Governor Martin signing legislation to create Martin County, 1925

Governor John W. Martin, center, signing legislation bill creating Martin County, 30 May 1925.

Left to right, seated: John E. Taylor, Mabel Shuman, Lottie Wilt Pepper Martin, Governor Martin, Irene Young, Tom J. Campbell (PBC tax collector), and John W. Watson (Florida state senator, Miami).

Standing: Thomas H. Getzen, Samuel Wyche Getzen (member Florida legislature), Warner B. Tilton, Major William I. Shuman, Stuart Mayor Stanley Kitching, Jackson B. McDonald, Dr. Fons A. Hathaway (chairman of the state road dept.), and A.W. "Tony" Young (Florida state senator, Vero Beach and first mayor of Vero).

Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950).

Scan gift of Josephine Paradise and the Taylor-Ashley Agency.

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