Background
Martin was born and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of John Finley Dair Martin and Elizabeth "Lizzie" L. Brown, one of three children. His father moved the family to Minneapolis Minnesota about 1897.
Martin was born and grew up in Fargo, North Dakota, the son of John Finley Dair Martin and Elizabeth "Lizzie" L. Brown, one of three children. His father moved the family to Minneapolis Minnesota about 1897.
He made his living in Seattle, Washington, where he worked as an illustrator for the Seattle Times, and later in, where he worked as a commercial artist. He stayed in Seattle, reporting to the draft board that he was an artist for the Seattle Times in 1918. Cora died from tuberculosis 15 months later on 3 August 1917 in Spokane, Washington.
After Ellen"s death, Martin"s family life "fell apart" and he and a fellow artist, Jack Bechdolt, hit the road as "Soldiers of Fortune".
Martin eventually ended up in City, where he established himself again as an illustrator. The state eventually decided to "take June out of circumstances and sent her to the Hope Farm school" Verbank, New York, about 1927.
They never reunited. In 1930, Brown reported to the federal census that he was living as a roomer in, working as a commercial artist.
The death certificate there listed him as a sign painter.
One of his lasting legacies was his work as a member of the Seattle Cartoonists" Club, in the club"s book The Cartoon. A Reference Book of Seattle"s Successful Men.
