Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Joseph Hill MARTIN
John Hill Martin, eldest son of William and Sarah Ann (Smith) Martin, born in Philadelphia, January 13, 1823, the well-known lawyer, historian, and author, was educated at private schools of Chester, Pennsylvania, and in 1838 was appointed a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point, from which institution he resigned in 1841 to prepare for the legal profession. He studied law in Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar there in 1844, and took up the active practice of his profession which continued until 1881. For twenty years prior to the latter date, however, he had devoted much of his time to literary pursuits. He became editor of the legal department of the Legal Intelligencer, of Philadelphia, in 1857, and filled that position for many years. Through spending his summers at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, he became interested in that historic locality, and in 1872 published his "Bethlehem and the Moravians", and in the following year, "Sketches in the Lehigh Valley", and "Historical Notes on Music in Bethlehem". In 1877 he published his "History of Chester", and in 1883, "History of the Bench and Bar of Philadelphia", both ranking among the most carefully prepared and reliable local historical works of their time. Besides the works above enumerated Mr. Martin compiled and edited many papers in history, genealogy, marine insurance, etc. He was for a time treasurer of the Philadelphia Law Academy, and was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, the Delaware County Historical Society, and of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution. During the Civil War, Mr. Martin was captain of an Independent Artillery Company. He died in Philadelphia, April 7, 1906.
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