Ruby Mildred Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: G94W-WS7.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁸ The 1900 census recorded John L. Beeker, farm laborer, 38, born Aug 1861, with his wife Ada F., farmer, 31, Nov 1868; Ruby M., Sep 1890; and son Thornton, 4, Jun 1895. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Ada's mother in Sweden. John and Ada were married for 12 years and she had birthed 2 children all alive in 1900.
Next door is the household of John's Beeker's sister, Eldora:
Ash B. Bailey, farmer, 44, born Apr 1856, was living with wife Elelosa [sic, should be Eldora], 41, Sep 1859; Hettie S., 15, Jul 1885; Frank L., 11, Dec 1889; Hannah, 4, Jun 1896; Hellen C. 5 months, Dec 1899. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana. Eldora was married for 15 years and had birthed 4 children by 1900, all alive.

2. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: Beeker - Parks Wedding, 19 Oct 1915, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹ LAFAYETTE Ind., October 19 -- Morris R. Parks, junior member of the law firm of Parks & Parks, and Miss Ruby M. Beeker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Beeker, of Battle Ground, were married today at the home of the bride's parents, by the Rev. R. K. Kelly, pastor of the First Baptist church. The bride Is a graduate of Indiana university with the class of 1910, and the last four years has been principal of the Royerton high school. Mr. Parks is a graduate of Purdue with the class of 1907, and a graduate of Indiana Law school with the class of 1909. He has been in partnership with his father, George D. Parks, the last six years. He has served the last two years as United States commissioner here.

3. Census in 1930 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded owning a $12,000 home at 491 Maple Street in West Lafayette: Morris R. Parks, lawyer, 44, living with wife Ruby M., 39; son John M., 12; and son Robert W., 8. All were born in Indiana except Morris in Maine.

4. Residence: on 28 Aug 1934 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹⁰

5. Residence: on 18 Nov 1939 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴

6. Residence: 491 Maple St, West Lafayette, IN on 27 Apr 1942 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁵

7. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: John Parks Gets Doctors Degree, 24 Dec 1942, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹¹ John Parks Gets Doctor's Degree
John M. Parks, of West Lafayette, was awarded the degree of doctor of philosophy at the 118th graduation exercises Wednesday, Dec. 23. at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris R. Parks, 491 Maple street, West Lafayette, and was graduated at RPI in 1941 with the degree of master of metallurgical engineering. He is a member of Sigma Xi. Young Parks was expected home Thursday night.
Cadet Robert W. Parks of U. S. military academy at West Point has arrived to spend a Christmas furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Parks. S. T. Beeker, brother of Mrs. Parks, was also to come Thursday from Alexandria, Va, to spend Christmas at the Parks home.

8. Census in 1950 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹² The 1950 census recorded Morris R. Parks, civil lawyer, 64, living with wife Ruby M. Parks, 59. He was born in Maine and she in Indiana.

9. Residence: 491 Maple St., West Lafayette, IN on 8 Jul 1962 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ²

10. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Ruby Parks on 18 Feb 1975 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ GOP leader, dead at 84
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Mrs. Ruby Parks, 84, who for 14 years was vice chairman of the Republican Party in Tippecanoe County, died Monday evening at Americana Nursing Center, where she had been a resident since May.
Mrs. Parks, who lived most of her life in West Lafayette, came from a political family and, in 1952, she headed the Republican campaign in this County. During the campaign she rode an election train from Lafayette to Logansport with the GOP vice presidential candidate, Richard Nixon, and Mrs. Nixon.
Following the election of Dwight Eisenhower as President that year, Mrs. Parks resigned from active politics. Her husband, Morris Parks, a former West Lafayette city judge, died in 1962.
Mrs. Parks was born on a farm near Ash Grove. She attended school in West Lafayette and, in 1910 graduated from Indiana University with a degree in mathematics: She taught school for several years before marrying Morris Parks, a local attorney.
During her tenure as GOP vice chairman, Mrs. Parks managed the old motor vehicle license branch at Sixth and Columbia Streets from 1945 to 1949. In 1953 she was one of the founding members of the Tippecanoe County Republican Women's Club.
She also was active in the Tourist Club.
Mrs. Parks designed her home at 491 Maple St.. WL, where she lived until entering the nursing home.
She is survived by two sons, Dr. John M. Parks of Cleveland, O., and Col. Robert Parks of Carlsbad, N.M.

Ruby married Morris Randlett Parks, son of George Daniel Parks and Anna Statira White, on 19 Oct 1915 in Battle Ground, Tippecanoe, IN.^{1 2} (Morris Randlett Parks was born on 20 Dec 1885 in Brunswick, Cumberland, ME,^{13 14} died on 8 Jul 1962 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN ^{7 15} and was buried in West Lafayette: Grand View Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ¹⁵.)