Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Martin akaberekerwa muTen Mile, Pennsylvania pana September 18, 1879. Akaenda kuzvikoro zvehurumende uye akapedza kudzidza paWaynesburg College muWaynesburg, Pennsylvania, muna 1901. Akadzidza mutemo, akabvumirwa kubhawa muna 1905 uye akatanga tsika muWaynesburg. Akashanda muHondo yeSpain neAmerica, muMuganhu weMexico Expedition
, uye muHondo Yenyika Yokutanga neYechipiri. Akanga ari burgess weEast Waynesburg kubva muna 1902 kusvika muna 1905, gweta reGreene County kubva muna 1908 kusvika muna 1910 uye zvakare kubva muna 1916 kusvika muna 1920. Akashanda somutariri mukuru wePennsylvania kubva muna 1925 kusvika muna 1929 uye mutarisiri wehurumende kubva muna 1929 kusvika muna 1933. Akatungamira Republican State Committee yePennsylvania kubva muna 1928 kusvika muna 1934. Akanga ari mukuru mukuru wePennsylvania kubva muna 1939 kusvika muna 1943, uye mutungamiri we28th Infantry Division kubva muna 1939 kusvika muna 1942. Akanga ariwo purezidhendi weNational Guard Association yeUnited States muna 1940. Akanga ane fariro dzebhizimisi dzakasiana-siana, kubatanidza inishuwarenzi yomwoto, oiri negasi, uye kubhengi.