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West Virginia separated from Virginia on 20 June 1863 to become the 35th State.

ESTEEMED RESIDENT OF MINONK IS DEAD

MRS. PRESLEY A. MARTIN PAS-
SES AWAY LAST SATURDAY
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS

BORN NEAR WHEELING, W. Virginia.

Funeral Services Were Held at The
Late Residence and Presbyterian
Church on Tuesday Afternoon.

Mrs. P. A. Martin, a resident of Mi-
nonk for many years, died at her
home in this city on last Saturday
morning at about 6 o'clock, after hav-
ing suffered for ten days with pneu-
monia. She would have revered
from the attack but for a weakness of
the heart, which caused her demise.
Funeral services were held at the
late home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
and at the basement of the new
Presbyterian church at 2 o'clock, Rev.
J. M. Tidball officiating. Burial took
place at the Minonk cemetery. The
funeral was largely attended and the
members of the W. C. T. U. were
present in a body, also acting as flow-
erbearers.
The pallbearers were W. O. Pope,
J. A. Simpson, Sr., W. H. Tucker,
Charles Knoop, S. E. Hilsabeck and
H. B. Meils.
Those from out of town who at-
tended the funeral were Mrs. O. M.
Davison and son, Orville of Woodrow,
Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Kipp and
sons, Frank and Donald of South Hav-
en, Mich.; Mrs. T. L. Trowbridge and
Mrs. Mary Sansom, of Wilcox, Neb.;
J. Milton Martin, J. R. Martin and
Miss Stella Martin of Blue Hill, Neb.;
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Bane and son,
Leslie of Pontiac; Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Byron
Colburn of Eureka; Mrs. J. A. Bane
of Dana, and numerous relatives and
friends from around Dana and Long
Point.
Eleanor V. Bane was born near
Wheeling, W. Virginia, on Jan. 17, 1846.
She came to Woodford county over fif-
ty years ago and resided near Eureka,
moving to near Dana in 1865. Later
she moved with her family to Minonk,
where she had lived for thirty-two
years.
On January 6, 1870 she was united
in marriage with Presley Martin and
to him who now sadly mourns her
loss, she was a loving and faithful
wife. To this union six children were
born: Mary Alene, now Mrs. O. M.
Davison, of Woodrow Fla.; Laura
Belle, now Mrs. S. N. Kipp, of South
Haven, Mich.; Emma Geneva, now
Mrs. O. A. Tucker, of Minonk; Harry
Stanley, at home, and two sons de-
ceased, John Franklin and Melvin
Clinton, one of whom died in infancy
and the other in young manhood.
In early years Mrs. Martin united
with the Christian church and had
always retained her connection with
that faith. Her activity was pro-
nounced in everything that was good.
In the Aid society of the Presbyterian
church of Minonk she was a faithful
worker, but in the Women's Christian
Temperance Union her zeal for right-
eousness was most emphatic and her
place will be missed among the loyal
army of white ribboners. A host of
friends in Minonk and elswhere
mourn today for her.

This obituary is from Presley Martin Journal, Page 220. It's also in Jo Knight journal #3, Page 17.

Birth	17 Jan 1846	near, Wheeling, Marshall Co., (West) Virginia
Census (family)-shared	1850	(Joseph Bane and Mary Foster) Wetzel Co., Virginia
Census (family)-shared	1860	(Joseph Bane and Mary Foster) Woodford Co., Illinois
Marriage	6 Jan 1870	Livingston Co., Illinois - Presley A. Martin
Death	7 Apr 1917	from pneumonia - Minonk, Woodford Co., Illinois
Burial	10 Apr 1917	Minonk Township cemetery, Minonk, Woodford Co., Illinois

Spouse	Presley A. Martin (1843 - 1922)
Child	Mary Alene Martin (1870 - 1924)
Child	John Franklin Martin (1872 - 1890)
Child	Laura Belle Martin (1875 - 1946)
Child	Melvin Clinton Martin (1877 - 1880)
Child	Emma Geneva Martin (1881 - 1954)
Child	Harry Stanley Martin (1885 - 1946)

Father	Joseph Bane (1818 - 1885)
Mother	Mary Foster (1817 - 1898)
Sibling	James Foster Bane (1838 - 1841)
Sibling	Elizabeth Anne Bane (1840 - 1910)
Sibling	William Morgan Bane (1841 - 1864)
Sibling	John Albert Bane (1843 - 1891)
Sibling	Hannah Jane Bane (1848 - 1868)
Sibling	Joseph Franklin Bane (1850 - 1870)
Sibling	Mary Martha Bane (1852 - 1874)
Sibling	Mordecai Milton Bane (1855 - 1925)
Sibling	Charles Arthur Bane (1866 - 1904)

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