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Charles Love Martin Full Name: Charles Love Martin II Date of birth: January 15, 1876 Date of death: December 17, 1963 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 113 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Seymour / Baylor   Baylor, Haskell, Throckmorton (1) Seymour. House Journal. (2) Seymour, Baylor County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (3) Westover. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Obituary, C.L. Martin, Dothan Eagle (Dothan, Alabama), 12/19/1963, p. 18. C.L. Martin of Enterprise, Alabama; burial in Itasco [sic], Texas; survivors included son Charles L. Martin, Jr., of Enterprise and brother D.K. Martin of Waco. Newspapers.com. Other Resources Charles Love Martin, birth date 1/15/1876 in Johnson County, Texas; death date 12/17/1963 at age 87 in Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama; father Charles Love Martin, mother Phoebe Elizabeth Easter, brother Dock Martin, spouse Anna Belle Yingling, son Charles L. Martin III. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974; Kent-Tlumach 2012 Family Tree. Ancestry.com. "C.L. Martin, '99, Junior law in the University of Texas . . . " and "D.K. Martin, '00, has been quite sick at his home in Itasca . . . ," The Baylor Lariat (Waco, Texas), Vol. 1, No. 12, Saturday, 2/9/1901, p. 3. Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections, Baylor University. Census of 1900 - Charles L. Martin, Justice Precinct 2, Hill County, age 24, born February 1876 in Texas, brother of John and Arthur Martin. Census of 1910 - Charles L. Martin, Justice Precinct 2, Hill County, age 33, born circa 1877 in Texas, live stock dealer, son of Phoebe E. Martin. Census of 1920 - Charlie L. Martin, Seymour, Baylor County, age 44, born circa 1876, farmer, spouse Anna B. Martin. Census of 1930 - Charles L. Martin, Seymour, Baylor County, age 54, born circa 1876, farmer, spouse Anna B. Martin, son Charles, Jr. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 1930 Charles Love Martin, birth date 1/15/1876, permanent home address in Westover, Baylor County, Texas; farming; nearest relative Mrs. C.L. Martin (mother); draft registration in Baylor County, 9/12/1918. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Charles Love Martin II, birth date 1/15/1876, death date 12/17/1963, burial in Itasca Cemetery, Itasca, Hill County; brother Dock K. Martin (1878-1965). Find a Grave. Charles Love Martin, "WPA Director Named," 7/16/1935, p. 1. Named district director of the Works Progress Administration District 12. Marshall News Messenger. "Charles L. Martin of Seymour, former state legislator," appointed Works Progress Administration (WPA) Director for the Wichita Falls district, "Seymour Man to Head WP Office," 7/19/1935. Brother D.K. Martin of San Antonio, member of state highway commission. Quanah Tribune-Chief. Biographical sketch of brother D.K. "Dock" Martin in finding aid to D.K. "Dock" Martin Papers, 1916-1968, undated, Baylor University. Texas Archival Resources Online, 2010. 38th Legislature (1923) - C.L. Martin, postoffice Westover, nativity Texas, age 48 (born circa 1875), farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Charles Love Martin, Jr., B.Lit. Catalogue of The University of Texas, 1902-1903, p. 317. The University of Texas at Austin. Photographs Photograph. C.L. Martin, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 38th R.S. - 1923 Municipal and Private Corporations   Penitentiaries   Privileges, Suffrage and Elections

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