VanArman, Martha "Mattie"

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 16 Feb 1892, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY
• Census: 08 Jun 1900, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY
• Census: 1 Jun 1905, Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY

Notes:

Press-Republican., November 01, 1989

Mrs. Martha M, ?Mattie? Arksey, 100, of the Vilas Home, died Tuesday at CVPH Medical Center.

She was born the daughter of George Henry and Sarah (Laury) VanArman.

Mrs. Arksey was first a teacher in Mooers and later in Vermont. She then became an ordained deaconess in the Wesleyan Church and served for many years as a missionary. Along with her husband, the Rev. Charles Monroe Arksey, she preached in several places in the Northern Tier, Michigan and Canada.

After her husband's death in 1940, she ran a mission in Philadelphia, PA, until she retired in 1969, returning to the North Country.

Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Marion Campney of Creston, OH; three grandchildren; a g-grandchild.

A son, Herman Arksey, died previously.

Funeral services: Ellenburg Wesleyan Church, Ellenburg Depot
Burial: Sheldon Hill Cemetery, Ellenburg Depot

Buried:
Sheldon Hill Cemetery

Martha married Arksey, Charles Monroe on 12 May 1909 in Ellenburg, Clinton Co., NY. Charles was born in Jan 1889 in Chateaugay, Franklin Co., NY; died in 1940 in Ellenburg Depot, Clinton, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ( ), Marion. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]