Judge Preston Martin

   Another name for Preston was Pet.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Cemetery: City Greenwood Cemetery: Weatherford, Parker CO, TX. ³

• Occupation: Lawyer.

• Census: Parker Co, TX - 1880 Federal Census, 2 Jun 1880, Parker CO, TX. ⁴ Not Stated, Dist 139, Page 2, Stamped Pg 458

• Census: Parker Co, TX - 1900 Federal Census, 11 Jun 1900, Parker CO, TX. ⁵ Weatherford Ward 3, Dist 67, Sheet 14B, Stamped Pg 81

• Residence, 1907, Weatherford, Parker CO, TX. 33. 414 West Lee (1893)
Baker/Martin Home
Originally built by J. D. Baker of the Baker Poston Dry Goods Company, Broadway star, Mary Martin, was born in this house in 1913. The second story was added in 1907 when Mary’s father, Preston Martin, bought the house. Notice the large sun porch on the second floor over the Porte cache. The Martin’s sold this property in 1924 when they moved to 314 West Oak.

• Census: Parker Co, TX - 1910 Federal Census, 26 Apr 1910, Parker CO, TX. ⁶ Weatherford Ward 3, Dist 68, Sheet 11B, Stamped Pg 81

• Census: Parker Co, TX - 1920 Federal Census, 29 Jan 1920, Parker CO, TX. ⁷ Weatherford Ward 3, Dist 63, Sheet 12A, Stamped Pg 100

• Residence: Home, 1924, Weatherford, Parker CO, TX. 36. 314 West Oak (c. 1918)
(Davis-Martin Home)
Originally built for Will Davis, a Weatherford banker, the home was later purchased in 1924 by Preston Martin, father of famous Broadway star, Mary Martin. This was the childhood home of Broadway star Mary Martin and also her son, Larry Hagman, at a later date. The exterior of this home has Italian and American influences and is constructed of cast concrete with thirteen inch thick walls. Legend has it that Mary hid her diary in a planter box out of the second floor window of her bedroom

Preston married Juanita Pressley on 10 Aug 1899 in Fort Worth, Tarrant CO, TX.¹ (Juanita Pressley was born on 27 May 1878 in TX ⁸ and died on 9 Aug 1944 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles CO, CA ⁸.)