Mary Jane Martin, affectionately known among her children and neighbors as "Mother" Martin, died at 3 o'clock on Friday morning, September 29, 1905. If she had lived until December next she would have been 77 years old.
Her natural vigor had been declining for several years, as a result of the wearing away of the vital machinery, and at the last she simply went to sleep to wake no more on earth.
The deceased was a daughter of Peter Houser, one of the pioneers of the county, and was married to Thomas H. Martin in 1847, and has lived in Franklin since that time, with the exception of one year spent at Shannon, Ill. Her husband died 24 years ago, and five of their nine children have preceded her, leaving the following survivors: F.P Martin, Mrs. W.F. Myers, W.H. Martin, of Bluefields, W.Va., and Thomas H. Martin.
Mrs. Martin was an affectionate mother, a kind neighbor and an industrious, respected member of the community in which she lived. Since her girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church.
Her natural vigor had been declining for several years, as a result of the wearing away of the vital machinery, and at the last she simply went to sleep to wake no more on earth.
The deceased was a daughter of Peter Houser, one of the pioneers of the county, and was married to Thomas H. Martin in 1847, and has lived in Franklin since that time, with the exception of one year spent at Shannon, Ill. Her husband died 24 years ago, and five of their nine children have preceded her, leaving the following survivors: F.P Martin, Mrs. W.F. Myers, W.H. Martin, of Bluefields, W.Va., and Thomas H. Martin.
Mrs. Martin was an affectionate mother, a kind neighbor and an industrious, respected member of the community in which she lived. Since her girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church.
Mary Jane Martin, affectionately known among her children and neighbors as "Mother" Martin, died at 3 o'clock on Friday morning, September 29, 1905. If she had lived until December next she would have been 77 years old.
Her natural vigor had been declining for several years, as a result of the wearing away of the vital machinery, and at the last she simply went to sleep to wake no more on earth.
The deceased was a daughter of Peter Houser, one of the pioneers of the county, and was married to Thomas H. Martin in 1847, and has lived in Franklin since that time, with the exception of one year spent at Shannon, Ill. Her husband died 24 years ago, and five of their nine children have preceded her, leaving the following survivors: F.P Martin, Mrs. W.F. Myers, W.H. Martin, of Bluefields, W.Va., and Thomas H. Martin.
Mrs. Martin was an affectionate mother, a kind neighbor and an industrious, respected member of the community in which she lived. Since her girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church.
Her natural vigor had been declining for several years, as a result of the wearing away of the vital machinery, and at the last she simply went to sleep to wake no more on earth.
The deceased was a daughter of Peter Houser, one of the pioneers of the county, and was married to Thomas H. Martin in 1847, and has lived in Franklin since that time, with the exception of one year spent at Shannon, Ill. Her husband died 24 years ago, and five of their nine children have preceded her, leaving the following survivors: F.P Martin, Mrs. W.F. Myers, W.H. Martin, of Bluefields, W.Va., and Thomas H. Martin.
Mrs. Martin was an affectionate mother, a kind neighbor and an industrious, respected member of the community in which she lived. Since her girlhood she had been a member of the Methodist church.
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