MAHAFFEY, Martha Ann - 1906

FLOWER, MAHAFFEY

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Date: 4/11/2005 at 00:05:05

1-7-1906 Wayland News

Martha Ann Flower was born in Zanesville, Ohio, February 12, 1831, died at Wayland, Iowa, Nov. 1, 1906. June 8, 1848 she was married to Andrew Mahaffey. To this union were born ten children, six of whom, one daughter and five sons, survive to mourn the loss of their mother, her husband and four children having preceded her cross the river of death. She united with the M.E. Church about the year 1856 and remained a faithful member until her death. She came to Wayland in 1873.

Funeral services were held at the M.E. church in Wayland, conducted by her pastor, Rev. H. T. Robinson and interment was in the Wayland cemetery.