Benjamin Elias Martin

Gospel Herald - Mar 1929 Martin, Benjamin Elias, son of Samuel and Anna (Sollenberger) Martin, was born June 27, 1875, near Smithville, Ohio; on Feb. 16, 1929, he met instant death, being struck by an automobile while walking along the Portage road near his home in Georgetown. He was on his way to assist an unfortunate traveler whose machine had slipped into the ditch because of the ice on the road. He was aged 53 y. 7 m. 20 d. At the age of 18 he accepted his Savior and united with the Mennonite Church, in which faith he remained faithful until death. On Jan. 9, 1900, he was united in marriage to Mary M. Landis of near Ephrata, Pa. He is survived by his sorrowing wife and 3 children (Elam Benjamin, Jennie Elnora, and Harry Paul), also 1 sister (Anna F. Martin) and 1 aunt (Mrs. S. B. Weaver, Thompsontown, Pa., besides many other relatives and friends. He was preceded by his father, mother, and 3 brothers, two of whom died in infancy and Samuel H., who returned from India 1917, and died Sept 1924, at Port Huron, Mich. In the year 1902 he with his family located with the Warwick River congregation, Warwick Co., Va. and in 1906 moved to Plainview, Texas, being the first family to located in the Plainview Mennonite colony. Seeing his inability to make progress in that state, he took a homestead in 1908 near Nolas, N. Mex. In 1910 he was called home to Ohio to care for his aged father and invalid sister, in which vicinity he lived until death. Heb. 11:13, 16, which was found marked in his Bible, was used for his text. He often said he would choose this for his funeral text. His sudden departure was a great shock to the community and may it be a loud warning to all, expecially to the unsaved. He was always interested in the work of the Lord and took an active part in the work of the church. Through his death a S.S. class is bereft of a faithful teacher who was nearly always at his post and had the interest in his class. Funeral services were conducted Feb. 19 at the home by Bro. Rudy Stauffer (Psa. 90) and at the Crown Hill church by Bros. Noah Hilty, Enos F. Hartzler, and Ira J. Buchwalter. Text, Rev. 7; Heb. 11:13, 16; Jno. 14:2. Interment in the adjoining cemetery.

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