MARTIN, J. E., Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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J. E. MARTIN, LAFAYETTE.--Mr. Martin is a native of Lafayette parish, born
1859.  He is the son of F. and Ellen (Eastin) Martin, both natives of
Louisiana.  His father held the office of sheriff and tax collector for many
years.  Both parents died in 1883.

Our subject was reared and educated in Lafayette.  He took a three years'
course in St. Charles College, Grand Coteau, Louisiana, and began business
life in Lafayette, as clerk in a general mercantile establishment,
subsequently working two years in the custom house of New Orleans; and in 1881
began business where he is now located as general merchant.  In this
undertaking he has been very successful.  He married, in 1886, Miss Julie,
daughter of F. Bourges, of Lafayette.  Mr. Martin was for a time treasurer of
the parish.  He and wife are Catholics. 

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 244. 
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.