Word was received Saturday of the death on that day of John H. Martin, son of Mrs. Mattie Martin of Seattle and nephew of O. H. Greene and W. H. Martin of Ritzville. The death occurred at Camp Fremont, Cal., where he was stationed as a soldier of the U. S. army and was caused by influenza-pneumonia. John was very well known here. He was nearly twenty-five years of age, having been born in Ritzville when his parents resided in the rooms over the First National Bank. His father, who has been dead for many years, was cashier of that bank.

John attended public school at Ritzville and later was a student at Whitman College and at the University of Washington. He was for a time a chemist at the plant of the International Cement Co. near Spokane. About a year ago he enlisted in the army, being married just before he went into the service.

The funeral services will be held from the W. H. Martin home in Spokane tomorrow, and the burial will be made in the family plot there. The deceased is survived by his mother and by two sisters, Irma and Ruth.

The Journal-Times, Thursday, October 24, 1918 issue

There is a marriage certificate on file at the Washington State Archives website for John Henry Martin and Elsie Wilson dated May 24, 1917. Elsie is the daughter of A.J. Wilson and Edith Wilkinson.