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EDMUND MARTIN, dealer in fine horses, Ripley. Among the shrewd, enterprising and successful business men of Brown County, Edmund Martin stands prominently to the front. He is a native of the county, was born in 1837, and is a son of Edmund Martin, Sr., who was a horseman of considerable note, and who at the age of about twenty-eight years, began dealing in horses, which he shipped to the New Orleans market. He was successful in his dealings, and was a man noted for promptness in meeting and discharging his obligations. He accumulated a good property, which consisted of 470 acres of excellent land, now owned by his children, who are well-to-do and respected citizens; courteous in his deportment and of pleasing, affable manners, he made many friends. The boyhood of Edmund, Jr., was passed upon the farm, and having a love for horses, he early in life began dealing in the equine species, and has sent a number of cargoes to the New Orleans market, and thousands of head to the Boston and New York markets. His superior judgment of horses is recognized by dealers and others in want of good animals and his recommendations are always accepted. In 1857, he received the endorsements of a number of the officials of the State, from the Governor down, recommending him to the British Government as an infallible judge of horses, and a man in every way honorable and responsible. In support of this document, he, in 1857, shipped a cargo of horses to England, and accompanied the same in person. This movement was influenced by the “Empire Horse Association” to encourage Mr. Martin to put American horses on the English market, to supply the armies of Russia and Turkey then at war. To Boston he has shipped on an average 350 horses per year, and has sent many lots to Baltimore, Albany and Buffalo. He is a gentleman of commanding personal appearance, and his extensive intercourse with the world has given a quiet dignity and ease of manners that is singularly marked in him, his urbanity and high social qualities make him a most pleasing companion, whose presence is always sought by his innumerable friends. In 1862, he was married to Miss Catherine, the accomplished daughter of Robert Stephenson, by whom he has had seven children living, viz., Minnie, Fannie, Katie, Edmund, Berna, one unnamed and Eva, deceased. Mr. Martin owns 200 acres of finely improved land on which he resides.