Lillie J. Beeker ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: L1G7-5WY.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ² The 1880 census records 4 Beeker households as neighbors.

Hannah Beeker, 41, was living with daughter Eldira, 20; son John, 18; daughter Lilla J., 13; and two orphans: Theadora Emily, 8; and Charles Baily, 14. Also in the home is Charles Beeker, farmer, 24. Hannah was born in Ohio and her parents in Pennsylvania. Her children were born in Pennsylvania, their father in Ohio.
Next door is Narcemos Beeker, farmer, 38, with wife Mary J., 43; Frank E., 13; George L., 10; Harry W., 7; Charles C., 5; and Clide R., 1. Everyone was born in Indiana, and Narcemos and Mary's parents in Onio.
Next door is Manford Beeker, farmer, 37, with wife Magdaline, 35; Lavira, 11; John L., 10; May 8; Dermeranda, 6; and 18-year-old Charles E. Deardoff, farm laborer. Everyone was born in Indiana, and Manford and Magdaline's parents in Onio.
Next door is Daniel Beeker, farmer, 62, with wife Mary F., 57; Charles W., farmer, 26; daughter Ferona, 19; Jennie, 17; and Rosetta, 12;
Daniel and his children were born in Indiana and his parents in North Carolina. Mary F. and her parents were born in Kentucky.

2. Census in 1900 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded owning a home at 14 Waldron Street in West Lafayette: Lilly J. Beeker, 30, born Dec 1870, living with her mother, Hannah, 56, Jan 1844. Lilly and Lilly's father were born in Indiana. Hannah was born in Ohio according to Lilly's record, and Hanna's father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother in Ohio. Lilly had birthed no children by 1900, and Hannah had birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900.

3. Residence: 1911 Lafayette City Directory: Beeker, Lillian, h 102 Waldron, West Lafayette in 1911 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶

4. Census in 1920 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁷ The 1920 census recorded renting a home at 103 Waldrow Street: Clarence O. Rhyan, automobile salesman, 41, living with wife Lily J., 41; and daughter Nelda B. 7; and Clarence's aunt M. Jane Herren, 78. Nelda, Lily and Lily's father were born in Indiana, and Lily's mother and the others and their parents in Ohio.

5. Newspaper: Journal and Courier: will of Mary D. Beeker Shigley, 2 Mar 1926, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁸ ---
Scientist Church and Reader Get Bequests From Shigley Estate
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The will of Mrs. Mary D. Shigley has been probated in the circuit court. It was drawn up on January 25, 1923, and decrees that $250 be paid to the First Church of Christ. Scientist, in memory of her daughter, Pearl Dobbins, deceased. The sum of $250 is bequeathed to Clair Robinson, reader in the church; $200 to Mrs. Hettie Brommer; $100 to Temple Bailey, a nephew, and $100 to Thornton Beeker, a nephew. An opal and chip diamond . ring is left to Miss Cormine Strate; the household goods to a sister, Mrs. Lillle Beeker Rhyan; and the residue to her sister, Mrs. Lillie Beeker Rhyan and the latter's husband, Clarence O. Rhyan. Mrs. Lillie Beeker Rhyan is named as executrix.

6. Census in 1930 in Prairie Township, White, IN. ⁹ The 1930 census recorded C. O. Rhyan, farmer, 52, living with wife Lillie B., 54, and daughter Nelda, 19. C. O. was first married at age 26 and Lillie at age 28. C. O. and his parents were born in Ohio. Lillie was born in Indiana, her father in Pennsylvania and mother in Ohio. Nelda and her mother were born in Indiana and her father in Ohio.

7. Arrival: 1941, in Miami, Miami-Dade, FL. ⁴

8. Obituary: Journal and Courier: obituary of Lillie Beeker Rhyan on 30 Aug 1947 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁴ ---
MRS. LILLIE B. RHYAN
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Word has been received here of the death last Tuesday in Miami, Fla., of Mrs. Lillie B. Rhyan, 80, widow of C. O. Rhyan. The family lived in Brookston and West Lafayette many years, Mrs. Rhyan going to Miami six years ago. She was a member of the Baptist church. Surviving are two step-daughters, Mrs. Nelda Summers, Brookston, and Mrs. Alice Kelley, of Chicago Heights, and a step-son, Fred Rhyan, Miami.

Lillie married Clarence Orestus Rhyan in 1914 in West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN.¹ (Clarence Orestus Rhyan was born on 23 Jul 1880 in Lilly Chapel, Madison, OH,¹⁰ died on 25 Dec 1935 in Brookston, White, IN ¹⁰ and was buried on 28 Dec 1935 in West Lafayette: Grand View Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ^{1 10}.)