Elizabeth Beecher ^{2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L62G-279.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ³ Edward Beecher, agent advertising, 40, was living with wife Mae B., 40; Elizabeth, 5; Marian, 4 years and 1 month, and Margaret, 1 year 4 months when the census was recorded on 8 Jan 1920. Everyone and their parents were born in Missouri, except Mae's father was born in Ireland, and her mother in Kentucky. They were renting the home at 634 Scott Ave.

2. Census in 1930 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ² Edward Beecher, president own advertising co., 51, was living with Mae B., 50. Edward was 26 when he married, when she was age 25. With them: Elizabeth, 15; Mariann, 14; and Margaret, 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Missouri, except mae's father was born in North Carolina. They owners the home, worth $25,000, at 419 E. Argonne.

3. Residence: on 17 May 1935 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ¹

4. Census in 1940 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ⁷ The 1940 census recorded owning a $15,000 home at 419 Argonne Drive: Edward Beecher, president advertising agency, 61, living with wife Mae, 60; daughter Margaret, copywriter advertising agency, 21; daughter Elizabeth Pierson, 25; and granddaughter Patricia Pierson, 1, born in Ohio. All others were born in Missouri.

5. Census in 1950 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO. ⁸ The 1950 census recorded Edward Beecher, retired, 71, living with wife Mae B., 70; daughter Elizabeth B. Pierson, instructor for telephone company, 35, and granddaughter Patricia E. Pierson, 11, who was born in Ohio. The others were born in Missouri.

6. Newspaper: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Mrs. Edward Beecher Moves, 23 Sep 1964, Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO. ⁹ Mrs. Charles Heitzeberg has returned home to Morristown, N.J., after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Edward Beecher. Mrs. Beecher, with her other daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Beecher Pierson, moved recently to 666 East Adams avenue from 419 East Argonne Avenue.
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7. Obituary: Obituary of Elizabeth B. Pierson on 26 Feb 2002 in Prescott, Yavapai, AZ. ¹⁰ Elizabeth B. Pierson, 87, of Prescott, Arizona, died Feb. 26, 2002 in Prescott, AZ. She was born June 18, 1914. No services. Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted the family.

Elizabeth married Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson on 18 May 1935 in Kirkwood, St. Louis, MO.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Lt. Col. Leroy Colter Pierson was born on 28 Feb 1913 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH,¹¹ died on 2 Sep 1999 in Sacramento, Sacramento, CA ¹¹ and was buried on 16 Sep 1999 in Santa Nella: San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Merced, CA ¹¹.)