Martha (Mizner) Bechtel (1819-1901)

MIZNER, BECHTEL, OHMART

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 10/2/2011 at 16:19:26

From Story County Watchman October 18, 1901

Ames Times: Died.--At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ohmart, four miles north of Ames, Saturday Oct. 12th, Mrs. Martha Bechtel, aged 81 years....

From Story County Watchman October 25, 1901

Ames Watchman.

The remains of Mrs. Martha Bechtel this week were shipped to Birmingham for interment, she having died here after a brief illness while on a visit with relatives near town.

SUBMITTER'S NOTE: Martha (Mizner) Bechtel was the mother of Grant Ohmart's aunt, Mary Ellen "Ella" (Bechtel) Ohmart. Mary Ellen Bechtel was the second wife of Grant Ohmart's paternal uncle, Francis Marion Ohmart. Francis Marion Ohmart and Grant's father, George Washington Ohmart, were brothers.