Virginia Martha Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LXMW-16Z.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 310 Larimer Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA on 1 Sep 1913 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁵

2. Census in 1920 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ² The 1920 census recorded renting at 6617 Apple Avenue: Thompson Beecher, brakeman steam railroad, 28, living with wife Pearl, 23; Virginia, 6 and 3 months; Jesse, 4 and 8 months; Kenneth, 3 and 8 months; and Sarah Snyder, boarder, 79. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1930 in North Braddock, Allegheny, PA. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded renting at 408 Stokes Avenue: Thompson W. Beecher, brakeman steam railroad, 37, living with Pearl, 34; Virginia, 16; Jesse, 14; and Kenneth, 13. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: on 27 May 1964 in Upper Saint Clair Twp., Allegheny, PA. ³

5. Obituary: Pittsburgh Tribune: obituary of Virginia Beecher Francis on 1 Dec 2002 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁸ Virginia Beecher Francis, age 89, died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002, at Baptist Homes in Mt. Lebanon, after a brief illness. Beloved wife of Charles Blaine Francis. A loving and devoted wife, mother and homemaker, she is also survived by daughters, Jamee F. Schrader of Upper St. Clair and Pamela F. Bryant of Syracuse, N.Y.; grandchildren, K.C. Graham of Los Angeles, Calif., Robert Bryant, Melissa Bryant and James Bryant, all of Syracuse; and great-grandchildren, Maya and Robert Bryant, both of Syracuse. Virginia was born Sept. 1, 1913 in Pittsburgh. She and Charles, 50-year residents of Brookside Farms in Upper St. Clair, had recently celebrated their 66th anniversary on Nov. 6, 2002. As a member of the Upper St. Clair Women's Club, Virginia, a book lover, was instrumental along with other club members in laying the groundwork for what would become Upper St. Clair Public Library. After her marriage to Charles, she left public school teaching and the couple first settled in Pleasant Hills, where she started Girl Scouts as well as ballet classes at the fire hall. As a member of Pleasant Hills Community Presbyterian Church, she was a choir mother and sewed choir robes for all the children's choirs. Visitation from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at FREYVOGEL-SLATER FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 112 Ft. Couch Road, Bethel Park. Service will follow visitation at 8 p.m. Interment at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Jefferson Memorial Park.

Virginia married Charles B. Francis Jr. on 6 Nov 1936 in Wellsburg, Brooke, WV.¹ (Charles B. Francis Jr. was born on 31 May 1916 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA ^{1 10} and died on 12 Feb 2003 in Upper Saint Clair, Allegheny, PA ¹⁰.)