Sacramento County
Biographies
EDWARD LEE MARTINDALE
EDWARD LEE MARTINDALE.--To the old-time horse-owner and fancier, who well knows the value of an expert, interested service in connection with the noble beast that has long served mankind, and still can do a few things not to be attempted by any mechanical contrivance, the announcement of Edward Lee Martindale that he has a livery, feed and sales stable at 1228 Yale Street, will make a peculiar appeal. He was born on a farm in Davis County, Iowa, on October 18, 1869, the son of Joseph and Susan (Tull) Martindale, who came out to Iowa from Indiana, where they were born. The father died in 1902, leaving an enviable record for real usefulness; and then Mrs. Martindale and Edward came on to Los Angeles, in 1906, and a year later removed to San Diego, and in 1908 went to Fresno, where he lived four years, then went to Gunnison, Utah; then spent a winter in Medford, Ore., and thence to Sacramento.
Edward Martindale got all he could out to the public schools, and then turned his attention to what interested him more than teachers or school-books, horses; and he was soon dealing in horses. Now, he has been in business for himself for several years past. When he first reached Sacramento, in 1914, he had a stable at the corner of Thirty-fourth and R Streets, and there he remained for two years. After that, he went further north to Yakima, Washington; but on his return to California, he settled at Galt for a year, and then he went to Modesto for a short time, and traveled and traded. For five months he worked as a team boss at Knight's Landing, and then he settled at Tenth and S Streets, then four years later established the Pavilion Stables at Sacramento, coming to his present location in 1922. He endeavors to maintain a first-class livery, to handle only the best of feed and supplies for the horse, and to be of dependable service to anyone wishing to buy a good steed or a good working horse. His reputation for both experience and reliability has become a very valuable asset, and he numbers among his patrons some of the best citizens of Sacramento. In politics, he is a Democrat.
Mr. Martindale married Miss Alice Coffelt, in 1905, and they have a family of several children, Ernest, Myrtle, Opal, Lewella, and Violet; Charles is dead. Mr. Martindale is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Page 866. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.