Frank Brainard Seawright
(1864-1931)
Nancy Crouch
(1865-1921)
Nancy Hughes Seawright
(1887-1976)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Charles Wilbur Beeker
2. Lewis Marion DeVault

Nancy Hughes Seawright 1 2 4

  • Born: 18 Jun 1887, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN 1
  • Marriage (1): Charles Wilbur Beeker on 12 Oct 1909 in , Tippecanoe, IN 1 2
  • Marriage (2): Lewis Marion DeVault on 22 Dec 1946 in Monon, White, IN 3
  • Died: 19 May 1976, West Hartford, Hartford, CT at age 88 5

   FamilySearch ID: K4VF-RMH.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. 6 The 1910 census recorded renting a home at 202 Perrin Avenue: C. Wilbur Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], dredging and drain contractor, 26, living with wife Nancy, 22. They had birthed no children by 1910. They and their parents were born in Indiana.

2. Census in 1930 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. 7 The 1930 census recorded renting at 425 North 7th Street: Charles W. Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], salesman for publishing company, 46, living with wife Nancy, millinery, 42; and brother-in-law George B. Seawright, foreign manager for electric company, single, 32. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: Beeker-DeValult Marriage, 27 Dec 1946, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. 3 BEEKER-DEVAULT
Announcement is made of the marriage of Mrs. Nancy Beeker, 1217 South Fourteenth street, to Lewis M. DeVault, 121 South Thirtieth street, which took place December 22 at the home of the groom's sister, Mrs. Jennie Stanley, of Monon. Rev. Newton I. Gottschall, of the Methodist church, officiated in the presence of the immediate families. Mrs. DeVault has been manager of the Daytona Frock shop and Mr. DeVault is in the contracting business. The couple will be spending the holidays at their home here, 47 North Twenty-Sixth street.


Nancy married Charles Wilbur Beeker, son of Charles William Beeker and Noonie Carr, on 12 Oct 1909 in , Tippecanoe, IN.1 2 (Charles Wilbur Beeker was born on 19 Aug 1883 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN,1 4 8 9 died on 20 Jan 1944 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN 2 4 8 9 and was buried on 22 Jan 1944 in Lafayette: Spring Vale Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN 2 4 8.)


Nancy next married Lewis Marion DeVault on 22 Dec 1946 in Monon, White, IN.3 (Lewis Marion DeVault was born on 4 Apr 1875 in , , IN,10 died on 12 Oct 1969 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN 10 and was buried in Monon: Bedford Cemetery, White, IN 10.)


Sources


1 Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 (Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.), C. Wilbur Beeker and Nancy H. Seawright, 12 Oct 1909, Tippecanoe, IN.

2 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 21 Jan 1944, page 9. Obituary of C. Wilbur Beeker.

3 "Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)," 27 Dec 1946, page 4. Beeker-DaVault Marriage.

4 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 3218. C. Wilbur Beeker. Father Charles Beeker. Mother Noonie Carr. Spouse Nancy Seawright, informant.

5 Ancestry.com, Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001 (Connecticut Department of Health. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Department of Health.), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZG3-64N Nancy Devault, 19 May 1976 citing West Hartford, , Connecticut.

6 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK5B-TMN C Wilbur Becker, Lafayette Ward 4, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 164, sheet 15A, family 231.

7 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4BL-24K Charles W Becker, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 7A, line 33, family 190.

8 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7498259.

9 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), SSN 311-07-8614 Charles Wilbur Beeker, b. 19 Aug 1883, d. 20 Jan 1944.

10 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=111172346.



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