Mary Wagner Beecher ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: MGFB-MKC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁹ The 1870 census recorded Saml Beecher, salesman shoe store, 42, living with wife Elizabeth, 42; Mary, 6; and Catherine, 1. Also with them is Sallie Horst, 22, domestic servant. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Census in 1880 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁰ Living at 931 Ontario St. was Samuel F. Beecher, salesman, 52, with wife Elizabeth S., 50. With them: Mary W. 17; and Catherine E. 11. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ³ Owning a home at 931 N. Watts Street in Philadelphia in the 1910 Census is Samuel F. Beecher, age 72, shoe salesman, born Jan. 1828, widowed. He is living with his daughters: Mary. W, born Nov. 1863; and Catherine, born March, 1870. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: The Inquirer: PYFER-BEECHER. In Philadelphia, Jan. 22, Samuel M.Pyfer, formerly of Lancaster and now of Philadelphia, and Mary W. Beecher, also of that city., 26 Jan 1901, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA. ²

5. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹¹ The 1910 census recorded at 931 Watts Street: Samel M. Pyfer, finisher in brass factory, 42, living with wife Mary, 45; son Stanley B. Pyfer, 8; and cousin Walter Burkhart, 45. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The census columns state Samuel and Mary were married for 9 years and she had birthed only 1 child. Samuel had been previously married and had another son living elsewhere.

6. Residence: 6620 N. Uber St., Philadelphia, Pa. On 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ^{7 12}

7. Cause of Death: chronic myocarditis, 3 years., 27 Apr 1943, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

8. Residence: 6620 N. Uber St., Philadelphia, Pa. On 27 Apr 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁵

9. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer: obituary of Mary Wagner Beecher Pyfer on 29 Apr 1943 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶ DIED. PYFER -- Aprile 27. MARY WAGNER BEECHER, widow of Samuel M. Pyfer. Relatives and friends are invited to service, Fri., 2 P. M., at her home, 6620 N. Uber st. Int. West Laurel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Thurs. eve.

Mary married Samuel Martin Pyfer Sr., son of John M. Pyfer and Belinda Catharine Beecher, on 22 Jan 1901 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA.^{1 2} (Samuel Martin Pyfer Sr. was born on 30 Jun 1842 in , Lancaster, PA,^{12 13 14} died on 18 Dec 1929 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{7 12 14} and was buried on 21 Dec 1929 in Bala-Cynwyd: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ^{7 12 14}.)