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3124. BENJAMIN CLIFFORD "Ben" MARTIN⁶ (Walter E. Martin⁵, Benjamin F. Martin⁴, Lydia Read³, John Read², Joseph Read¹) was born 26 July 1892 in either Wilton or Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa and died 9 June 1966 (Muscatine County GenWeb; Social Security Death Index). His parents moved to Sweetland Township, Muscatine County in 1892, but it is not known whether it was before or after Benjamin was born (Richman 1911:585). He appears on the 1900 census as age 8, living at home with her parents in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County. He also lived with his parents in 1910 on their farm in Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa (1900 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 110, Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheets 7A-B, 18 June 1900; 1910 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 117, Sweetland Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 8A, 2 May 1910). Benjamin married in Sweetland on July 22, 1914, Amanda B. Pace, daughter of Elvin Y. Pace and Ida M. Henneker. Amanda was born June 13, 1894, at Sweetland, Iowa and died 28 August 1990 at Lutheran Homes in Muscatine County, Iowa (Muscatine Journal, 28 August 1990). One of Amanda's uncles was Elbridge Pace. His first wife was (3081) Anna M. Raub⁵ (Iowa Marriages). Anna was an adopted daughter of Sarah Martin Keen Raub, a great-aunt of Ben Martin. By the time Amanda was born, Anna Raub Pace had been dead for at least a dozen years and Elbridge Pace was married to his second wife, Kate Shellabarger (Iowa Marriages).

Amanda's funeral service was held Thursday, 30 August 1990 at the George M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, the Rev. Andrea Bishop of the Sweetland United Methodist Church officiated (ibid.). Amanda and Ben Martin are buried in Harker Cemetry (Muscatine County, Iowa, GenWeb).

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN CLIFFORD MARTIN AND AMANDA PACE:

3149. (i.) HELEN MARTIN⁷, was born circa 1915 in Muscatine County, Iowa (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 130, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 6A, 19 January 1920) and died after 1990 (Muscatine Journal, 28 August 1990). In 1920 and 1930 she lived at home with her parents and sister Alice on the family farm in Wilton Township, Muscatine County. Her grandmother Pace lived with the family in 1930. Helen and her sister Alice were both in school in 1930 (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 130, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 6A, 19 January 1920; 1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 70-28, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 5B, 24 April 1930). Helen graduated from Muscatine High School, class of 1938 (Auroran, 1938). She married First Name Unknown Neipert (Muscatine Journal, 28 August 1990).

3150. (ii.) ALICE MARTIN⁷, was born circa 1916 in Muscatine County, Iowa (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 130, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 6A, 19 January 1920) and died before 1990 (Muscatine Journal, 28 August 1990). In 1920 and 1930 she lived at home with her parents and sister Helen on the family farm in Wilton Township, Muscatine County. Her grandmother Pace lived with the family in 1930. Alice and her sister Helen were both in school in 1930 (1920 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 130, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 6A, 19 January 1920; 1930 United States Federal Census, Enumeration District 70-28, Wilton Township, Muscatine County, Iowa, sheet 5B, 24 April 1930).

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