Martha Y. Bing was the daughter of John Bing and Elizabeth Clendennin.
Martha married twice:
1. William Cable, Jan. 12, 1829, Gallia Co., Ohio
William Cable died about 1845, in Athens Co., Ohio. A replacement marker installed in 1924 may have misread this death date as "1815," rather than 1845. Link included, but accuracy not verified.
2. Caleb Smart, Nov. 8, 1853, Athens Co., Ohio
Smart died in 1865, in Meigs Co., Ohio.
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Saturday, June 3, 1899
The youngest woman of her age in Ohio, lives in this city, at 260 Carroll street. Her name is Martha Y. Smart, widow of Caleb Smart, who has been dead nearly two score years
Mrs. Smart was born in Gallia county, in the southern part of the state, near the banks of the Ohio river, and she lacks but six years of being 100 years old. Her 94th birthday occurs Oct. 24.
She is a remarkably active woman for her age and every day finds her up in the early hours, moving about with a firm step and willing hands to assist in the household duties and taking care of a large, well-kept garden and doing other outdoor work.
"I love to work," said she, to a Beacon Journal reporter the other day. She said this with a smile as she came from her garden and showed the reporter to a chair in her commodious and beautiful home. She is living with her daughter, Mrs. Apphia B. Miller, widow of Henry Miller.
Mrs. Smart does not look to be 94 years old. Few people would place her age at over 75. Time has certainly dealt kindly with her, her only infirmities being poor eye sight, and she is somewhat deaf. "If I could only see and hear better," said she, "I would not feel my age quite so much."
Story of her Life
Seated in her easy chair, the remarkable old woman told the story of her life. It was brief but interesting. "I cannot understand why I should have been privileged to live to be so old," said she, "unless it is because I always worked hard from my childhood days. For a woman, I had many responsibilities and had to do much work. I was one of seven children. Mother died when I was 19 years old, and being the oldest of the children, and father being a cripple, the responsibility of home rested upon my shoulders."
"Our home was on a farm in Gallia county in the southern part of the state, and in those early days men worked much out of doors in helping to harvest the crops."
When asked how far back she could remember, she quickly answered, "Back to the time when I was 5 years old. I remember one incident that occurred when I was 5 years old quite vividly. I remember standing in the door of father's log house and hearing the booming of guns during a fight with the Indians and whites at Point Pleasant across the river in West Virginia."
"No, I have had very little sickness, but a great deal of exercise, and as I said before, I credit my age to hard work."
As Mrs. Smart said this, she was about ready to start on what to her was to be a very pleasant task, that of preparing the evening meal. This woman has seen the introduction of the world's greatest inventions. Almost a century of time has passed since the morning of her birth.
She has seen the passing of great events and the growth of a young, struggling nation to one of vast great wealth, great power and the leader of the nations of the world. She has no complaint to make, and as she is passing down into the valley of peace and rest, her face is illuminated by the faith of the cross. The past has left events both pleasant and sad, impressed on the memory—the future she fears not. Mrs. Smart is undoubtedly the oldest person living in Akron. There can be no doubt as to the correctness of her age as she has records which cannot be disputed.
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Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1900
Martha Y. Smart, probably the oldest woman in Akron, died today, of neuralgia and old age, after a long illness.
Mrs. Smart was the widow of Caleb Smart, and was 95 years of age. She had lived in Akron 30 years and was well-known to Akron citizens. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.B. Miller, 260 Carroll street, after an illness of four months.
Up to the time Mrs. Smart was first taken sick, she was a remarkably healthy and well-preserved woman for one so old. Her husband died several years ago. She leaves three children, only one of whom, Mrs. Miller, lives in this city.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter, Thursday, November 1. Interment at Glendale.
Martha married twice:
1. William Cable, Jan. 12, 1829, Gallia Co., Ohio
William Cable died about 1845, in Athens Co., Ohio. A replacement marker installed in 1924 may have misread this death date as "1815," rather than 1845. Link included, but accuracy not verified.
2. Caleb Smart, Nov. 8, 1853, Athens Co., Ohio
Smart died in 1865, in Meigs Co., Ohio.
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Saturday, June 3, 1899
The youngest woman of her age in Ohio, lives in this city, at 260 Carroll street. Her name is Martha Y. Smart, widow of Caleb Smart, who has been dead nearly two score years
Mrs. Smart was born in Gallia county, in the southern part of the state, near the banks of the Ohio river, and she lacks but six years of being 100 years old. Her 94th birthday occurs Oct. 24.
She is a remarkably active woman for her age and every day finds her up in the early hours, moving about with a firm step and willing hands to assist in the household duties and taking care of a large, well-kept garden and doing other outdoor work.
"I love to work," said she, to a Beacon Journal reporter the other day. She said this with a smile as she came from her garden and showed the reporter to a chair in her commodious and beautiful home. She is living with her daughter, Mrs. Apphia B. Miller, widow of Henry Miller.
