Elmira Beeker ^{2 3}

   Another name for Elmira was Almira Beeker.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: KLLG-LFJ.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Lee Township, Brown, IL. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Saml. Becker, farmer, 30, living with wife Mrs. Ellin, 28; son D. M., 6; daughter S. E., 3; and daughter Almira, 1. All were born in North Carolina except Almira in Illinois. Samuel's land was valued at $300. Saml. could not read or write.

2. Census in 1870 in Cotton Grove, Davidson, NC. ² The 1870 census recorded Samuel Beeker, farm laborer, 41, living with wife Elinor, 37; Daniel, farm laborer, 16; Sarah, 13; Elmira, 11; Henry, 6, and John, 2. Also in the home is Jane Miller, 21, domestic servant. Next door is Elinor's mother, Sarah Galimore, 60, widow, and her daughters Barbara, 25, Mary, 20, and son Thomas, 11. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

Elmira married Silas Milton Andrew McLaughlin on 15 Dec 1886 in , Rowan, NC.¹ (Silas Milton Andrew McLaughlin was born on 13 Sep 1864 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC,⁶ died on 4 Dec 1934 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC ⁶ and was buried in Mount Ulla: Centenary Methodist Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ⁶.)