Individual Details

Jonas Hershey Martin

(15 Jan 1839 - 3 Jul 1925)

Jonas Martin was ordained a minister on 7 December 1875 and a bishop on 31 May 1881. On 6 October 1893, Jonas Martin withdrew from the Lancaster Mennonite Conference and started the Weaverland Conference Mennonite Congregation. He was fifth bishop of the Weaverland-Groffdale District.

Events

Birth15 Jan 1839Goodville, Lancaster, PA
Marriage20 Dec 1865Sarah Schnader Witwer
Marriage7 Dec 1890Annie Oberholtzer Wenger
Death3 Jul 1925Goodville, Lancaster, PA
BurialWeaverland Mennonite Cemetery (Old), East Earl, Lancaster, PA

Families

SpouseSarah Schnader Witwer (1845 - 1889)
ChildSusanna W. Martin ( - 1931)
ChildCatharine Martin (1866 - 1866)
ChildBenjamin Martin (1868 - 1868)
ChildNancy Martin (1869 - 1871)
ChildSarah Witwer Martin (1872 - 1945)
ChildAmos Witmer Martin (1874 - 1922)
ChildJonas Witmer Martin (1877 - 1938)
ChildJohannes "John" Witmer Martin (1879 - 1960)
ChildHeinrich Witmer "Henry" Martin (1881 - 1954)
ChildLydia Witmer Martin (1883 - 1969)
ChildElizabeth Witwer Martin (1886 - 1972)
ChildMary Witwer Martin ( - 1984)
SpouseAnnie Oberholtzer Wenger (1852 - 1927)
ChildAnn Wenger Martin (1892 - 1976)
ChildJoseph W. Martin (1893 - 1976)
ChildMartin (1895 - 1895)
FatherJonas Sauder Martin (1806 - 1874)
MotherNancy Ann Hershey (1805 - 1885)
SiblingFanny Martin (1831 - 1861)
SiblingJohn M. Martin (1833 - 1837)
SiblingLevi H. Martin (1835 - 1912)
SiblingAbraham H. Martin (1837 - 1916)
SiblingJoseph H. Martin (1841 - 1920)
SiblingNancy Martin (1844 - 1899)

Notes

Marriage

Jonas Martin and Sarah Witmer were wed by Bishop George Weaver at the Martindale Mennonite Church. Grace Zimmer gave the wedding day as the 30th. Mary Burkholder and James Good gave 1863 as the wedding year.

Endnotes

1. Zimmerman, Grace A. (Horning). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volumne 29, Number 4 (October 2006), pages 28-34, page 31.

2. Zimmerman, Grace A. (Horning). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volumne 29, Number 4 (October 2006), pages 28-34, page 31.

3. Good, James Gingrich. "Reader's Ancestry" Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage," Volume 36, Number 1 (January 2013), pages 27-34, page 30.

4. Zimmerman, Grace A. (Horning). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volumne 29, Number 4 (October 2006), pages 28-34, page 31.

5. Zimmerman, Grace A. (Horning). "Readers' Ancestry." Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. Volumne 29, Number 4 (October 2006), pages 28-34, page 31.