Background
Mertins, Marshall Louis was born on December 7, 1885 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Henry and Mary E. (Koger) Mertins.
Mertins, Marshall Louis was born on December 7, 1885 in Jackson County, Missouri, United States. Son of Carl Henry and Mary E. (Koger) Mertins.
Student Kansas City Seminary, 1906-1907. Student William Jewell College, 1905-1910, Doctor of Laws, 1939.
Ordained to ministry Baptist Church, 1906. Organizer, pastor Swope Park Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1911-1915. Pastor 1st Church, Nevada, Missouri, 1915-1916.
Chautauqua and lyceum lecturer, 1910-1926. Columnist, radio commentator, 1926-1956. Lecturer world literature Valley College, San Bernardino, California, 1956-1963.
Director Progressive-Commonwealth Federation.
Member California Writers Guild (founder 1932. Member Executive Board. Member Mystic Order Pyramids (supreme council).
Clubs: E. Clampus Vitus, P.E.N. (president Los Angeles chapter 1965-1966), Beloved Vagabonds.
Married Lena Lee Holman, September 28, 1907.; married second, Esther Pedersen Erickson, May 12, 1939. Children: Blanche (Mistress Louis Garcia), Virginia Lee (Mistress Lee McIntosh), Sara (Mistress Malcolm Dewees), Louis II.