WITMER, Martha E
1858 - 1932 (74 years)
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Name WITMER, Martha E Birth 22 Feb 1858 Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY 
Gender Female Death 26 Jun 1932 Rochester, Monroe County, NY Burial Riverdale Cemetery, Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, NY Person ID I10191 Laur from Germany Last Modified 1 Oct 2016
Father WITMER, Joseph, b. 21 Sep 1812, Witmer Homestead, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY d. 20 Oct 1898, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY (Age 86 years) Mother KAUFFMAN, Catharine, b. 2 Aug 1825, Lancaster County, PA d. 23 Jul 1907, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY (Age 81 years) Marriage 24 Sep 1846 Lockport, Niagara County, NY Family ID F4238 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PLETCHER, Franklin, b. 25 Sep 1849, New York d. Between 1920 and 1947, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 70 years) Marriage 2 Oct 1879 Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY Notes - Niagara Gazette - 10/8/1879
Miss Martha Witmer and Mr. Frank
Pletcher, both of this town, were united
in marriage at the residence of the bride's
father, last Thursday, by tho Rev. O. O.
Hertzog.
Children 1. PLETCHER, Edith Maria, b. 1 Jul 1881, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY d. 22 Feb 1977, Beechwood Nursing Home, Getzville, Erie County, NY (Age 95 years)Family ID F4673 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 Nov 2024
- Niagara Gazette - 10/8/1879
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Notes - Niagara Gazette
Mrs. Martha E. Pletcher, widow of
Franklin Pletcher, of this city, died at
3 o'clock yesterday afternoon In Rochester.
The funeral will be held from
the Cornell and Daggett funeral chapel,
Main street, at 2:30 p. m. Saturday.
Burial will be In Rlverdale cemetery.
Mrs. Pletcher was born In the old
Wltmer homestead on the Lockport
road, four miles east of this city. She
was the daughter of Joseph and. Catherine
Wltmer, pioneer residents of Niagara
county. She had lived In Niagara
county for over 60 years and was well
known and highly respected. She was
most active In the affairs of the Church
of Christ, Niagara avenue and Tenth
street, and was also an ardent member
of the Willard W. C. T. U. She was
honored a few years ago by being made
a life member of the national W. C. T.
U.
For the past ten years years. Pletcher
has ben living with hef daughter and
family In Rochester. Her death follow-
ed a lingering Illness of four years,
which she bore with great patience and
Christian fortitude. She is survived by
her daughter, Mrs. Charles Eshelman,
of Rochester; a slater, Mrs. A. R, Laur,
of this city; and four grandchildren,
Carl W. Dorothy and Russell Eshelmah,
of Rochester, and Mrs. John I. Ormond,
of Baltimore
- Niagara Gazette