Referenced in the Biological Annals of Lancaster County, p. 1456:
Benjamin Martin was one of the most prominent men of Pequea township, where he was a successful famer until 1872. In his younger days he taught school and was the efficient assor of his township for a long period, was school director and operated the "Willowstreet Hotel." Mr. Martin died in lancaster township, whither he removed in 1872 in January 1891, (gravestone states 1896) at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died in January, 1884, (gravestone states 1886) at the age of sixty-six and both were interred in the Mennonite burying ground, at Millersville, as they were consistent members of that denomination. The children born to them were: Joseph, who served through the Civil War, returned in safety and then again left home; Lizzie, unmarried, living with our subject; Susan, who married B.F. Bleacher, a dairyman of Lancaster; Mary, deceased; Benjamin and David, who both died in infancy; Benjamin F., our subject; and Barbara, who married John Lechner, a farmer and dairyman of Lancaster township. The paternal grandparents of Benjamin F. Martin were well-known farming people of Pequea township, David and Susan (Eshleman) Martin, while the maternal grandparents were prominent people of Conestoga township, Joseph and Elizabeth (Kendig) Good, the latter following the trade of miller.
Benjamin Martin was one of the most prominent men of Pequea township, where he was a successful famer until 1872. In his younger days he taught school and was the efficient assor of his township for a long period, was school director and operated the "Willowstreet Hotel." Mr. Martin died in lancaster township, whither he removed in 1872 in January 1891, (gravestone states 1896) at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died in January, 1884, (gravestone states 1886) at the age of sixty-six and both were interred in the Mennonite burying ground, at Millersville, as they were consistent members of that denomination. The children born to them were: Joseph, who served through the Civil War, returned in safety and then again left home; Lizzie, unmarried, living with our subject; Susan, who married B.F. Bleacher, a dairyman of Lancaster; Mary, deceased; Benjamin and David, who both died in infancy; Benjamin F., our subject; and Barbara, who married John Lechner, a farmer and dairyman of Lancaster township. The paternal grandparents of Benjamin F. Martin were well-known farming people of Pequea township, David and Susan (Eshleman) Martin, while the maternal grandparents were prominent people of Conestoga township, Joseph and Elizabeth (Kendig) Good, the latter following the trade of miller.
Referenced in the Biological Annals of Lancaster County, p. 1456:
Benjamin Martin was one of the most prominent men of Pequea township, where he was a successful famer until 1872. In his younger days he taught school and was the efficient assor of his township for a long period, was school director and operated the "Willowstreet Hotel." Mr. Martin died in lancaster township, whither he removed in 1872 in January 1891, (gravestone states 1896) at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died in January, 1884, (gravestone states 1886) at the age of sixty-six and both were interred in the Mennonite burying ground, at Millersville, as they were consistent members of that denomination. The children born to them were: Joseph, who served through the Civil War, returned in safety and then again left home; Lizzie, unmarried, living with our subject; Susan, who married B.F. Bleacher, a dairyman of Lancaster; Mary, deceased; Benjamin and David, who both died in infancy; Benjamin F., our subject; and Barbara, who married John Lechner, a farmer and dairyman of Lancaster township. The paternal grandparents of Benjamin F. Martin were well-known farming people of Pequea township, David and Susan (Eshleman) Martin, while the maternal grandparents were prominent people of Conestoga township, Joseph and Elizabeth (Kendig) Good, the latter following the trade of miller.
Benjamin Martin was one of the most prominent men of Pequea township, where he was a successful famer until 1872. In his younger days he taught school and was the efficient assor of his township for a long period, was school director and operated the "Willowstreet Hotel." Mr. Martin died in lancaster township, whither he removed in 1872 in January 1891, (gravestone states 1896) at the age of eighty-eight years. His wife died in January, 1884, (gravestone states 1886) at the age of sixty-six and both were interred in the Mennonite burying ground, at Millersville, as they were consistent members of that denomination. The children born to them were: Joseph, who served through the Civil War, returned in safety and then again left home; Lizzie, unmarried, living with our subject; Susan, who married B.F. Bleacher, a dairyman of Lancaster; Mary, deceased; Benjamin and David, who both died in infancy; Benjamin F., our subject; and Barbara, who married John Lechner, a farmer and dairyman of Lancaster township. The paternal grandparents of Benjamin F. Martin were well-known farming people of Pequea township, David and Susan (Eshleman) Martin, while the maternal grandparents were prominent people of Conestoga township, Joseph and Elizabeth (Kendig) Good, the latter following the trade of miller.
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