Martha Jane (Marsh) Pulley (1832 - 1890)

Born 1832 in Guernsey County, Ohio

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Pulley — married 1853 in Indiana

Died 10 Nov 1890 at about age 58 in Lucas County, Iowa

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Biography

Martha was born in 1832. She passed away in 1890.

Wife of Jonathan Pulley. Daughter of Jesse Marsh and Rachel Borton

OBITUARY

THE CHARITON DEMOCRAT Chariton, Iowa Thursday, November 20, 1890

MRS. MARTHA J. PULLEY

Mrs. Martha J. Pulley, wife of Jonathan Pulley, of Benton township, died at her home on Monday, November 10th. The actual cause of her death was probably the combined effect of a generally broken down physical condition and grief for the death of her son, Andy, who died recently, very suddenly.

Mrs. Pulley's maiden name was Marsh. She was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1832. She removed with her parents to Grant County, Indiana in 1839.

On March 3, 1853, she was married to Jonathan Pulley, who survives her. In 1860, they removed to Lucas County, Iowa, where they have lived ever since. Deceased was a member of the M. E. Church, having joined at the age of 18.

She leaves a sorrowing husband and son and three daughters to mourn her loss.

The funeral took place on Tuesday. The services were conducted by Rev. M. Tidball, of the U.P. Church.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57379406/martha-jane-pulley
• THE CHARITON DEMOCRAT, Chariton, Iowa, Thursday, November 20, 1890
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD21-T3M : 11 August 2017), J Martha Pulley in household of Johnithon Pulley, Benton and Warren, Lucas, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 527C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,352.