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This memorial is found at Old East Cemetery in Clinton, Lenawee, Michigan, United States.

East side of the memorial says:

THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED
IN THE MEMORY
OF
MARTHA ELLEN BENTON
BY HER CHILDREN
JOSIAH HENRY BENTON
MARTHA ELLEN FISHER

West side of the memorial says:

MARTHA ELLEN DANFORTH
DAUGHTER OF
DAVID & HULDAH DANFORTH
BORN AT WALPOLE N.H.
MAY 24, 1822

SHE MARRIED
REVEREND JOSIAH HENRY BENTON
AT PUTNEY VERMONT AUGUST 12, 1841

IN 1845 SHE CAME WITH HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN TO CLINTON. SHE BORE SIX CHILDREN, ONE OF WHOM, ROBERT FULLER, WAS BORN IN THIS TOWN, AND ONE OF WHOM, FRANKLIN, WAS BORN AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN AND IS HERE BURIED. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE, A LOVING AND DEVOTED MOTHER, A LOYAL FRIEND, A HELPFUL NEIGHBOR, AND AN EARNEST CHRISTIAN WOMAN.
SHE DIED IN THIS TOWN OCTOBER 8, 1856.