Mrs. Smart does not look to be 94 years old. Few people would place her age at over 75. Time has certainly dealt kindly with her, her only infirmities being poor eye sight, and she is somewhat deaf. "If I could only see and hear better," said she, "I would not feel my age quite so much."
Story of her Life
Seated in her easy chair, the remarkable old woman told the story of her life. It was brief but interesting. "I cannot understand why I should have been privileged to live to be so old," said she, "unless it is because I always worked hard from my childhood days. For a woman, I had many responsibilities and had to do much work. I was one of seven children. Mother died when I was 19 years old, and being the oldest of the children, and father being a cripple, the responsibility of home rested upon my shoulders."
"Our home was on a farm in Gallia county in the southern part of the state, and in those early days men worked much out of doors in helping to harvest the crops."
When asked how far back she could remember, she quickly answered, "Back to the time when I was 5 years old. I remember one incident that occurred when I was 5 years old quite vividly. I remember standing in the door of father's log house and hearing the booming of guns during a fight with the Indians and whites at Point Pleasant across the river in West Virginia."
"No, I have had very little sickness, but a great deal of exercise, and as I said before, I credit my age to hard work."
As Mrs. Smart said this, she was about ready to start on what to her was to be a very pleasant task, that of preparing the evening meal. This woman has seen the introduction of the world's greatest inventions. Almost a century of time has passed since the morning of her birth.
She has seen the passing of great events and the growth of a young, struggling nation to one of vast great wealth, great power and the leader of the nations of the world. She has no complaint to make, and as she is passing down into the valley of peace and rest, her face is illuminated by the faith of the cross. The past has left events both pleasant and sad, impressed on the memory—the future she fears not. Mrs. Smart is undoubtedly the oldest person living in Akron. There can be no doubt as to the correctness of her age as she has records which cannot be disputed.
***
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1900
Martha Y. Smart, probably the oldest woman in Akron, died today, of neuralgia and old age, after a long illness.
Mrs. Smart was the widow of Caleb Smart, and was 95 years of age. She had lived in Akron 30 years and was well-known to Akron citizens. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.B. Miller, 260 Carroll street, after an illness of four months.
Up to the time Mrs. Smart was first taken sick, she was a remarkably healthy and well-preserved woman for one so old. Her husband died several years ago. She leaves three children, only one of whom, Mrs. Miller, lives in this city.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter, Thursday, November 1. Interment at Glendale.
Martha Y. Bing was the daughter of John Bing and Elizabeth Clendennin.
Martha married twice:
1. William Cable, Jan. 12, 1829, Gallia Co., Ohio
William Cable died about 1845, in Athens Co., Ohio. A replacement marker installed in 1924 may have misread this death date as "1815," rather than 1845. Link included, but accuracy not verified.
2. Caleb Smart, Nov. 8, 1853, Athens Co., Ohio
Smart died in 1865, in Meigs Co., Ohio.
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Saturday, June 3, 1899
The youngest woman of her age in Ohio, lives in this city, at 260 Carroll street. Her name is Martha Y. Smart, widow of Caleb Smart, who has been dead nearly two score years
Mrs. Smart was born in Gallia county, in the southern part of the state, near the banks of the Ohio river, and she lacks but six years of being 100 years old. Her 94th birthday occurs Oct. 24.
She is a remarkably active woman for her age and every day finds her up in the early hours, moving about with a firm step and willing hands to assist in the household duties and taking care of a large, well-kept garden and doing other outdoor work.
"I love to work," said she, to a Beacon Journal reporter the other day. She said this with a smile as she came from her garden and showed the reporter to a chair in her commodious and beautiful home. She is living with her daughter, Mrs. Apphia B. Miller, widow of Henry Miller.
Mrs. Smart does not look to be 94 years old. Few people would place her age at over 75. Time has certainly dealt kindly with her, her only infirmities being poor eye sight, and she is somewhat deaf. "If I could only see and hear better," said she, "I would not feel my age quite so much."
Story of her Life
Seated in her easy chair, the remarkable old woman told the story of her life. It was brief but interesting. "I cannot understand why I should have been privileged to live to be so old," said she, "unless it is because I always worked hard from my childhood days. For a woman, I had many responsibilities and had to do much work. I was one of seven children. Mother died when I was 19 years old, and being the oldest of the children, and father being a cripple, the responsibility of home rested upon my shoulders."
"Our home was on a farm in Gallia county in the southern part of the state, and in those early days men worked much out of doors in helping to harvest the crops."
When asked how far back she could remember, she quickly answered, "Back to the time when I was 5 years old. I remember one incident that occurred when I was 5 years old quite vividly. I remember standing in the door of father's log house and hearing the booming of guns during a fight with the Indians and whites at Point Pleasant across the river in West Virginia."
"No, I have had very little sickness, but a great deal of exercise, and as I said before, I credit my age to hard work."
