NORTHWESTERN IOWA ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION VOLUME II 1804-1926 J. T. MARTIN Among the men who are contributing to the prosperity and commercial welfare of Sioux City stands Jules T. Martin, vice-president of the T. S. Martin Company, which owns one of the leading business houses of this city. From young manhood he has devoted himself to this business and takes a justifiable pride in the concern of which he is an official member. Mr. Martin was born in Sioux City, on the 20th of July, 1889, and is a son of Thomas Samuel Martin, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, and who was the founder of the great business which now bears his name. Jules T. Martin attended the public schools of Sioux City, and the Tome Preparatory School, at Port Deposit, Maryland. He then spent two years in the University of Wisconsin, following which he returned home and was admitted to the firm of T. S. Martin & Company. In January, 1915, he was made a director and secretary-treasurer of the company, and on August 19, 1915, he became vice president, which position he still holds. He thoroughly understands every phase of the department store business and in a large measure has been responsible for the wonderful growth of the business. In 1917 Mr. Martin was married to Miss Jessie Marguerite Reid, of Brimingham, Michigan, and they are the parents of a daughter, Margaret Ann. Mr. Martin is a member of Sioux City Lodge No. 112, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Sioux City County Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic church. Personally he is a man of forceful individuality, possessing to a marked degree those attributes which commend a man to the favor of his fellowmen, and he is active and influential in affairs affecting the welfare and progress of his city and community. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/