Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Bennett, Marie Elisabeth Merriman July 5, 1943
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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, July 6, 1943
Marie Elisabeth Bennett, Central Point pioneer, died at a local hospital 
yesterday after a brief illness. Mrs. Bennett, whose parents were Artinecia 
Riddle Merriman and William H. Merriman, was born on the old Merriman ranch 
near Central Point, December 9, 1858, and had lived in Jackson County her 
entire life. She was the fourth of a family of 15 children.
As a child Mrs. Bennett attended school in a little country schoolhouse near 
what is now known as Beall Lane and later attended the old Ashland academy and 
college, the only institution of higher learning in the valley. She became a 
teacher at the age of 17 and continued in this occupation until her marriage 
to the late Samuel L. Bennett in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett located on the old 
Butler donation land claim, one mile north of the present city of Medford, and 
lived there until Mr. Bennett retired from active work in 1908 when the family 
moved to Medford. 
The Bennetts had three children, Mrs. Laura Merriman Loder, Mrs. Artinecia 
Marie Swingle and the late S. Louis Bennett. Mr. Bennett passed away in 1923 
and Mrs. Bennett continued to live in Medford until 1932 when she went to 
Trail to make her home with Mrs. Swingle. The deceased was a charter member of 
the First Baptist church of Medford.
In addition to the two daughters, Mrs. F. F. Loder of Willows, Calif., and 
Mrs. Swingle of Trail, Mrs. Bennett is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. C. 
Hill, Seattle, and Mrs. Isabelle Fronk, Portland, five grandchildren and five 
great-grandchildren. 
Funeral services will be at the Perl Funeral home Wednesday at 2:30 p. m. with 
the Rev. D. D. Randall officiating. Interment will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery 
in Medford. 

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