Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904,
pp 624-625 [McCracken]

     CLARENCE M. MARTIN, a prosperous tobacconist of Paducah,
Kentucky, was born in Muhlenberg county, Kentucky, July 19, 1878. 
He is a son of Joseph R. Martin, of Paducah, and also a well known
tobacconist of Greenville and Louisville.  Joseph Martin is a native
of the same county and state as his son, and is a very prominent
business man in Paducah as well as the other cities mentioned.  The
Martin family originated the celebrated "Greenville Tobacco," and
has long been associated with the best tobacco interests of the
state.  The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary K.
Dennis, and was also born in Kentucky.
     Mr. C. M. Martin was reared in his native county, and was
educated at Greenville.  For his first business venture he acted as
cashier of the First National Bank of Greenville, but in 1899 he
located in Paducah, and since then has very successfully conducted a
tobacco business, being a heavy exporter of tobacco.
     In 1900 he was united in marriage with Louise S. Bordine, of
Henderson county, Kentucky.  In religious faith both Mr. and Mrs.
Martin are Methodists.  Politically he is a stanch Democrat and
stands high in the councils of his party.  The success which has
attended Mr. Martin from the first has been justly obtained through
earnest endeavor and the exercise of natural business ability.

Martin Dennis Bordine
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Muhlenberg-KY Henderson-KY

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