Cena Beeker ^{2 3}

   Another name for Cena was Cena Beeker.

   FamilySearch ID: LRTJ-QQH.

  Birth Notes:

Event Description: Her death certificate has 5 Nov 1859 birth; her social security application 5 Nov 1863.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe, IN. ⁶ The 1860 census recorded Samuel Beeker, farmer, 34, living with wife Hannah, 18; Mary D., 3; and Eldora, 9 months. Also in the home is farm hand Joseph Pruett, 17. Everyone was born in Indiana except Hannah in Ohio. Samuel's real estate was valued at $3850 and personal estate $395. Two households later is William Beeker, 29, living with wife Elizabeth, 27; Joseph, 3; Lovinas, 2; and Lorsena, 7 months. Also in the home is farm hand John B. Pruett, 21. Oddly, William has no real estate value, but John Pruett has $6260 with a personal estate worth $1395, suggesting he owned the land. On the same page is his mother, widow Barbara Pruitt, 53, living with her children Randolph, 14; Jane, 11, and Margaret 9. Barbara is nee Beeker, the sister of Samuel and William. Everyone was born in Indiana. The post office was Battle Ground.

2. Cena appeared in the household of William M. Beeker in a census in 1870 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ^{7 7} The 1870 census recorded William Beeker, farmer, 39, living with wife Elizabeth, 38; Joseph, 13; Laura Ines, 12; Laurenna, 10; Margaret, 8; and John H., 3. Also in the home is farm laborer Thomas Taylor, 18. Everyone was born in Indiana. William's real estate was valued at $10,000 and personal estate $1000. The post office was Pond Grove.

3. She appeared in the household of William M. Beeker in a census in 1880 in Bolivar Township, Benton, IN. ^{8 8} The 1880 census recorded William Beeker, farmer, 54, living with wife Sena E., 46; daughter Sena, 20; Maggie, 18; and son John H. 13. Also in the home is Guss Temfelin, 6; and laborer Henry McDonald, 23. Everyone was born in Indiana except Henry in Canada. William's parents were born in North Carolina, and Sena's in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded living on Main Street: Charles Hale, live stock dealer, 52, born Feb 1848, living with wife Cena, 42, Oct 1858; and son Kile, 16, Jan 1884. Charles and Cena were married for 18 years. Curiously, the census column states Cena had born 0 children, yet an 18-year marriage in 1882 would be before his birth. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except Charles' parents in Maryland.

5. Census in 1910 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ¹⁰ The 1910 census recorded owning a home on Oak Street: Lora C. Hale, seamstress dressmaker at home, widowed, 47. The census column records she had birthed 1 child by 1910. She and her parents were born in Indiana.

6. Newspaper: Star Press: Mrs. Hale Bothere By Night Prowlers, 1 Jul 1917, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹¹ MRS. HALE BOTHERED BY NIGHT PROWLERS
Mother of Kile Hale, at Redkey, Relates Experience at Her Home Friday Night.
Redkey, Ind., June 80. -- Mrs. Cena Hale, mother of Kile Hale, who has been one of the leading witnesses for the state in the Brown murder trial, this morning, weeping, related a circumstance that happened at her home about 10 o'clock last night. She said some one stepped onto her front porch and tried the door knob twice and when she asked who it was and what they wanted, she got no reply. Mrs. Hale called some neighbors by phone. As Ralph Williamson passed the Hale home, his services were sought in trying to locate who the night prowlers were.
Is Not the First Time.
Kile Hale was not at home at the time. Mrs. Hale says on other occasions she has been molested by night prowlers since the murder of Roy Brown. Since Hale returned from Canada to be a witness in the recent trial, it is said he has spent most of nights at Muncie. Naturally of course the citizens of Redkey and vicinity have been more interested in the Roy Brown murder trial than those of any other place. Never was there a time when the people of this community waited more anxiously than they did to hear the result of the Flashback trial.
The local news dealer has sold more than 5,000 daily papers during the trial which is the best In his eleven years experience.

7. Newspaper: Star Press: Mrs. Cena Hale left Thursday for Pittsburg, Pa., where she will visit her son, Kile Hale, and wife., 22 Dec 1918, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹²

8. Census in 1920 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ¹³ The 1920 census recorded owning a home on Oak Street: Cena Hale, widowed, seamstress, 60. She was born in Indiana. Her father was born in North Carolina and mother in Pennsylvania.

9. Newspaper: Star Press, 3 Feb 1922, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁴ Mrs. Cena Hale, who has resided in Redkey for thirty-six years, will leave Friday morning for Lafayette, where she will make her home with her brother. Kile Hale, a son of Mrs. Hale, will move his family here and will occupy his mother's home.

10. Residence: on 3 Feb 1922 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN. ¹⁴

11. Census in 1930 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded owning a $1200 home on North Oak Street: Cena Hale, widowed, dressmaker, 69, living alone. She and her parents were born in Indiana.

12. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey: Thomas Whetsel of Lincoln, Neb. Is here for an extended visit with Mrs. Cena Hale, William Whetsel and Isaac Crumley., 4 Jul 1933, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁶

13. Census in 1940 in Redkey, Jay, IN. ¹⁷ The 1940 census recorded owning a home on North Oak St: Cena Hale, widowed, 76, living alone. She was born in Indiana and lived in the same house in 1935.
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14. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey: Mrs. Roxie Hale, Margaret Hale, Miss Betty Haines and Charles Hale of Anderson, were entertained to a birthday dinner at the home of Mrs. Cena Hale., 13 Aug 1940, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ¹⁸

15. Cause of Death: cardiac decompensation, arteriosclerosis, 13 Mar 1946, Redkey, Jay, IN. ⁴

16. Obituary: The Star Press: obituary of Mrs. Cena Hale on 14 Mar 1946 in Muncie, Delaware, IN. ⁵ Redkey, Ind., March 13 -- Mrs. Cena Hale, 86, died about noon today at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Davis here, where she had been staying. She was the widow of the late Charles Hale who for a number of years operated a meat market here. Mrs. Hale is survived; by one son, Kile Hale; one grandson, one granddaughter and one great-grandson, all of Anderson. Funeral services will be conducted at the local Methodist church, of which she was a member, at 1:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. The Rev. Robert J. Burns will officiate. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Anderson. The body will remain at the Jones mortuary until the funeral hour, and friends may call there.

17. Newspaper: Star Press: Redkey: Mrs. Cena Hale, who has resided in Redkey for 36 years, will leave Friday for Lafayette, where she will make her home with her brother,.

Cena married Charles Hale, son of John C. Hale and Harriet Ann Martin, on 25 Sep 1881 in , Benton, IN.¹ (Charles Hale was born on 20 Feb 1848 in Attica, Fountain, IN,¹⁹ died on 7 Mar 1903 in Redkey, Jay, IN ¹⁹ and was buried on 10 Mar 1903 in Montmorenci: Montmorenci Cemetery, Tippecanoe, IN ¹⁹.)