Mary Jane (Mendenhall) Bingman Wilson (1916)

BINGMAN, ELLSWORTH, HIBBS, MENDENHALL, WILSON

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Date: 1/17/2011 at 09:33:15

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 12, 1916
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Earlham

MARY JANE WILSON

Died, Mary Jane Wilson, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ben Hibbs, Jan. 7, 1916. She was born in Indiana, on March 17, 1836. Her mother died when she was two years old. She came to Dallas county, Iowa with her grandparents in 1852.

She was married to Wm. Bingman Oct. 4, 1856. Three children were born to this union, Mrs. Ben Hibbs, and two who died in infancy. Mr. Bingman died in Andersonville prison.

She was married again Dec. 19, 1868, to W. T. Wilson. Two children Wm. Ellsworth of Bur Oak, Kansas and Charles H. of Hasty, Colo., were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. She leaves to mourn her loss, three children, three granddaughters, three great grandsons and one sister. Her husband preceeded her to that better land some fifteen years.

She had a birthright in the Friends' church of which she was a member until the time of her first marriage. Later she joined the U. B. Church of Pleasant Hill, at which place she was a member at the time of her death. She died fully trusting in the saving power of her Savior. She was a great home lover, having lived continuously for more than 50 years on the old homestead, just north of town.

Funeral services were held in the Friends' church Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Haworth, assisted by Rev. Demaree.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, January 13, 1916
Page 4

PASSING OF A PIONEER

Mary Jane Mendenhall was born in Indiana March 17, 1836, dying at the home her daughter, Mrs. B.S. Hibbs, on January 7, 1916, aged 79 years, nine months and twenty days. Her mother died when she was two years old, she being the youngest of a family of four children. When she was sixteen years of age, she came with her grandparents, Richard and Elizabeth Mendenhall, to Warren County where relatives were living and spent the winter. In May 1853, they took up their residence and were the first settlers on what was afterward known as “Quaker Divide” in Dallas county.

She was married on Oct. 4, 1856 to Wm. Bingman. To them were born three children of whom Mrs. Lou Hibbs only survives, the others dying in infancy. Mr. Bingman volunteered in the Civil War and died therein after eleven months imprisonment at Andersonville prison.

She was married again to Wm. T. Wilson, December 19, 1868. To this union were born two sons, Wm. Elsworth and Chas. H. Wilson. The husband died March 14, 1901. One sister is living who with the three children, Mrs. Lou Hibbs of Earlham, Wm. E. Wilson of Burr Oak, Kansas, and Chas. H. Wilson of Hastie, Colo., three grandchildren and three great grandchildren live to mourn her loss.

She was a birthright member of the Friends church until the time of her first marriage, later joining the United Brethren Church at Pleasant Hill at which place she was a member at the time of her death. She died trusting fully in the saving power of her Savior. She was a dear home lover, having resided continuously for more than sixty years on the old homestead a mile north of town.

Mrs. Wilson is one of the last of the earliest pioneers of this vicinity. At that time, Des Moines was the nearest trading point and Warren County the nearest mill. She began her married life in a new log cabin on the homestead entered from the government. During the war, she kept the home and went to Redfield for groceries and mail. After having been in Iowa sixteen years, Earlham was (unreadable) out and the railroad line put through, thus she has witnessed the breaking of the virgin prairie and the development of our town and the vicinity giving up her best in the work. No wonder her heart’s affection held so closely to the old home. And after the years of toil and struggle, there is rest in the permanent abiding place in the “home over there.”

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Friends Church, conducted by Rev. Demaree, and Rev. Haworth. Interment was made at Earlham Cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS

The children wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to their many friends and neighbors for the loving sympathy and helpfulness during the sickness and death of their mother.
Mrs. Lou Hibbs
W.E Wilson
C.H. Wilson

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