OBIT: Martha X. Eshleman, 1917, Cordelia, Lancaster County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/ _______________________________________________ MRS. MARTHA X. ESHLEMAN Columbia, Feb. 11. – Mrs. Martha X. Eshleman, widow of Peter B. Eshleman, died at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon at her home at Cordelia, aged 67 years. Death was caused by a complication of diseases after an illness of three weeks. Surviving are four children; Nora, wife of Ziegler B. Putner, of Maytown; Annie, wife of Joseph H. Tyson, of Ironville; Barbara, wife of Charles A. Dresher, of Kinderhook, and Frederick, at home. One sister and a brother also survive, Mrs. Barbara Hoffheins of Lancaster, and Ephraim Bard, of Ironville. Deceased was a member of the Ironville United Brethren church for many years, where funeral services will be held on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Eshleman died just one week after her sister, Harriet Morgan, whose funeral was held from the same church Tuesday of last week. Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, February 12, 1917