MARTH, Jacob Heinrich 1878-1942

MARTH

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 7/9/2009 at 19:40:02

BURIED AT EDEN PRESBYTERIAN CEM.

Jacob Marth Services Held

NORA SPRINGS, IOWA — Jacob Heinrich Marth, 63, died Sunday at his home northwest of Nora Springs. Services were held at the Eden Presbyterian church, north of Rudd Tuesday. The Rev. H.A. Sinning will be in charge. Mr. Marth was born Nov. 8, 1878, in Elsmannsee, Germany.

Funeral arrangements are in the charge of Sheckler Funeral Home in Nora Springs.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Tuesday, February 3, 1942]

NOTES: Jacob was buried at the Eden Presbyterian cemetery north of Rudd, which is in Mitchell County. He was indeed born in 1978, according to cemetery records. His wife, Mary, was born in 1883 and died in 1950. She is also buried at Eden Presbyterian Cem.