J3 Martin Luther Horine, born May 25, 1860 in Burkittsville, Md; died 1944 in Burkittsville, Md. He married Mary E. Hightmann. Martin Luther was a merchant of Burkittsville; attended Gettysburg College and Burkittsville Seminary.

MARTIN LUTHER HORINE, a prominent merchant of Burkittsville, was born on his father's farm, two miles east of that town, on May 25, 1860, and is a son of Ezra S. and Eliza (House) Horine. His education was begun in the public schools of his district, after which he attended the Burkittsville Seminary, and also took a course at a Pennsylvania college, Gettysburg, Pa.; he was a student until he reached the age of twenty-one years. He remained on homestead until 1866, when he became a resident of Burkittsville; here he began mercantile business, in the Seminary building. Some time later, he removed to his present location, a few doors distant from the Seminary. Mr. Horine has been very successful; he began in a very modest way and new has the largest store in this part of the valley, carrying a stock worth $5,000.

Martin L. Horine married Miss Mary E., daughter of Johm and Mary E. (Bear) Hightmann, whose father now resides in Washington County. He is a member of the Luthern Church, which he has for some time served as elder. In politics, he is a stanch Republican.

Source: History of Frederick County Maryland, T. J. C. Williams and Folger McKinsey, 1910.