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John Wesley Martin

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John Wesley Martin

Birth
Wells County, Indiana, USA
Death
29 Sep 1925 (aged 71)
Warren, Huntington County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Petroleum, Wells County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Married Nancy Ellen Howdyshell in 1900.

NOTE: While the OBIT uses "D." middle initial, other sources show either middle initial of "W." or "Wesley".

Bluffton, Indiana - Bluffton Evening News
Wednesday, September 30, 1925 - P1C6

John D.[sic-Wesley] Martin, 71, Is Dead Near Warren

Former Petroleum Man - Funeral to Be Held At Reiffsburg Thursday

John D. Martin, 71, died at his home near Warren Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock of cancer of the arm of which he had been a sufferer for the past eighteen months. He had been bedfast a month.

The deceased was born in Wells county, near Petroleum, in 1854. He was the son of James D. and Sarah Ann Nutter Martin. Both parents were born in Ohio. He had spent all but the past twelve years of his life in Wells county, near Petroleum, moving from there to his present home near Warren.

Mr. Martin was a farmer and was a member of the Reiffsburg Methodist church.

He was married 23 years ago to Nancy Ellen Houdyshell[sic-Howdyshell]. The widow and the following children survive: Vaughn Martin and Mrs. Flossie Huffmon[sic-Huffman], both of near Warren, and Anna May and James, at home. One grandchild and two sisters also survive. The sisters are Mrs. Simon Sark, near Keystone, and Mrs. B. F. Leist, near Bluffton.

Funeral services will be held at the Reiffsburg church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Stahl cemetery.

(Thanks to David Huffman for OBIT)
Married Nancy Ellen Howdyshell in 1900.

NOTE: While the OBIT uses "D." middle initial, other sources show either middle initial of "W." or "Wesley".

Bluffton, Indiana - Bluffton Evening News
Wednesday, September 30, 1925 - P1C6

John D.[sic-Wesley] Martin, 71, Is Dead Near Warren

Former Petroleum Man - Funeral to Be Held At Reiffsburg Thursday

John D. Martin, 71, died at his home near Warren Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock of cancer of the arm of which he had been a sufferer for the past eighteen months. He had been bedfast a month.

The deceased was born in Wells county, near Petroleum, in 1854. He was the son of James D. and Sarah Ann Nutter Martin. Both parents were born in Ohio. He had spent all but the past twelve years of his life in Wells county, near Petroleum, moving from there to his present home near Warren.

Mr. Martin was a farmer and was a member of the Reiffsburg Methodist church.

He was married 23 years ago to Nancy Ellen Houdyshell[sic-Howdyshell]. The widow and the following children survive: Vaughn Martin and Mrs. Flossie Huffmon[sic-Huffman], both of near Warren, and Anna May and James, at home. One grandchild and two sisters also survive. The sisters are Mrs. Simon Sark, near Keystone, and Mrs. B. F. Leist, near Bluffton.

Funeral services will be held at the Reiffsburg church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Stahl cemetery.

(Thanks to David Huffman for OBIT)


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