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GEORGE
CUSHING MARTIN
MARTIN, GEORGE CUSHING, Attorney, Los Angeles, California, was born at Minonk, Illinois, December 10, 1875, the son of Euclid Martin and Luelle (Cushing) Martin. He is descended from one of the most notable of the old families of Virginia, the Martins having given numerous men to the military and professional ranks of the nation. He married Helene Smith at Los Angeles, November 3, 1903, and is the father of Adelaide Helen, Gaylor Georgia, Euclid II and Virginia Rose Martin.
Euclid Martin, the father, now a resident of Pasadena, was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of the State of Nebraska. During his residence in that State, he was identified with practically every movement of importance undertaken by the citizens for the benefit of the State, and particularly for the City of Omaha, of which he was a resident.
He was for many years Chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee, was a member of the Executive Committee of the Worlds’ Columbian Exposition at Chicago. He was President of the Omaha Board of Trade, the Omaha Commercial Club, the Omaha Business Men’s Association, the Nebraska-Iowa Grain Co., Parlin-Orendorff & Martin Co., and the Martin Anderson Co. He was postmaster of Omaha, a personal friend of Grover Cleveland, Adlai Stevenson and J. Sterling Martin, and was tendered a banquet on his leaving Omaha, and was at the banquet presented with a handsome loving cup as a memento of the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Martin’s family having moved further West when he was a youth, most of his younger days were spent in Nebraska. He attended the public schools of Omaha and was graduated from the high school there, after which he went to Phillips Academy at Andover, Massachusetts. He followed this with a course at Heidleberg, Germany’s famous educational seat, and upon his return to the United States entered the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, from which he was graduated.
Upon leaving school Mr. Martin decided to study law as a profession and was fortunate in being taken into the office of two of the most noted jurists produced by the United States in recent times. They were John C. Spooner, for many years one of the leaders of the United States Senate, and A. L. Sanborn, who has gained fame as United States District Judge in Wisconsin. Mr. Martin read law under these two famous practitioners and later attended the law school of the University of Wisconsin, from which he was graduated in the year 1899.
After he was admitted to practice, Mr. Martin became a member of the law firm of Duffie, Gaines, Kelby & Martin, one of the leading firms in Nebraska. E. R. Duffie, the senior member of the firm, later became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nebraska and James E. Kelby, another member gained fame as the General Counsel for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Mr. Martin practiced in Omaha for approximately six years and then removed to Los Angeles, where he was admitted to practice in California, and opened offices which he has since maintained. He practiced alone for the first seven years after his arrival there and then, in 1912, his former partner, Mr. Kelly, having moved to Los Angeles, they formed a new partnership there.
In addition to his work in the legal profession, Mr. Martin has won distinction in other lines of endeavor, notably as an inventor and writer. He is the inventor of a number of practical devices, but the most important one, perhaps is the Martin Shock Absorber, which is manufactured in Los Angeles by the Martin Shock Absorber Company, of which he is President and principal stockholder.
Mr. Martin’s writings have been along scientific lines and consist principally of articles for the technical press of the country. In his legal work he has made a specialty of patent causes and was connected with various important cases for the United Motor Company, and others.
Since his arrival in Los Angeles he has become intimately identified with public affairs in the city and State.
He has taken an active interest in politics and for a time was a member of the Los Angeles County Central Democratic Committee.
He is a member of the Psi Upsilon and Phi Delta Phi college fraternities, also of the California Club and Gamut Club, of Los Angeles.
Transcribed 7-15-10
Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 466,
International News Service, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Boston, Atlanta. 1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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