Hortense Lorene Houston and Alton Gordon Martin

HORTENSE LORENE HOUSTON, daughter of TABITHA KIMBALL and SAMUEL DEXTER HOUSTON, was born April 8, 1863,⁴⁷¹⁸ and died December 6, 1948 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.^{456, 6734} She is buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

She married ALTON GORDON MARTIN on May 10, 1892 in Lyndon, Osage, Kansas.⁴⁶⁹⁴ He was born February 15, 1867 in Indiana,⁴⁵⁶ and died January 8, 1940 in Miami Baptist Hospital, Ottawa County, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶ He is buried in Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶

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  • Samuel Houston Descendant Report (Ancestor of Hortense L. Houston)

Children of HORTENSE LORENE HOUSTON and ALTON GORDON MARTIN:

1. CLARENCE E. MARTIN, b. May 23, 1893;⁴⁵⁶ d. February 11, 1910;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶
2. NELLIE MAY MARTIN, b. March 31, 1895, Oklahoma;⁴⁵⁶ m. WALTER ROBERT SCUDDER on October 2, 1917 in Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma^{456, 6738}; d. October 18, 1976, Okmulgee, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶
3. BENJAMIN HOUSTON MARTIN, b. August 8, 1896;⁴⁵⁶ m. NINA HELEN SCHEHRER; d. April 19, 1971;⁴⁵⁶ bur. Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma.⁴⁵⁶
4. BLANCHE LOUELLA MARTIN, b. June 18, 1901, Miami, Ottawa, Oklahoma;^{6735, 456} m. (1) HOMER GLASS on October 23, 1916 in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma⁶⁷³⁸, m. (2) FRANK MERIDETH SHEPHERD on September 16, 1928 in Archer County, Texas⁶⁷³⁹; d. August 15, 1942, Denver, Colorado.⁶⁷³⁵

• Alton Gordon Martin was a member of the Methodist Church. ⁶⁷³⁰

Miami Daily News-Record, January 8, 1940⁶⁷³⁰

STROKE FATAL TO A. G. MARTIN

Pioneer Business Man, Member of First Legislature, Dies at 72

A. G. Martin, pioneer Miami business man and a member of the First Legislature, died at 8:30 o'clock this morning after suffering a stroke about noon Sunday. He was 72 years old. He died at Miami Baptist hospital.

Martin, widely-known in former years in Democratic party circles, resided for many years at 130 D street southwest. He had been engaged in the harness, hardware and shoe repair business on South Main street since 1890.

Martin represented Ottawa county as a member of the lower House of the first Legislature. He was affiliated with the I. O. O. F. lodge and held membership in the Methodist church.

Under the administration of former Gov. William H. Murray, the Miamian served four years as district game warden.

Surviving are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. W. R. Scudder of Okmulgee and Mrs. Blanch Shepard of Los Angeles; a son, Ben Martin of Miami; a brother, Ralph Martin of Columbus, Kas., and a sister, Grace Gongany of Seattle.

Funeral arrangements are incomplete. The Lane Funeral home is in charge.

Miami Daily News-Record, December 6, 1948⁶⁷³⁴

Widow of Former Mayor Dies Here

Mrs. Hortense Lorene Martin, 75-year-old widow of the late a. G. Martin, former Miami mayor and legislator from this county, died at 6 a. m. today at her home, 130 D street southwest. In ill health the last two years, Mrs. Martin had lived here for the last half century.

Her husband, A. G. Martin, died here in 1940. He was Ottawa county's first member of the state House of Representatives and served as Miami's mayor, then game warden for the area for many years.

Mrs. Martin's survivors include a son, Ben H. Martin, 321 A street southeast, and a daughter, Mrs. Walter Scudder of Okmulgee.

Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Goodson-Durnil Funeral home of Miami.