MARTIN, C. L. - 1896
C.L. Martin
Source: Daily Banner Times, Putnam County, Indiana Jan 4, 1896
The arrangements for the funeral of the late C.L. Martin have been completed. Short services will be held at the family residence 210 West Liberty Street tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. At the close of these exercises the funeral party will take carriages and drive to Cloverdale where the interment will be made. The Knights of Pythias will carry out their ritual and the lodge member will meet at their room s tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. It is requested that the knights be prompt. The active pall bearers as chosen are: WL Denman; JL Randel; PO Colliver; EB Evans; CB Case and HM Smith. There will be a list of honorary pall bearers. Quite a number of people will go to Cloverdale and attest their respects to the distinguished dead. Negotiations were pending all morning for a special train, but terms could not be agreed upon, and the trip to Cloverdale will be made in carriages. - kbz
Source: Daily Banner Times, Greencastle, Indiana Jan 6, 1896
The funeral services over the late CL Martin were held at the family residence at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. At that hour the house was filled with friends of the family and member of the K of P Lodge, the latter parties having a room reserved. Miss Estella Grubb sang Flee as a Bird and Some Sweet Day and Misses Grubb and Mathers sang a duett. The selections were beautiful and appropriate. Eld. AH Morris read a scripture lesson and offered prayer after which the friends were dismissed and the funeral party formed for the drive to Cloverdale. The Knights of Pythias formed an escort and marched to the city limits where they bid farewell to the mortal remains of their brother. THe pall bearers' wagon contained CB Case; HM Smith; PO Coliver; JL Randel; FL Landes; EB Evans and WL Denman who all being Knights of Pythias, gave the beautiful burial ritual of the order at the grave. In this they were assisted by the Cloverdale Lodge K of P which body met the procession at the town limits of Cloverdale and acted as an escort to the cemetery. The relatives of the deceased and the pall bearers took dinner at Cloverdale returning in the afternoon. The extreme cold weather kept many from going who other wise would have attended. The remains of the deceased were interred within sight of the spot where he was born. - kbz
Source: Greencastle Star Press, 4 Jan 1896 p 1
On Friday night Capt. H. B. Martin received telegrams from a physician of Orlando, Florida, stating that liis son, Charles L. Martin, was dying, and he made instant arrangement to proceed to his bedside. After he had started on his southern journey a telegram was received here, announcing that Charles had died at 8:30 o’clock p. m., of Dec. 27, and the telegram was forwarded that it might reach Capt. Martin while enroute. The death of Charles L. Martin is a great bereavement to the family and has caused much sorrow to his wide circle of friends, more especially as the belief was general when he left this city for the South a few weeks ago that a winter passed in the warm and balmy climate of Florida would give back to him his old-time health and vigor. Mr. Martin’s fatal sickness had its origin in a severe attack of typhoid fever some months ago; his convalescence was slow and incomplete, and left with him a throat and lung trouble which held on most tenaciously. It was relief and cure of this ailment that prompted his trip to the South. The change of climate did not prove beneficial; damp, rainy, chilly weather was the rule, instead of the bright sunshine and health-giving breezes expected. Mr. Martin was in the 32d year of his age, and from early manhood had been constantly employed in newspaper work, which was his chosen avocation, and for which he was finely equipped by reason of talent, both natural and acquired; in reportorial and editorial writing he had earned and received that high commendation that carried with it sincerity and indorsement. The loss of such a one—one who had within him that which was calculated to be of benefit to his fellow men is cause for more than ordinary sorrow; sorrow that words fail to fully express. He has gone to his reward, but his works will live after him, and his life has not been in vain. We extend sympathy to the stricken family, in this their great bereavement; may they find solace and comfort for the loss of their son and brother, in the knowledge that though his earthly pilgrimage is ended, his journalistic -cork has left an impression for good on those that come after him. ---kbz
Source: Greencastle Star 4 Jan 1896 p 8
The remains of Charles Martin, deceased arrived here from Florida on Thursday night via the Big Four and were taken to the family residence. Arrangement for the funeral as announced as we go to press is that s hort service will be held at the house on Sunday morning and at 9 o’clock the remains will be taken to Cloverdale for burial in the cemetery there – the funeral will be in charge of Eagle Lodge # ---kbz