The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-22
COLONEL i. D. m.Rrls DEAD.
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DOVER, DEL, Jan. es.-Colonel Edward
Livingstone Martin was found dead In
bed at the Capitol Hotel about o'clock
nounoed deauh due to an attack Of heart
disease, which the distinguished Della
warean suffered some time during the
night. When he retired last night he was
In comparatively good health, His death
has shocked the community.
COLONEL MARTINS CAREER
Edward Livingstone Martin was an
Attorney at Seaford, although not In
active practice. He was the youngest son
OF family OF ten children Of whom Cap
tain Hugh and Sophia Martin were the
parents and was born at Seaford, March
20, 1887. His first education beyond that
obtained in the schools Of the neighbor.
hood was received at the Newark Academy
where he spent the year 1850, He then aJ.
tended Delaware College and tbs academy
of Anthony Bolmar In West Chester, after
which with thorough preparation, he en-.
tered the University Of Virginia, from the
Law Department OF which he graduated
In 1859, He continued his legal studies
with Daniel NJ. Bates of Wilmington,
In 1868 he was elected clerk of the State
Senate and retained that position during
the term of two years In 1886 he re-
turned to the University of Virginia, and
after refreshing himself in the law was
admitted to practice In Dover in the fall
of the same year, The death of his mother
a. few years afterward, compelled him to
relinquish all professional duties and he
has since devoted much Of his time to
agriculture and horticulture.
Mr.. Martin was life long Democrat,
and one of the leaders of the party in the
State. He was member of the National
Democrat Convention which assembled in
Chicago in 1864, Of tho Baltimore Conven.
ton Of 1872, Of the st. Louis Convention
Of 1880 and the Chicago Convention of
1884. The important matter Of the State
boundary between Delaware and New
Jersey, involving valuable fishing rights,
received his attention In 1873, 1874 and
1875, ho being appointed b. the Legisla-
ture, in the year first mentioned, as one Of
the commissioners for Delaware, Another
important appointment he received from
the Legislature was hat of Commissioner
from Sussex county, TO encourage tho in.
PRODUCTION of the sugar beet industry.
In 1878 in recognition of his fitness for
the position, and his remarkable political
services, he was nominated by the Demo.
In tho forty sixth Congress, he served on
the committee Oh accounts, the Committee
on the District Of Columbia, and on tho
special Committee appointed to provide
for the centennial celebration of the sur
render Of Yorktown. His course in Con-
gressionul affairs was crcdltable to him
self and highly satisfactory to his cOnstt-
uents, and so 1t came about worry natural
ly that he was renominated by his party,
lat n U n
ing elected In 1880, defeating superior
Court Judge John W. Houston.
He has since received the compliment
airy vote of his party In the Legislature
for the United States Senate. Until the
time Of his death he maintained An I'M
abaled interest and activity in politics al.
though his business and social dutios were
alone enough to make him an exceedingly
busy man and would have overtaxed the
encrgieJ Ut a less healthful and vigorous
constitution. His religious alfalintion
was with the Protestant Episcopal Church
he being Il member OF the vestry of ST.
Lukes Church Seaford for more than
twenty years and many times u delegate
to the Diocesan Convention.
Mr.: Martin was quite wealthy, owning
several large farms near Sra!urd He lad
been very successful peach grower. and
few il any in the region Lave carried On
the industry more extensively or success
fully Ile had made study of his calling
theoretically and prac ically, and enjoyed
the confidance Of nll interested in this
branch OF horticulture, as was evinced by
his being called upon in the summer Of
1887 to preside over the convention of
Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey
peach growers, the largest assemblage Of
the kind ever held in the State or PENN.
sula
He was also u member of the State
Board of Agriculture, and very influential
in Its councils.
Mr.. Martin was married March Z, 1869,
to Miss Clara, daughter of William W.
Dulaney of Sussex county. Five children
were the off spling Of this union, viz:
WOODBURY., William Du!aney, Resale,
Mabel Bayard and Edward Livingstone.