The History of Hendricks County (Chicago: Interstate Publishing, 1885)--Liberty Township, page 645
Frank H. Martin, hardware merchant and dealer in agricultural implements, Clayton, Ind., is a native of Hendricks County, born Oct. 7, 1860, the eldest son of J.F. and Julia A. (Hunt) Martin, his father a native of Kentucky and his mother of Indiana. He spent his youth on his father's farm, receiving his early education in the district schools and later attending the Danville Normal School a year. After leaving school he engaged in the dry-goods business in Clayton a year, and in 1883 became established in his present business, locating on the west side of the square. His is the only exclusive hardware store in Clayton, and he has built up a good trade. He is a young man of strict business integrity and his close attention to his pursuits and fair dealing have won him many friends. He was married in 1883 to Laura V., daughter of Thomas A. Borders, of Hendricks County.