Charles Martin was a son of Josiah Martin and Rachel, daughter of Titus Williams. He was born at Harvard, Delaware county, New York, November 12, 1818. He had a fair education and was well bred to farming. He came to the vicinity of Vienna in 1844. He married May 6, 1846, his cousin, Elizabeth, daughter of John Martin and Huldah Cornell. She was born at Mansfield, May 11, 1821; died November 11, 1850.
Mr. Martin married November 24, 1853, Caroline Matilda, daughter of Samuel Fowle and Harriet Ingraham. He came to Elkhorn and died March 4, 1906. Mrs. Martin was born April 21, 1834; died January 31, 1892. Of five children three died early. Delia is widow of Emory Williams. Helen is county superintendent of schools. Mr. Martin was an early member of the County Agricultural Society and was once its president. For many years he was superintendent of the Baptist Sunday school at Spring Prairie, once one of the best attended of any in the county. He was one who passed readily among men as an intelligent Christian gentleman.
From: Beckwith, A.C. (1912). History of Walworth County Wisconsin