeth Truby. For many years he was the law partner of Hon. C. W. Blair. He served as city attorney of Fort Scott, probate judge of Bourbon county, and register of the United States land office at Independence. In 1888 he was elected state senator. In 1900 he was made department commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. In 1901 he was appointed state agent at Washington. Major Martin is now and has been for several years paymaster at the National Military Home, Leavenworth. (Included with the article, "A History of the Kansas School Fund.", page 206)