Descendants of Jonas B. Martin and Wife Anna E. (Lehman) Martin
Jonas and Anna lived in the home that became the Wolf Museum of Music and Art
Above: Descendants of Jonas B. Martin and Anna E. (Lehman) Martin
The Three Children of Jonas Martin and Anna Martin:
John L. (married Laura Shirk). 2. Horace J. (never married) 3. Anna Elizabeth (never married)
The first son: John L. Martin (1855 - 1921)
A partner in the department store with his father, Jonas B. Martin
Above: Examiner-New Era, April 7, 1921 Obituary
Above: Jonas B. Martin and his two sons in partnership with the department store. Image: 1887, Resources and Industries of the City of Lancaster.
The second son: Horace J. Martin (1859 - 1915)
He also was a partner in the department store with his father, Jonas B. Martin.
He never married. He and his unmarried sister, Anna Elizabeth Martin, lived with their parents.
Above: Intelligencer Journal, July 29, 1915
The third Martin sibling: Miss Anna Elizabeth Martin (1868 - 1964)
Above: Intelligencer Journal, Jan. 9, 1958
Miss Anna Elizabeth Martin was born in Lancaster and lived most of her life here. She was a graduate of Centenary College in Hackettstown, N. J. She never married. She and her unmarried brother, Horace Martin, both lived most of their lives with their parents Jonas and Anna Martin.
Jonas and Anna Martin’s Family in the 1900 U. S. Census:
Above: The Martin Family in the 1900 U. S. Census. While living at 423 W. Chestnut St.
Above left: The Martin family’s home at 423 W. Chestnut St. Lancaster. Built for Jonas and Anna Martin in 1889. They lived here with their two unmarried children, Horace and Ann Elizabeth. Mrs. Martin’s unmarried sister also lived here: Emma Bachman Lehman. In the 1900 census there were two hired housekeepers here: Anna Dillick (age 21) and Widow Anna Hoover (age 43).
Above right: Jonas and Anna Martin’s retirement house: 242 N. Charlotte St. (left half of the double house). Their two unmarried adult children, Horace and Ann Elizabeth, moved here with them. Mrs. Martin’s unmarried sister, Emma Bachman Lehman, also moved here.
Mrs. Martin and her sister, Emma Lehman, grew up in a Mennonite family near Landisville. Mrs. Martin and her husband Jonas eventually became members of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lancaster. But Emma Lehman remained Mennonite. Her funeral in 1926 was at the Reformed Mennonite Church on East James Street, Lancaster.