KEATON, Martha (Miller)
Date of death: 23 Feb 1899 – Nineveh, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 3, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 34
Local and Personal.
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Mrs. John Keaton died Thursday morning of last week at her home near Nineveh, after a brief illness of pneumonia. She was born Nov. 13, 1829, in Nineveh township, and was married to John Keaton, Dec. 26, 1851. To this union four children were born, two sons and two daughters, three of whom are living, viz: Wm. Keaton, postmaster of Nineveh; Mrs. Thomas Britton and Mrs. Laura Marshall. Deceased was a sister of Rev. John C. Miller and a member of the Christian church. She was a most excellent Christian woman. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon, conducted by Rev. J. M. Cross.
Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry
Franklin Republican, Friday, March 3, 1899
Death of Mrs. John Keaton.
Mrs. John Keaton died February 23, 1899 at her home one mile south-east of Nineveh, aged 69 years, 3 months, and 10 days. The funeral took place Friday evening from the home, services conducted by Rev. J. M. Cross. Interment in Nineveh cemetery.
Mrs. Keaton’s maiden name was Miss Martha Miller. She was born in Nineveh and was one of a family of six children reared in that place. She was married December 25th, 1851, to John Keaton and to them were born four children, three of whom are living, viz: Wm. Keaton, postmaster of Nineveh; Mrs. Thomas Britton and Mrs. Laura Marshall. Her husband and fourteen grandchildren also survive.
In 1858 Mrs. Keaton united with the Christian church and since that time had been actively identified with the church work. She was a faithful and conscientious christian woman who commanded the love and respect of all who knew her and will be greatly missed by the community in which she lived.
Submitted by Mark Wirey; transcribed by S. Johnson