STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1901, page 1, column 7

MARTHA CERINTHA (WELCH) BODLEY WOODFORD, 26 Mar 1821 - 17 Nov 1901

   Martha Cerintha Welch was born in Ravenna, Portage Co., Ohio, 
March 26, 1821, and moved with her parents to Plymouth, Ohio, at the 
age of sixteen, spending her young womanhood there.  
   She was married to Jesse Bodley in 1842.  After six years of 
happy wedded life he passed away.  Two years after the death of her 
husband she married Orson Woodford in 1850, at Plymouth, Ohio, he 
having five boys, the eldest thirteen years of age and the youngest 
but two.  They were reared with her children as one family by one 
mother.  After a brief residence there they moved to Steuben Co., 
Ind., in the spring of 1853, where they resided until Mr. Woodford's 
death in 1882.  Since then she has made her home with her daughter, 
Mrs. W. T. Kimsey, of Gentry, Ark, where she died Nov. 17, 1901, 
aged 80 years, 7 months and 22 days.  A short religious service was 
held at the home of Mr. Kimsey, after which he departed on his sad 
journey with her remains for her old home at Salem Center, Indiana, 
arriving here at 10:30 o'clock, Tuesday evening.  The funeral 
services were held at the Block church, Wednesday morning at 10 
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Neal.  She was laid to rest by the side 
of her husband and three children who have gone before.  Four of the 
children survive her, two of the first and two of the second family.  
George W., of South Dakota, and J. Calvin, of Salem Center; Mrs. 
Emma Kimsey, of Gentry, Ark., and Frank of Salem Center.  She became 
a christian in early life.  Soon after her conversion she united 
with the Presbyterian church at Plymouth and after taking up her 
home in the West she placed her letter in the Congregational church 
at Gentry, there being no Presbyterian church in that place.  She 
was a consistent member until the time of her death.  She filled all 
the relations of life with earnest, christian fidelity.  She was an 
affectionate wife, a tender mother, a loving sister, a true friend 
and a kind neighbor.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITIONAL INFORMAITON:

   Martha Cerintha (Welch) Bodley Woodford, 26 Mar 1821 - 17 Nov 
1901 in 1842 married Jesse Bodley, 1817 - 1848, his burial place 
unknown. On 29 Apr 1850, Martha became the 2nd wife of Orson 
Woodford, 06 Jan 1805 - Jul 1882, son of James and Urania Woodford.  
His 1st wife, Jane L. (North) Woodford, died 13 Sep 1849, at 
Plymouth, Ohio, aged 38 years, 7 months and 12 days.  Martha and 
Orson are buried at Block Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

Children of Orson and Jane, noted by date of birth which is not 
available for all the children:

   Bryam D. Woodford, 06 Oct 1843 - 25 Mar 1865, buried at Block 
Cemetery.
   James Hance Woodford, 16 Jan 1847 - 20 Feb 1897, married Sarah 
Amanda (Dole) Woodford, 19 Feb 1854 - 31 Jul 1891, buried at Block 
Cemetery.
   John Calvin Woodford, 1841 - 1918, married Josephine Augusta 
(Davis) Woodford, Apr 1857 - 1941, aged 83 years, 9 months and 4 
days, buried at Block Cemetery.


"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel Lewis, 
Vol. II, pages 1995, 1996.
"History of Steuben County, IN - 1885", page 727, biography of Orson 
Woodford.
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Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net