SIDNEY C. MARTIN, M. D., who has been engaged in the practice of
medicine and surgery at Anna, Illinois, for more than a quarter of a
century, is one of the leading members of the profession in Southern
Illinois, and has also identified himself with business and public life. Dr.
Martin was born in Union county, January 10, 1851, and is a son of Samuel
and Matilda (McElhaney) Martin, both families having located in Union county
at an early day.
Samuel Martin was born in Jackson county, Alabama, in 1824, and was six
years of age when brought to Union county by his parents, who located on a
farm about five miles east of Anna, and in 1851 they moved to Port Worth,
Texas, where they died. He grew to manhood on the old homestead, and spent
his life in farming, becoming one of the leading agriculturists of his day
and serving as county treasurer and assessor for five years. His wife was
born in Jonesboro, Illinois, in 1827, her parents having settled in Union
county ten years previous to that time, and owned a farm where the town of
Jonesboro now stands. Samuel Martin died at Anna in 1898. The youth of
Sidney C. Martin was spent much the same as other farmers' boys, and his
preliminary education was secured in the common schools. After three years'
study in the medical department of the Northwestern University, Chicago, he
was graduated in 1884 and at once settled in Anna, where he formed a
partnership with Dr. J. I. Hale, with whom he continued to be associated
until 1909. Dr. E. V. Hale, son of the elder Hale, was admitted to the firm
in 1897, and on the dissolution of partnership in 1909, the younger member
and Mr. Martin formed a connection that has lasted to the present time. Dr.
Martin is recognized as one of the eminent members of the Union county
medical profession, and for some years acted as president of the Union
County Medical Society. He also belongs to the Illinois, Southern Illinois
and American organizations, and is now serving in the office of health
official, a position which he has held on several previous occasions. Dr.
Martin adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and for fifteen
years has served very acceptably as a member of the school board. The
greater part of his time and attention have been given to his extensive
practice, but he has also found time to identify himself with several large
business enterprises, being at present the president of the Anna Lumber
Company, a director in the First National Bank of Anna, and a stockholder in
the Anna Building and Loan Association and the Union Fruit Package Company.
He is a popular member of the Commercial Club, and belongs to Anna Blue
Lodge No. 520, A. F. & A. M., in which he has held several offices.
In 1892, Dr. Martin was married to Miss Minnie Boettner, of Jonesboro,
Illinois, daughter of J. C. and Julia Boettner, and one daughter was born to
this union: Esther, born in 1895, who resides at home and is now a student
in the Union Academy. A close student, a careful observer, full of energy
and possessed of executive ability, Dr. Martin has attained a high position
in his profession, while the extensive nature of the various enterprises
with which he has been connected has given him a prominent standing in the
business world of Union county.
Extracted from 1912 A History of Southern Illinois, volume 2, page 654.
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