Biography

10/08/1803 - 03/01/1881


MARTIN, Adam, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, October 8, 1803 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; tavern and innkeeper; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1849 term; elected, delegate, County Whig Convention (1854, 1862); elected, school director, Philadelphia (1854-1862); employed, United States Customs House, Philadelphia; died, March 1, 1881 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; removed to Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. 


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