T. C. Martin Elementary School Official Site

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We are glad that you are searching for real estate information on our site.  This information is located on a page that is not maintained by DMS Properties, LLC Residential Real Estate Services.  T. C. Martin Elementary School is located on Oliver Shop Road in the community of Bryantown, MD. 

The school is named for Thomas Carlyle (T.C.) Martin.  He served as Charles County Superintendent of Schools from 1951 to 1955. 

When his four-year term ended, the Board of Education did not reappoint him to a second term.  Several members of the community protested the Board’s decision.  A Pomonkey PTA member even threatened to force the Board to resign.  Despite the community’s efforts, the Board upheld its decision and Martin urged the community to support his successor and work to develop the best possible school system.

Martin was born on April, 13, 1896, in Independence, Virginia.  His education career began in the 1920s at Buffalo High School in West Virginia.  In 1924 he became principal of Sardia High School, located in West Virginia.  He later served as principal of Brandywine High School and Hughesville Elementary School in Maryland.

Martin married his first wife, Rae Glover, in 1922.  She was a teacher in Morgantown, West Virginia.  After Glover’s death in 1955, Martin married his second wife, Ola Murray.  She was a teacher from Beaverdam, Virginia.  Martin had no children of his own, but all children were his top priority.  Those who remember him say he personally drove a handicapped polio victim to school each day and gave shoes and money to impoverished children.  T. C. Martin died on October 6, 1977, at the age of 81.