T. R. MARTIN, WATERBURY
Superintendent
Waterbury Brass Company.
Thomas Richards Martin was born in New York City, April 27, 1839, and received a common school education. He was advanced from the bench to his present position in 1881. He was a member of the council board in Waterburyfrom 1883 until 1889, and has since been a member of the board of aldermen. He has also been a police commissioner since 1884, and is a popular public official.
In politics Alderman Martin is a republican. He served with merit during the war, advancing from the ranks to the captaincy of Company D, Fifth New York Volunteers. He enlisted as a member of Company D of this regiment in April, 1861, the command being known as Duryee’s Zouaves, and was mustered out in 1863 on account of expiration of term of service. Since the age of thirteen years Superintendent Martin has been dependent upon his own energies for success. He has resided at Haverstraw. N.Y., Rahway, N.J., Brooklyn, New York city, and Philadelphia, being in the latter city from 1870 until 1874. For the past sixteen years he has lived in Waterbury. He is connected with the Episcopal church, and is a member of the order of Odd Fellows in Waterbury.
His family consists of a wife and two daughters. The former was Martha M. Freeman prior to her marriage with Commissioner Martin.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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