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THEODORE MARTIN
MARTIN, THEODORE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Los Angeles, California, was born in the city of Quebec, Canada, the son of Theodore and Isabella Martin. He married Frances M. McClure at Salida, Colorado. They have one son, Theodore F. Martin.
When a small boy, after his father’s death, Mr. Martin’s mother moved to Chicago. There he received his boyhood education later going to Colorado, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of that State.
Forming a co-partnership with the Hon. Charles S. Libby, with offices in both Salida and Buena Vista, he selected mining law and land office procedure as a specialty, and soon became prominent by reason of his connection with some of the prominent mining cases in that and the adjoining Leadville district.
He went into politics and soon made himself felt. His grasp of party affairs, his eloquence, his popularity with the leaders of his party and with the public brought him quick success. He became a well known public figure.
In 1891 he was elected District Attorney of the eleventh Judicial District of Colorado, embracing the counties of Chaffee, Park, Custer and Fremont, and was very successful in that capacity.
Moving to California in 1895, he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. His law library, especially with reference to works which treat of his specialty, is one of the best in the State.
He is the author of “Martin’s Mining Law and Land Office Procedure.” This work, which appeared in 1908, has been well received by the legal profession and is considered an authority on the subjects treated.
Mr. Martin is a member of the Jonathan, Union League and Sierra Madre clubs.
Transcribed 1-14-10
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 366, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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