Mrs. Martha Jane Ewing died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Katie  Parker, in Eldon, Mo., August
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Martha Jane Vaughan was born in Camden county, Missouri September 13,
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She was the oldest of seven children of John and Louisa Vaughan. Two
brothers and one sister having preceded her in death.  She is survived
by two sisters-Mrs. Sarah Wyrick, Venice, California, and Mrs. Mary Burr,
Homestead, Idaho.
   She moved with her parents to California, Mo. in 1876.  She was first
married to Mansfield Apperson, March 25, 1877.  To this union four girls
were born-Mrs. J A Stark near Tuscumbia, Mrs. J A Heldstab, 815 Shawnee
Ave.  Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. Katie Parker, Eldon, Mo.;  Emma Apperson
who died at four years of age.  Her husband died July 17, 1885.
   March 18, 1893, she married Aaron Ewing.  To this union two children
were born---Mrs. J A Kinworthy, Guthrie, Okla.,  and B. R. Ewing,
Centralia, Illinois.
   She united with the Baptist church at Eldon, Mo., in 1911, and was
faithful to the end and remarked only a few days before the end; "I went
as long as I was able; always enjoyed hearing the word of God."  She was
never satisfied to sit idle, always willing to labor for the support of
her children.
   Funeral services were at Eldon Baptist church Friday afternoon,
August 22, conducted by Bro. Roper.  Burial was in Eldon cemetery, near
her oldest grandson, Curtis Stark.
   Sleep on, dear mother, take your rest,
   So lonesome without you,
  But God's will is best--Sadly missed by daughters and Son