As Mrs. Smart said this, she was about ready to start on what to her was to be a very pleasant task, that of preparing the evening meal. This woman has seen the introduction of the world's greatest inventions. Almost a century of time has passed since the morning of her birth.
She has seen the passing of great events and the growth of a young, struggling nation to one of vast great wealth, great power and the leader of the nations of the world. She has no complaint to make, and as she is passing down into the valley of peace and rest, her face is illuminated by the faith of the cross. The past has left events both pleasant and sad, impressed on the memory—the future she fears not. Mrs. Smart is undoubtedly the oldest person living in Akron. There can be no doubt as to the correctness of her age as she has records which cannot be disputed.
***
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1900
Martha Y. Smart, probably the oldest woman in Akron, died today, of neuralgia and old age, after a long illness.
Mrs. Smart was the widow of Caleb Smart, and was 95 years of age. She had lived in Akron 30 years and was well-known to Akron citizens. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.B. Miller, 260 Carroll street, after an illness of four months.
Up to the time Mrs. Smart was first taken sick, she was a remarkably healthy and well-preserved woman for one so old. Her husband died several years ago. She leaves three children, only one of whom, Mrs. Miller, lives in this city.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter, Thursday, November 1. Interment at Glendale.
Martha married twice:
1. William Cable, Jan. 12, 1829, Gallia Co., Ohio
William Cable died about 1845, in Athens Co., Ohio. A replacement marker installed in 1924 may have misread this death date as "1815," rather than 1845. Link included, but accuracy not verified.
2. Caleb Smart, Nov. 8, 1853, Athens Co., Ohio
Smart died in 1865, in Meigs Co., Ohio.
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Saturday, June 3, 1899
The youngest woman of her age in Ohio, lives in this city, at 260 Carroll street. Her name is Martha Y. Smart, widow of Caleb Smart, who has been dead nearly two score years
Mrs. Smart was born in Gallia county, in the southern part of the state, near the banks of the Ohio river, and she lacks but six years of being 100 years old. Her 94th birthday occurs Oct. 24.
She is a remarkably active woman for her age and every day finds her up in the early hours, moving about with a firm step and willing hands to assist in the household duties and taking care of a large, well-kept garden and doing other outdoor work.
"I love to work," said she, to a Beacon Journal reporter the other day. She said this with a smile as she came from her garden and showed the reporter to a chair in her commodious and beautiful home. She is living with her daughter, Mrs. Apphia B. Miller, widow of Henry Miller.
Mrs. Smart does not look to be 94 years old. Few people would place her age at over 75. Time has certainly dealt kindly with her, her only infirmities being poor eye sight, and she is somewhat deaf. "If I could only see and hear better," said she, "I would not feel my age quite so much."
Story of her Life
Seated in her easy chair, the remarkable old woman told the story of her life. It was brief but interesting. "I cannot understand why I should have been privileged to live to be so old," said she, "unless it is because I always worked hard from my childhood days. For a woman, I had many responsibilities and had to do much work. I was one of seven children. Mother died when I was 19 years old, and being the oldest of the children, and father being a cripple, the responsibility of home rested upon my shoulders."
"Our home was on a farm in Gallia county in the southern part of the state, and in those early days men worked much out of doors in helping to harvest the crops."
When asked how far back she could remember, she quickly answered, "Back to the time when I was 5 years old. I remember one incident that occurred when I was 5 years old quite vividly. I remember standing in the door of father's log house and hearing the booming of guns during a fight with the Indians and whites at Point Pleasant across the river in West Virginia."
"No, I have had very little sickness, but a great deal of exercise, and as I said before, I credit my age to hard work."
As Mrs. Smart said this, she was about ready to start on what to her was to be a very pleasant task, that of preparing the evening meal. This woman has seen the introduction of the world's greatest inventions. Almost a century of time has passed since the morning of her birth.
She has seen the passing of great events and the growth of a young, struggling nation to one of vast great wealth, great power and the leader of the nations of the world. She has no complaint to make, and as she is passing down into the valley of peace and rest, her face is illuminated by the faith of the cross. The past has left events both pleasant and sad, impressed on the memory—the future she fears not. Mrs. Smart is undoubtedly the oldest person living in Akron. There can be no doubt as to the correctness of her age as she has records which cannot be disputed.
***
Akron Beacon Journal
Akron, Ohio
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 1900
Martha Y. Smart, probably the oldest woman in Akron, died today, of neuralgia and old age, after a long illness.
Mrs. Smart was the widow of Caleb Smart, and was 95 years of age. She had lived in Akron 30 years and was well-known to Akron citizens. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.B. Miller, 260 Carroll street, after an illness of four months.
Up to the time Mrs. Smart was first taken sick, she was a remarkably healthy and well-preserved woman for one so old. Her husband died several years ago. She leaves three children, only one of whom, Mrs. Miller, lives in this city.
Funeral services will be held at the residence of her daughter, Thursday, November 1. Interment at Glendale.
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