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Charles Martin

Physician

Centurion, 1866–1891

Born 21 August 1822 in Schenectady, New York

Died 14 January 1892 in New York (Manhattan), New York

Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York

Proposed by Rufus G. Beardslee and Gilbert M. Speir

Elected 5 May 1866 at age forty-three

Archivist’s Note: While a U.S. Navy surgeon, he survived the sinking of USS Cumberland on 8 March 1862. Brother-in-law of Rufus G. Beardslee.