City: Chattanooga
MARTIN, Francis, lawyer; born Wilmington, Ohio, July 6, 1859; son Andrew Jackson and Caroline (Griffin) MARTIN; English descent; graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University 1879; Knight Templar, Mason (Past Master), city attorney of Chattanooga 1889-92; admitted to bar in supreme court of Ohio 1882; moved to Chattanooga 1883 and opened law office; in 1885 formed law partnership with Alfred C. DOWNS; 1888 with George T. WHITE of Chattanooga; 1911, with Xenophone WHEELER and James M. TRIMBLE, firm name Wheeler, Martin & Trimble, trustee University of Chattanooga; trustee Chattanooga Public Library.
