Martha I. McKinney ^{2 3}

   Another name for Martha was Mattie McKinney.¹

   FamilySearch ID: L52X-WQ8.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ⁶ The 1880 census recorded Joseph Beeker, farmer, 23, living with wife Martha, 21. They and their parents were born in Indiana except Marth's mother in Ohio.

2. Census in 1900 in Shelby, Macomb, MI. ⁷ The 1900 census recorded Joseph F. Beeker, farmer, 43, born Sep 1857, living with wife Mattie, 42, May 1858, and son Earl, 20, Jul 1880. Joseph and Mattie were married for 20 years and she had birth 1 child by 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Census in 1910 in Shelby, Macomb, MI. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded on Pine Village gravel road Joseph F. Beeker, farmer, 53, living with wife Martha, 53. Joseph and his parents were born in Indiana, as was Martha whose parents were born in Ohio. They were married for 30 years and she had birthed 1 child.

4. Cause of Death: cancer of rectum, 17 Jan 1922, Shelby, Macomb, MI. ⁵

5. Obituary: Journal and Courier: Mrs. Martha Beeker Dies From Cancer on 18 Jan 1922 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴ Mrs. Martha I. Beeker, wife of Joseph F. Beeker, died at the family home, ten miles west of Lafayette, on the Pine Village road, at 2:30 o'clock, Tuesday afternoon. She had been sick for some time and death was due to cancer. She was born May 5, 1858 and had resided in Shelby township for many years. The husband and one son, William E. Beeker, of Chicago, survive.

Martha married Joseph Freemont Beeker, son of William M. Beeker and Elizabeth Cena Zeigler, on 16 Sep 1879 in , Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Joseph Freemont Beeker was born on 7 Sep 1856 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN,⁹ died on 25 Feb 1939 in Otterbein, Benton, IN ^{3 9} and was buried in Montmorenci: Montmorenci Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ⁹.)