Martin, Jacob T.
Primary Name: Martin, Jacob T.
Filed as: martin_jacob_t
Also known as: Captain Jacob T. Martin; Capt. J. T. Martin
Occupation / Association: Charter member and first president, Pioneers of Alaska Juneau Men’s Igloo 6; steamboat pilot; Deputy U.S. Marshal; Juneau City Marshal
Born: October 15, 1842, South Bend, Indiana
Died: January 3, 1935, Pasadena, California
Parents:
Spouse: Sadie M. Shepherd
Children: Roland H. Martin
Associated places: South Bend, Indiana; Elko, Nevada; Sitka, Alaska; Treadwell, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Pasadena, California
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Biography
Captain Jacob T. Martin was a charter member and the first president of the Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Men’s Igloo 6. He also served additional terms as Igloo President in 1916 and 1917.
Martin was born in South Bend, Indiana, on October 15, 1842.
He married Sadie M. Shepherd in Elko, Nevada, on December 6, 1875. Their son, Roland H. Martin, was born in November 1888.
The family moved to Sitka on April 13, 1885. They lived in Treadwell from 1885 to 1890, then relocated to Juneau.
Martin worked as a steamboat pilot and later served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in 1896. He also served as Juneau City Marshal from 1911 to 1914.
He died in Pasadena, California, on January 3, 1935.
News of Captain Martin’s death reached the 1915 Pioneers of Alaska, Juneau Igloo, President Charles E. Naghel, by letter from E. R. Jaeger of Pasadena, California. According to Jaeger, the aged pioneer had shown signs of failing when Jaeger visited him on New Year’s Day.
Sources
Alaska Press, January 25, 1935; Biographies of Alaska-Yukon Pioneers 1850–1950, Volume 5, p. 179, Ed Ferrell, May 1, 2004; Pioneers of Alaska Men’s Igloo 6 Biographical Sketch
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