BIOGRAPHY: Andrew Parker MARTIN, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 501-502.

  ANDREW PARKER MARTIN, deceased, formerly of Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., 
was a son of Dr. Robert and Margaret (Jacobs) Martin.  Robert Martin, M. D., was 
a descendant of a Scotch-Irish family.  After receiving his literary education 
in Mifflin county, he became a student of medicine, and was graduated with 
honors from the University of New York.  His name is recorded among those of the 
members of the earliest medical society of Mifflin county, where his 
professional life began and ended.  During the boyhood of his second son, Andrew 
P., he took up his residence in Lewistown, where he opened a drug store, and 
managed it in connection with his practise during the remainder of his life.  He 
was a careful and conscientious reader of professional literature, keeping up 
with the progress of medical science.  His courteous and kindly manner inspired 
his patients with confidence, and was a powerful factor in his success.  Dr. 
Martin was a member of the Presbyterian church.  His family consisted of three 
children:  Samuel W.;  Andrew Parker;  and Mary, who died in early life.  Samuel 
W. Martin, the elder son, was educated in the common schools of Mifflin county 
and the academy at Lewistown.  He then took the full course and graduated at the 
college of Pharmacy, in Philadelphia, Pa.  He began business as a pharmacist in 
Harrisburg, Pa., and afterwards removed to Cleveland, O.  His thorough knowledge 
of chemistry gives him prominence in his line of business.  Dr. Martin died some 
years ago;  his wife still survives him.
  Being a young child at the time of the removal to Lewistown, Andrew P. Martin 
was educated in the public schools and at the academy of that borough.  He 
afterwards completed his course of study in Philadelphia;  but meeting with an 
accident, he was obliged in consequence to remain at home, and accordingly began 
business as a druggist in his father's store.  He became well known as a 
competent pharmacist, besides being universally esteemed for his obliging and 
affable manners.  He took an interest in the affairs of the borough, and was 
liberal in promoting schemes for municipal or social improvement.  Mr. Martin 
was an earnest advocate of fraternal societies, and was himself an active member 
of the Knights of Malta, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Golden Eagle, and 
Patriotic Sons of America.  His politics were Democratic.
  Andrew Parker Martin was married, September 27, 1870, to Lavinia B., daughter 
of Henry and Anna (Williams) Hausburg.  Their children are:  Mary Jacobs;  and 
Bessie Lavinia, deceased.  Mary Jacobs Martin was married to Samuel R. Russell, 
of Shamokin, Pa., June 8, 1890.  Mr. Russell is a cashier of the Guarantee Trust 
and Safe Deposit Company, of Shamokin.  Their daughter, Lavinia Mayer, was born 
April 17, 1891.  Mr. Martin died February 8, 1894;  his death was lamented not 
only by his friends, but by a large circle of acquaintances.
  Henry Hausburg, father of Mrs. Martin, was of German parentage.  He was 
extensively engaged in the manufacture of furniture in Philadelphia, and was 
well known in the trade generally.  Both he and his wife are deceased.  Their 
children are:  Lavinia B. (Mrs. Martin);  Taylor, died in early childhood;  
Elizabeth (Mrs. John Bennett), of Philadelphia;  Peter, who married Hannah 
Buchanan;  Winfield Scott, married first Josephine McDowell, of Philadelphia, 
and after her death, Julia Kelley;  Clara (Mrs. H. A. Webb), of Philadelphia;  
Anna (Mrs. Thomas D. Parker), of Tyrone, Pa.;  Harry D., of Philadelphia, 
married Emma Hoover;  Adelaide, married Dr. C. F. Goodno, who died at Newcastle, 
Col., and she resides at Tyrone;  Samuel;  Eliza (Mrs. Benjamin Glover), of 
Delaware county, Pa.