Lohr  is  much  interested  as  a  chicken  fancier  and  breeder,  being  proprietor  of  the
"Millside  Poultry  Yard."  He  has  exhibited  at  various  poultry  shows  with  great
success  and  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  arranging  and  conducting  to  a  successful
issue  the  late  popular  poultry  exhibit  at  Wayne.  January  28,  1874,  Mr.  Lohr  married
Sarah  Suggitt,  and  they  have  two  children:  Carl  W.  and  Myrtle  M.  Mr.  Lohr  is  a
member  of  the  Home  Forum  Benefit  Order,  and  has  always  been  a  Democrat,  alive
to  his  party's  interests.  He  is  one  of  the  more  progressive  business  men  of  Wayne;
is  careful  in  his  busiuess  matters  and  has  shown  capacity  to  successfully  handle  and
develop  an  important  industry.  He  takes  a  live  interest  in  the  schools  and  other
local  influences  for  good  and  is  ever  found  an  advocate  of  advanced  ideas,  improved
methods  and  modern  appliances;  whatever  finds  in  him  a  supporter  has  a  warm  and
enthusiastic  advocate.
Martin,  Albert,  was  born  May  20,  1847,  in  Washington,  county  of  Sussex,  England,
where  he  spent  his  boyhood  up  to  twenty-one  years.  In  1863  he  went  to  work  in  a
store,  where  he  remained  until  1868.  December  27,  1869,  he  married  Mary  H.  Gar-
ten of  Scredington,  Lincolnshire,  England.  Mr.  Martin  came  to  the  United  States
in  1873,  and  when  he  landed  in  New  York  had  less  than  $10  capital  to  work  on
among  a  strange  people.  But  with  a  strong  will  and  determination  made  some  sav-
ings, though  he  was  not  able  to  send  for  his  wife  and  three  children  for  two  years.
