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Source:
Franklin County
at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century
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Historical Record of its Development, Resources,
Industries, Institutions, and Inhabitants
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With Illustrations of Public Institutions, Portraits of Pioneers,
and Well Known People of Today.
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Including Biographical Sketches of the County's Foremost Citizens
Compiled and Published by the
Historical Publishing Company
Columbus, Ohio
1901
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CHARLES
RICHARDSON MARTENS. Of the Franklin county citizens who have
achieved prominence in commercial life in the Capital City, a well-known
merchant is found in Charles Richardson Martens, of the firm of
Powland, Morehouse & Martens, of the Home Dry Goods House, located at Nos.
134-136 South High Street.
Mr. Martens was born on Apr. 4, 1860, son of
Alice Richardson and David Miller Martens, the latter a well-known
clergyman, to which profession he added the vocation of proofreader. Their
family was comprised of four children, three sons and one daughter, all of whom
are living.
Charles R. Martens attended the village and his
district schools of his township up to his fourteenth year, when he came to
Columbus and secured employment in the music establishment of C. H. Walker &
Co., on North High street. After remaining there some years he moved
to Fredonia, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where he obtained a position in a
general merchandise store and continued there up to which time he has made this
his permanent abiding place. Shortly after his arrival here he became
employed with Weisman & Martens, an older brother being a member of the
firm, and he remained with them until 1883, when the firm was dissolved.
For a year or so following this Mr. Martens was a traveling salesman for
the Miller Oil Company of Columbus. He next engaged with the house of
Moler & Boland, with whom he was connected until 1888, when he purchased a
partnership interest in the firm of J. P. Weisman & Co. This he
retained until 1892, when, with his two colleagues, he organized the present
firm of Bowland, Morehouse & Martens. This, today is one of hte
largest and most prominent of hte representatives dry goods establishments of
the representative dry goods establishments of Columbus, and it controls a large
and influential trade.
On June 3, 18_4, Mr. Martens was married to
Emma Charlotte Wirth and two children have been born to them, both living
and beams of sunshine in the happy home of htis popularly known couple.
Mr. Martens is a member of the Arion Club, and
both in business and social life his standing is of the highest, most creditable
character.
Source:
Franklin County at the Beginning of
the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co.,
Columbus, Ohio - Page 300 |
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