Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Martin ki Ten Mile, Pennsylvania i te 18 o Mahuru, 1879. I haere ia ki nga kura a te iwi, ka mutu i te Whare Wananga o Waynesburg i Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, i te tau 1901. I ako ia i te ture, i whakaaetia ia ki te kaari i te tau 1905 ka tiimata te mahi i Waynesburg. I mahi ia i te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika, i te
Ko te Whakataunga Taitapa o Mexico, i te Pakanga Tuatahi me te Tuarua o te Ao. Ko ia he burgess o Te Tai Rāwhiti o Waynesburg mai i te 1902 ki te 1905, he kaitohutohu o Greene County mai i te 1908 ki te 1910 me te 1916 ki te 1920. I mahi ia hei kaitiaki kaute o Pennsylvania mai i te 1925 ki te 1929 me te kaitiaki putea a te Kawanatanga mai i te 1929 ki te 1933. Ko ia te tumuaki o te Komiti a te Kawanatanga o Pennsylvania mai i te 1928 ki te 1934. Ko ia te kaihauturu o Pennsylvania mai i te 1939 ki te 1943, me te rangatira o te 28th Infantry Division mai i te 1939 ki te 1942. Ko ia hoki te perehitini o te National Guard Association o te United States i te tau 1940. He maha nga hiahia pakihi, tae atu ki te inihua ahi, hinu me te hau, me te peeke.