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Martin, Edward, -1882

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1818 - 1882

Biographical History

Edward Martin (1818-1882) was a photographer in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Edward Martin was born November 18, 1818 in Lancashire, England. He was a 3rd corporal in Company C of the Battalion. He was ordained to the 24th Quorum of the Seventies in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 9, 1844. He worked as a painter in Salt Lake City and died August 1882.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Edward Martin papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 3300
Scope and Contents Photocopy and typescript of a letter from Martin to John Melling, dated April 9, 1849. Letter is also signed by a "John Case" or "John Cane." It mentions briefly the expulsion from Nauvoo and travel to Council Bluffs as well as his being enlisted into the Mormon Battalion. Details all the mileage of his journeys as a member of the Battalion and finally his release and entry into the Salt Lake Valley. Mentions the death and burial of his daughter Eliza Susannah. Also bears his testimony of...
Dates: 1849 April 9

Edward Martin photographs of women

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 292
Scope and Contents

Collection of two albumen cartes-de-visite photographs of women, Mrs. Pixton and Nellie Colebrook. Also includes a copy negative of a photograph of Edward Martin's studio and gallery. Dated approximately 1860-1889.

Dates: approximately 1860-1889