STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1900, page 1, column 8

MARGARET (ICKES) BENEDICT, 12 May 1806 - 03 Jul 1900

Almost One Hundred Years Old.

   Margaret Ickes, the subject of this sketch, was born in 
Gettysburg, Pa., May 12, 1806, and died at the home of her 
son, William Benedict, in Angola, Ind., July 3, 1900, aged 94 
years, one month and 21 days.  In 1818 she moved with her 
parents to Franklin county, Pa., where in 1838, she was united 
in marriage to Joshua Benedict.  To this union were born seven 
children, two of whom died in infancy.  The others, Abraham 
Benedict, Rives, Ohio; Mrs. Cleon Tafft, Bossville, Oklahoma; 
Mrs. O. R. Bennett, Arkansas City, Kansas; Jacob Benedict, 
Northwest Ohio, and William Benedict, of Angola, survive her.  
In 1846 she moved with her husband and family to Mansfield, 
Ohio, and in 1858 to Williams county, Ohio, where thirty years 
ago her companion answered the summons of his Maker.  She 
remained at the old home for about two years after her 
husband's death, then lived with her youngest daughter for 
thirteen years.  For the past fifteen years she has spent most 
of her time with her son William in and around Angola.  In her 
early girlhood she became a member of the Lutheran church, and 
later with the Church of God, of which she remained a devoted 
member until death.  She longed for death, and passed quietly 
through its open gateway into the beautiful beyond where the 
blind can see and where sorrow and death can never come.
(Picture included with obit)

   Funeral services were held at South Amboy, Mich., July 5, 
Rev. John Clark officiating.  Burial at South Amboy beside her 
companion of her early years.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net