Martha Fehl (maiden name: McBeth) was born in the 1840s in Pennsylvania. She married Isaac Fehl around 1862, and they had at least two children: Martin, born around 1869; and Peter, born around 1876. They lived in South Newton, Pennsylvania, and her husband worked as a laborer. By 1870, they owned $1,350 of real estate and $150 of personal property. She died in 1903.