Martien (pronounced MAR TEEN) first won a special election to choose a successor to Snyder and then secured full terms in 1908, 1912, and 1916.
Early in 1885, Samuel Martien married Ella Jane Hopkins in Acadia Parish in South Louisiana.
The junior Martien's mother was the former Mabel Rowan, a native of Newellton in northern Tensas Parish.
[8] Rosemary later married the late Jim Simrall; Norman, Jr., subsequently wed Helen S. Martien and acquired a stepson.
[11] Another great-grandson, Samuel Winter Martien (born c. 1946), resides in Pineville in Rapides Parish, Louisiana.