HENRY DESIRES MARTIN

Date of Birth: November 15, 1865
Place of Birth: Salisbury, CT
Date of Death: August 16, 1938
Place of Death: 5 Branch Street, Mansfield, MA in the parlor @ 5 Branch Street, angina
Place Buried: Village Cemetery, Shirley, MA

Date of Marriage: October 31, 1900
Place of Marriage: Dennysville, ME
Wife: Clara Cambridge 12/15/1875 - 10/17/1957

Children:
Son: Garland Cambridge Martin
Son: Glen Arlington Martin
Son: Prescott Henry Martin
Daughter: Christine Margaret Martin
Son: Clarence Lowell Martin

Brother: Theophlus Martin (Died in infancey Between 1862 and 1865 After marriage and before Henry Desires Martin was born)
Sister: Josephine Martin (died in infancy, no dates, buried Copake, NY)
Brother:  Henry Desires Martin (Nov. 15, 1865 - Aug. 16, 1938)
Sister: Mary Louise "May" Martin (June 15, 1869 - December 4, 1949)
Sister:  Phoeba Julia Martin (September 8, 1872 - February 3, 1931)
Sister: Alice Sarah Martin (October 23, 1878 - July 21, 1929)
Brother: Herbert Virgil Martin (September 16, 1874 - August 6, 1933)

Father's Full Name: Barththolomew Martin
Mother's Full Name: Mary Jaro (FR: Giroux)

Education, degrees, awards, organizations:

Notes:  He wrote a book on Cotton Manufacturing which was published by a Mr. Ranchodl Amratlal in India (Ahmedadab?)

Download: The Economic and Successful Management of Cotton Mills_1905 - Henry Desires Martin PDF

Download: Progress and Profit for Mill Men_1909 - Henry Desires Martin PDF

Notes: From Christine (Martin) Norris - Matches photo of Adams Mass Mill
Henry D. Martin, overseer of spinning, age 16
2nd from left, front row, holding his hat
North Adams, Ma.(?)
Papa known as "H.D." or H.D.M. in the cotton business
Dear, Dear Papa
Papa often helped me with decisions

Did all those little children work??(?) there???

Mamma could help me with any studies I had difficulty in

What great teachers she must have had up there in Maine where she first went to school.

Papa became The Cotton Mill Expert. Did much of his cotton work in Warren R.I. BIG MILL

Later nylon etc. came in and for a while (only, but quite a while cotton was "out"

One could hear the mill machinery, as I lived fairly near that big cotton mill. It wasn't anything we paid attention to

(top) But later Nylon cut into cotton trade

My 1st 4 grades in school. No busses

Notes:
Henry supported his mother, three younger sisters and brother from the age of 14. Learned cotton mill business from the ground up starting in Williamstown, Ma. This took him all over New England and the South. Outstanding cotton mill supt. of his day, author of books and magazine articles on cotton mill management. Devoted to church, work, music, lay speaking. Other great interest = his autos, starting with Maxwell in 1916. Short, of small build, and extremely energetic. Attended Bucksport Seminary, Bucksport, Me. Taught school around Dennysville, Me. Her (Clara Cambridge) interests were her home, children and church. Great love for Dennysville and her family there. Quiet, hardworking, modest. Henry was handsome, and Clara was beautiful.

Occupation(s): Cottonmill Supervisor

Residences: Various in MA and CT, GA, NC, INDIA

Last Know Address: 5 Branch Street, Mansfield, MA

2019-07-05