Homer Osmond Martin (1881 - 1958)

Born 14 Jan 1881 in Carnegie, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 27 Dec 1958 at age 77 in Sacramento, California, United States

Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Olive, born in June, 1889, married Homer Martin and lives on Washington avenue, Carnegie, Pennsylvania ; her husband is foreman of the Keystone Lumber Company, of Pittsburgh, and they are the parents of three children.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Homer Osmond Martin, eldest son of Gilbert and Emma Page (Hall) Martin, was born in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, January 14, 1881, and was there educated in the public schools. He began business life as an employee of his father in the lumber business, continuing five years, when his father sold the business. Homer O. next entered the employ of the Penn Sash, Door and Blind Company, then was with the Pittsburgh Coal Company, later entering the employ of the Keystone Lumber Company, the largest retail and wholesale lumber company in Western Pennsylvania. He later became shipper and for several years was in charge of the company's outside work, a responsible position, as in the past ten years the company has doubled its business. On January 13, 1914, Mr. Martin was elected a director of the company and is one of the useful, valued men of a strong organization. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Martin married, in 1905, Olive Sarah Freed, born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Judson Freed, of an old county family; children: Mildred, Thelma, Homer O. (2).

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3. pg. 1179-1181)
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1383-1385)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/245302791/homer-osmond-martin: accessed 21 July 2023), memorial page for Homer Osmond Martin (14 Jan 1881–27 Dec 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 245302791, citing East Lawn Memorial Park, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA; Maintained by Little Orange in the Big Apple (contributor 46817308).