Ruth Marie Beecher ^{1 3 4 5}

   FamilySearch ID: LXM4-JXB.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence: 719 E. Kickapoo St., Hartford City, IN on 21 Jan 1916 in Hartford, Hartford, CT. ⁴

2. Census in 1920 in Conshohocken, Montgomery, PA. ³ The 1920 census recorded renting at 806 Maple Street: Chester E. Beecher, superintendent paper mill, 33, living with wife Edith, 26; Arthur, 9; Charles, 7; Murletta, 6; and Marie, 3 years 11 months. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana.

3. Census in 1930 in Whitpain Township, Montgomery, PA. ⁶ The 1930 census recorded Chester E. Beecher, 41, widowed, paper maker in paper mill, living only with his children: Chester A., 19; Charles L, 17; Murletta, 16; Marie, 14; and Betty, 9. Everyone was born in Indiana except Betty in Pennsylvania.

4. Residence: 1933 Green Bay City Directory: Beecher, Marie student. r517 Crooks in 1933 in Green Bay, Brown, WI. ⁷

5. Census in 1940 in Eaton, Delaware, IN. ² The 1940 census recorded renting at 39 Harris Street: Edith Beecher, 46, living with daughter Marie Harrington, divorced, 24; grandson James R. Harrington, 5; and lodger Charles Smith, mechanic, 36. Everyone was born in Indiana except James in Wisconsin. In 1935 Edith was living in Hartford City, Indiana, and Marie in Marshfield, Wisconsin.

6. Cause of Death: acute bacterial endocarditis, 30 Sep 1943, Muncie, Delaware, IN. ⁵

7. Occupation: inspector at Durham Mfg. Co. on 30 Sep 1943 in Muncie, Delaware, IN. ⁵

8. Residence: Main St., Eaton, IN on 30 Sep 1943 in Eaton, Delaware, IN. ⁵

Ruth married Robert M. Harrington on 6 Jul 1934 in Crystal, Montcalm, MI.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce before 1940. (Robert M. Harrington was born on 30 Jan 1912 in Marshfield, Wood, WI ¹.)

Ruth next married Charles William Van Horn.