He was a firm believer in human rights, an earnest anti-slavery man and a strong prohibitionist.

[4] At the close of the civil war, she married John S. Berry, a soldier who had given to his country four years of service.

[4] Seeking broader fields for the careers, they came to Kansas with their only child, Alice, taking a homestead in Glen Elder Township, Mitchell County, Kansas, September 21, 1871, where Martia taught in the sod schoolhouse and rode over the large district of the Methodist Episcopal Church, collecting, in the capacity of steward.

[1] In Cawker, she opened its first millinery store, also doing business in general merchandise for twelve years.

She was elected Superintendent of the M. E. Sabbath School, and held the office until her death with but a short break in service.

[4] "Taxation with representation" aroused her spirit, even in childhood, and till her death, she was an ardent equal suffragist, take great interest herself and for other women in Cawker and school government.

On February 28, 1889, she was elected to the office of treasurer of the Kansas WCTU, and her yearly re-election proved her faithfulness.