The Red Cloud chief., 1889-10-11
EX-GOVERNOR MARTIN DEAD.

Death of the Late Governor Of Kansas at
His Home I'm Atchison-Sketch Of His
Life.
ArCHIsOx, Kan. Oct. 3.-Ex.Governcr
Martin died 1t $50 'cloc yesterday
morning. Mayor Wagner has called .
meeting Of he people for this evening to
make arrangements for the funeral ON
Friday.
Ex-Governor Martins death followed
an illness Of more than two months. His
disease was a mysterious one. and at no
time were the physicians able to ~intelli.
gently diagnose il. His death had been
expected for some dav~.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Ex-Governor John A Martin was born March
II lSs9. at Brownsville. Fayette County. Pa
When a mere lad he learned the art OF printing
in the cfice Of the Brownsville Clipper. He
emigrafed to Kansas in lS5. and located at
Atchison. In ISIS he purchased what was then
known as the SQua,ter Sovereign and changed
Its name TO the Freedoms Champion. Later
the name OF the paper was changed TO the Atch-
isOn CHI mpion. With the exception OF the Troy
Chief il is the oldest paper in Kansas. Cover
nor Martin was early and late q staunch
Free State man. and was first and last an az
dent Re pubiioan- He entered early into pub
lie lie, and he was elected 10 the State Senate
from the district composed OF Atchison and
Brown Counties before he was twenty-one years
old. He was secretary of the Wyandotte Con-
sf.futional convention. and served as a dele
gate to the Territorial convention 1t Lawrence
in l-6L He was also a delegate to The Ma
tional convention a: Chicago which nomi-
mated Lincoln for his first term. He vSs
seer tary OF the Stae Railroad convention,
which met a Topeka in 1867 TO devise q rail-
way system for the State. During the summer
Of 1Sl he assisted in organizing the Eighth
Kansas infantry. of which he was appointed
LieutenantC Colonel The regiment served on
the Missouri border during the fall and winter
OF 1861. Ear.y in lsGe he was appointed Pro
vost-Marshal OF Leavenworth. and In March OF
the same year his regiment Was ordered &c
Corinth, Miss. with Lieutenant Colonel Martin
in A few weeks after arriving Al
Cori-th the regiment, with the division to
Ghich II was attached. was ordered to Join
General Buell. in Tennessee. and thereafter,
during the whole war, il served In the army OF
the Cumberland AFOREMENTIONED Martin
was promoted TO Colonel on November !,
1S2 and was provost marshal az Nashville,
Tenn, from December. 1856. TO Jane, lS6a.
The regiment which he commanded took
part in the battles at Perryville and Lam.
caster, in Kentucky: in the campaign
aga INST Tull,homa and Chattanooga; the
Storrning of Mission Ridge: the campaign from
Chattanooga TO Atlanta and the subsequent
pursuit OF Hood northward. Colonel Martin
COunU1.ueu the luiru Dfl-aGe. rllst OlSisicE
of the Twentieth army corps. on the second
day OF the battle OF Chickamauga and during
she siege # Chattanooga. II the close OF the
war he returned to Atchison and resumed con
troll OF the Champion. The first number OF the
Daily Champion was issued March - 1875.
He represented Kansas as a delegate
TO the National Republican conventions
Of ls5a, 1855. ls3s, and 1850. He
vas o member for many years OF the Republican
National Committee. was elected Commander
in Chief OF the State encampment. G. A r.;
was q member of the United States Centennial
Commits IA: was one OF the incorporates OF
TIE Kansas Magazine and OF the State Historic
al Society,". He was elected mayor of Atchison
IN 1867. and was elected by the two houses OF
Congress one Of the hoard OF managers OF the Ma.
tional Soldiers Home in lS,s. In 1884 he was
elected Governor OF the State OF Kansas and
reelected in 1881. His wife. who survives him
vas the daughter OF Dr. William L Challis. o.
A,chison. and the result OF this union was four
children. Ex Governor Martin leaves a hand
some estate. the value Of which is estimated At
from 5000 TO sis.9vL