Mary Sapp ^{1 2}

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in District 456, Appling, GA. ³ The 1880 census recorded in the 456th District (west of Baxley): Alfred Beecher, works on farm, 42, living with wife Mary, 18; daughter Elmeria, 12; son Heny, 10; son Isham, 9; daughter Rebecca, 8; daughter Florence, 6; daughter Lucretia, 5; son Colster, 2; and daughter Lila, 3 months old when the census was recorded on 29 Jun 1880. They are living as neighbors to widow Elizabeth Sapp, 42, with her children Elijah, 14; Mollie, 12; and Sarah, 8. Everyone and their parents were born in Georgia.

2. Census in 1900 in Baxley, Appling, GA. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded in the 457th District (Baxley) in Appling County four Beecher households as neighbors.

The first household was headed by William Carter, farmer, 63, born May, 1837, married for 32 years to wife Mary M. 51, Aug 1848, living with son William E., farm laborer, 21, Apr 1879; daughter Minnie L, 14, Mar 1886; and son-in-law Lite H. Beecher, laborer turpentine, 24, Jun 1875, married to William Sr.'s daughter Sabra S., 23, Jul 1876. They were married 4 years and had 2 children: daughter Earnie, 3, Mar 1897; and son Fred, 1 Jan 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Georgia.

William. A. Beecher, farmer, 60, born Jan 1840, was living with wife Mary, 59, May 1841. They were married for 6 years and the census column records she had birthed no children by 1900. Mary, her parents, William, and his mother were born in Georgia. His father was born in England.

The next household is headed by Elijah Mock, farmer, 35, Jan 1865, married for six years to wife Mazelle, 40, Apr 1860, living with stepson Lite Beecher, farm laborer, 21, Feb 1879; and stepson Henry L. Beecher, farm laborer, 16, May 1884; and son Lennie Mock, 4, Oct 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Georiga, except Elijah and his parents in South Carolina.

The next household is headed by Lumpkin Beecher, farmer, 54, Apr 1846, married for 33 years to wife Cornelia A., 54, Mar 1846. She had birthed no children by 1900.With them is father Henry Beecher, 87 is first written but then crossed out and overwritten as 77, Jul 1822, widowed. Henry and his parents and Lumpkin's father were born in England. Lumpkin, his mother, Cornelia and her parents, were born in Georgia.

Mary married William Alfred Beecher, son of Henry Beecher and Lucinda Margaret Hagan, on 11 Jan 1874. (William Alfred Beecher was born on 31 Jan 1840 in , Appling, GA,^{1 4 5 6} died on 21 Apr 1920 in Baxley, Appling, GA ^{1 6} and was buried in Baxley: Ten Mile Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Appling, GA ⁶.)