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 MARTIN. MARTIN. 397 hameha III., Mr. Marshall was, at the age of twenty-four, selected as the King's rep- resentative to present his case at the court of St. James. In 1851 he retired from mercantile business to give his attention to sugar planting on the island of Kauai. He served four years as a member of the Hawaiian Parliament, taking an active part in giving form to the liberal constitu- tion granted to his people by Kamehameha III., and doing good service as chairman of the committee on education. General Samuel C. Armstrong, then a youth, was a Sunday-school scholar of Mr. Marshall in Honolulu. In 1858 he returned to Massachusetts, settling in Westborough. On the breaking out of the rebellion, he labored earnestly to raise and equip troops, and went several times to the front to look after the West- borough contingent. In 1S62 he repre- sented his town in the lower house of the " War Legislature." Governor Andrew appointed him in Jan- uary, 1864, one of the state paymasters. In May, 1864, obtaining leave of absence, he with his wife entered the service of the Sanitary Commission, following General Grant's army through the Wilderness to City Point. In the following autumn Mr. Marshall re-organized the paymaster's bureau, and as paymaster-general became a member of the governor's staff, with the rank of brigadier-general. He held the position until the close of 1866. As president of the Hawaiian Club, Mr. Marshall introduced to the public of Bos- ton General Samuel C. Armstrong, when he was seeking to establish the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. In 1870 he became treasurer of that institu- tion and removed to Hampton. Increas- ing trouble with his eyes led him to resign the post in 1S84. He returned to Massa- chusetts, making his home at Kendal Green in Weston, and taking charge of the Southern and Indian educational work of the American Unitarian Association. Mr. Marshall married, October 4, 1S48, Martha A. T., daughter of John and Eliza (Rand) Johnson, of Charlestown, and with his bride sailed on the ship " Leland " for Honolulu, a wedding trip of five months' length. MARTIN, AUGUSTUS PEARL, son of Pearl and Betsey Verrill (Rollins) Martin, was born in Abbot, Piscataquis county, Me., November 23, 1835. He received his educational training in the public schools of Boston, Wesleyan Academy, Wilbraham, and in private schools in Melrose. Upon entering business life he was first a clerk in the office of Thompson & War- ner, and subsequently clerk for Fay & Stone, boots and shoes, Boston, until the breaking out of the war, in 1861. After the war he returned and was made a partner with Fay & Stone ; was admitted partner in 1868 in the house of Francis Dane & Co.; dissolved with Dane & Co. in 1871, and formed a co-partnership as A. P. Martin & Co., in May, 187 1. In December of the same year, the firm changed to Martin & Skinner, and in 1876 to Martin, Skinner & Fay, and this in 1 88 1 was changed again to A. P. Mar- tin & Co. — the present firm name. He manufactures boots and shoes, with factory at Hudson, and office in Boston. General Martin was married, in Boston, February 3, 1859, by the Rev. A. A. Miner, to Abbie Farmer, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Barry (Leavitt) Peirce. Of this union are four children : Flora E. (now Mrs. John Shepard, Jr.), Franklin Pearl, Charles Augustus and Everett Fay Martin. General Martin was lieutenant of the Boston light artillery 1858 to '60 ; ser- geant during the three months' campaign in 1 86 1 ; was commissioned 1st lieutenant, 3d Massachusetts battery, Massachusetts volunteers, September 5, 1861, and captain in November of same year. He was chief of artillery, Morell's division, 1862, and assigned to duty by General Meade as commander of the artillery brigade, 5th corps, army of the Potomac, in May, 1863 ; commissioned brevet-colonel at the close of the war, for gallant and meritorious services. He was commander of the An- cient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1878 ; commander of the Massachu- setts Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U. S., 1S79 and '80; chief marshal at the dedication of the monu- ment on Boston Common, September 17, 1877 ; chief marshal at the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Boston, September 17, 1SS0 ; senior aid on the staff of Governor John D. Long, with the rank of brigadier- general, 1882, and mayor of Boston, 1884. He is a director in Howard National Bank ; vice-president Home Savings Bank; he was president of the New England Shoe and Leather Association, five years ; has been president of the Beacon Society, Tapley Machine Company, New England Mutual Aid Society, Central Club ; he is president of the Showalter Mortgage Com-