Jehu John McClure
Jeanette Harper
Susan W. McClure
(1878-1952)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Emory Clayton Beecher Sr.
2. William Proudfoot White

Susan W. McClure 2 3

  • Born: 6 Apr 1878, Wilmington, New Castle, DE 4
  • Marriage (1): Emory Clayton Beecher Sr. on 10 May 1941 in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex, DE 1
  • Marriage (2): William Proudfoot White on 4 Sep 1895 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE 2
  • Died: 10 Jan 1952, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, FL at age 73 4
  • Buried: 15 Jan 1952, Wilmington, New Castle, DE 4

   Another name for Susan was Susan W. Spring.4 6

   FamilySearch ID: LK36-TR1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Altoona Tribune: obituary of Mrs. Susan Beecher, 16 Jan 1952, Altoona, Blair, PA. 4 Mrs. Susan Beecher - Wife of Emory C. Beecher and former resident of Altoona, died unexpectedly last Thursday of a heart attack in St. Petersburg, Fla. She went to St. Petersburg from Altoona 14 years ago and was a member of Grace Methodist church and Eastern Star there.
She was born April 6, 1878, in Wilmington, Del., a daughter of John and Jeannette Spring.
Surviving are her husband, two sons born to an earlier marriage, William White of Wilmington and Willard N. White of Baltimore, and eight grandchildren. Interment was made a Wilmington, Tuesday.


Susan married Emory Clayton Beecher Sr., son of Adam Beecher and Christina Barbara Bittinger, on 10 May 1941 in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex, DE.1 (Emory Clayton Beecher Sr. was born on 31 Dec 1878 in Altoona, Blair, PA,7 8 9 died on 29 Dec 1958 in Altoona, Blair, PA 10 and was buried in Altoona: Rose Hill Cemetery, Blair, PA 10.)


Susan next married William Proudfoot White on 4 Sep 1895 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE.2 (William Proudfoot White was born on 26 Mar 1873 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE,2 11 12 died on 21 Apr 1933 in Rehoboth Beach, Sussex, DE 11 12 and was buried on 24 Apr 1933 in Wilmington: Lombard Cemetery, New Castle, DE 11 12.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39R-8PY Emory C. Beecher and Susan W. Mcclure White.

2 Ancestry.com, Delaware Marriage Records, 1744-1912 (Original data: Public Archives Commission, Delaware Public Archives. Marriage Records, 1744-1912. Dover, Delaware: Delaware Public Archives. Record Group # RG 1325; Subgroup # 003; Series # 004.), Susan W. McClure and Wm P White.

3 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39R-8PY Emory C. Beecher and Susan W. McClure White.

4 Altoona Tribune (Altoona, PA), 16 Jan 1952, page 12. Obituary of Mrs. Susan Beecher.

5 FamilySearch.org, Delaware Marriage Records, 1913-1954, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F39R-8PY Emory C. Beecher and Susan W. McClure White.

6 Ancestry.com, Delaware State Birth Records, 1861-1922, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLJ3-2C7 Susan W. Spring in entry for Willard White born 26 Jun 1904.

7 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1255103; National Archives Film T9-1103; Page 427A.

8 1900 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Blair County, Altoona, Series: T623 Roll: 1381 Page: 97.

9 FamilySearch.org, United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQFZ-N24 Emory Clayton Beecher, 1942; citing ARC identifier 563728, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C; FHL microfilm 2243664.

10 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67136690.

11 Ancestry.com, Delaware Death Records, 1811-1933, Death Certificate 1130. William P. White. Father John White. Mother Proudfoot.

12 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83436043.


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