The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-08-28
H. J. Martindell Has Passed Away.

Henry j. Martindell, aged 20 years,
one of the best known travelling sales
men in this section, died Thursday
night at his home Al Ewing street,
Trenton, after a long illness. His
death was due to cerebral hemorr-
hage. The funeral, which was private
took place from his late home Monday.
The interment was made. in the Pen
nington cemetery under the direction
of Poulson X Coleman.
Mr.. Martindell is survived by a
widow. Mrs. Matilda Martindell, two
sons and a daughter. His sons are
Henry A. Martindell, of the Trenton
Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and
Crawford G. Martindell, of New York
His daughter is Mrs McGill, wife of
Dir. Peter McGill of Bound Brook 4
sister, Mrs. A. c. Barber also sur
wives.
In Septem Der, 1904, Mr.. Martindell,
after an extensive tour of the Eastern
states, returned to Trenton suffering
from Il nervous breakdown. Sciatlc
rheumatism set III, and although he
seemed to respond to medical treat
ment for time, he never fully recov-
cred and was an invalid until his
death.
Amweil, Hunterdon county, ON De
cember %, 1912, and spent the early
part of his life ON the parental farm.
November 10, 1855, he married Miss
Matilda Baldwin, of Sergeantsyille,
Hunterdon county. At the age of -
MIR. Martindell abandoned farming
and removing to Centre Ridge, Bucks
county, Pa, embarked in mercantile
business Three years later he trans
ferred his operations to Stockton, n.
J.
Mr.. Martindell went to Trenton in
1866, although al the time lie had en-
tenslve pottery interests Mt Port Rieh-
mond, then n suburb of Philadelphia.
The firm of which he was member
was engaged in the manufacture of
Rockingham ware, which was then III
its infancy. This concern, with MUM
ereus others, collapsed i'll the business
crisis following the Civil War.
Following that Mr.. Martindell en-
tered the field of commercial travellers.
His first engagement in this line was
with the Lambertville Spoke and
Wheel Company, and while with them
and concerns of similar character, Mr..
Martindell, with abiding confidence
in the superiority of American manu-
featured goods, persuaded his EN-
ployers TINT Europe. and more especi-
ally Australia and New Zealand, prom
ised fruitful market for their goods
He was sent TO Europe to open up IL
market This he found exceedingly
difficult at first, but he finally sue
ceeded III getting the foreigners to
give his wares trial, with the result
TINT II was not long before he had es-
tablished for his firm an extensive
foreign trade lie was returned To
Europe four times, III the course of
which he introduced American made
srokes, wheels aud wagon frame work
into England, Scotland, France, Ilol-
land, Switzerland, Germany and Rus
sia. HIS success III Australia and
New Zealand was no less pronounced
and he was sent there twice.
For eighteen years prior to his last
illness Mr.. Martindell had been in the
emrl) " of the Trenton Spring Mat
tress Company, and IN tho capacity of
representative of this concern he
travelled over nenrly every state III the
union, introducing the lace web
spring mattress. 1t was while on the
read TINT he was stricken with what
proved 10 he his fatal Illness.