William O'Hara Martin (September 9, 1845 – September 14, 1901) was an

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merchant and banker from

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who spent four years as a Republican member of the

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from Ormsby County (1877-1881)W.O.H. Martin in Nevada legislative database
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. He and wife Louise Stadtmuller Martin had seven children, of whom suffragist

Anne Henrietta Martin Anne Henrietta Martin (September 30, 1875 – April 15, 1951) (pseudonym, Anne O'Hara; nickname, Little Governor Anne) was a suffragist, pacifist, and author from the state of Nevada. Her main achievement was taking charge of the state legislatio ...

was the second.

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