Obituary: Martha Jane Talent, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon

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TALENT, Martha Jane, Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 2
Jun 1925, p. 2: Funeral services for the late Martha Ann Talent,
aged 86 years 2 months 28 days, mother of Mrs. N. J. Hendrickson
of Victoria, B. C., Mrs. E. R. Oatman of Medford, J. O. Talent of
Brownsville, Ore.; Charles P. Talent of Grant's Pass and Mrs. J.
D. Beeson of Medford, will be conducted Wednesday, June 3, at 2
p.m. from the Conger Funeral Parlors, with interment in Ashland
cemetery.

TALENT, Martha Jane, Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Monday, 1 Jun
1925, p. 2: Martha Ann Talent was born in Louden county,
Tennessee, March 3, 1829. Married at the age of 18 years to A. P.
Talent, who passed away in 1913. She was the mother of eleven
children, five of whom survive: Mrs. N. J. Hendrickson
of Victoria, B. C., Mrs. E. R. Oatman of Medford, J. O. Talent of
Brownsville, Ore.; Charles P. Talent of Grant's Pass and Mrs. J.
D. Beeson of Medford.

Since her husband's death she has made her home with her youngest
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Beeson.

She was a bed invalid for the past three and a half years.
Through all of her suffering she was patient until the last. She
was converted and united with the Baptist church in her youth,
and lived a good and consistent life. She has lived in Rogue
River valley since 1875, and leaves a host of friends. Funeral
services will be conducted Wednesday, June 3, at 2 p.m., at the
Conger Funeral Parlors with interment in Ashland cemetery.

TALENT, Martha Jane, Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Friday, 5 Jun
1925, p. 2: The little town of Talent today feels the loss of
another one of her early pioneers. In the death of Mrs. Martha
Jane Talent we mourn the passing of one who was very dear to the
hearts of many of Talent's old settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Talent were
the founders of the town of Talent. They kept the first
postoffice this side of Ashland, long before Medford came into
existence. They took the mail from the old stage coach. They also
built the first store. In Talent as in Medford they both were the
staunchest of Christian workers. Their home was always open to
strangers. Mr. Talent built a number of business houses in Talent
as well as a number of fine homes, which he sold at different
times. Beloved and trusted by all, they will forever remain in
our memories. Few persons enjoyed the true Christian reverence
that both Mr. and Mrs. Talent always enjoyed among their fellow
men. This Christian spirit was the consolation of both these
worthy Christians in their last moments. Interment in the family
plot at Ashland.