Martha Ann Funston (1827–1902) • FamilySearch

Martha Ann Funston

19 January 1827–29 October 1902 (Age 75)
Jerseytown, Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Martha Ann

When Martha Ann Funston was born on 19 January 1827, in Jerseytown, Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Aten Funston, was 35 and her mother, Hannah Schooley, was 26. She married Jacob Dieffenbach on 10 October 1846, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 29 October 1902, in Bloomsburg, Bern Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bloomsburg, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Jacob Dieffenbach

1818–1898

Martha Ann Funston

1827–1902

Marriage: 10 October 1846

Sarah Adeline Dieffenbach

1847–

Susan Blanche Dieffenbach

1850–1852

Alvin Hill Dieffenbach

1853–1859

Emma Jane Dieffenbach

1856–1856

Clara Adelia Dieffenbach

1857–

Martha Elizabeth Dieffenbach

1860–1896

Henry Funston Dieffenbach

1862–1953

Hervey Edmund Dieffenbach

1865–1915

E E Dieffenbach

1867–

Harriet Hannah Dieffenbach

1869–1964

Spouse and Children

Jacob Dieffenbach

Male1818–1898Male

Martha Ann Funston

Female1827–1902Female

MARRIAGE
10 October 1846
Pennsylvania, United States

children

(10)

Sarah Adeline Dieffenbach

Female1847–Female

Susan Blanche Dieffenbach

Female1850–1852Female

Alvin Hill Dieffenbach

Male1853–1859Male

Emma Jane Dieffenbach

Female1856–1856Female

Clara Adelia Dieffenbach

Female1857–Female

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Parents and Siblings

Thomas Aten Funston

Male1791–1874Male

Hannah Schooley

Female1800–1879Female

siblings

(10)

John Albert Funston

Male1820–1899Male

Andrew Schooley Funston

Male1821–1908Male

Mary Jane Funston

Female1824–1908Female

Martha Ann Funston

Female1827–1902Female

Sarah C. Funston

Female1829–1855Female

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 3

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Age 3

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1863

Age 36

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Funston

Martha

Ann

Northern Irish: unexplained.

Sources (3)

Martha Diefenbacher in household of Jacob Diefenbacher, "United States Census, 1850"
Martha Dieffenbach, "United States Census, 1900"
Martha Dieffenbach in household of Jacob Dieffenbach, "United States Census, 1880"

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