Mary E. Beecher ^{3 4 5 6 7}

   Another name for Mary was Mollie Beecher.⁹

   FamilySearch ID: LDMX-G93.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Wilkins Twp., Allegheny, PA. ³ John Beecher, carpenter, 46, was living with wife Margaret, 37; William, apprentice, 19; James, 9; and Mary, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. John's real estate was worth $2,400 and possessions $300. The post office was Wilkins.

2. Census in 1870 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁹ John Beecher, carpenter, 55, was living with wife Margaret, 46; James, carpenter, 29; and Mollie, 15. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania except John in Maryland.

3. Census in 1880 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹⁰ The 1880 census recorded living on Walnut Street: Wm. Welshons, railroad engineer, 22, living with wife Mary E., 24; an unnamed infant son, born Jan 1880, and mother-in-law Margt. Beecher, 57. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA. ¹ The 1900 census recorded at 112 2nd Street: William E. Welshons, locomotive engineer, 44, born Oct 1856, with wife Mary, 43, Jun 1857; sons John B., 19, May 1881; and William Jr., 16, Feb 1884; and daughter Edna, 14, Dec 1886. They had been married 21 years and birthed 4 children, all alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Mary's father in Maryland.

5. Residence: 413 Second St., Pitcairn, PA on 1 Jan 1908 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA. ¹¹

6. Census in 1910 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA. ¹² The 1910 census recorded owning a home onSecond Street: Mary E. Welshon, widowed, 54, living with sons John B. Welshon, railroad fireman, single, 27, and William Welshon, railroad fireman, single, 25. Also in the home was servant Annie Parett, single, 24. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1920 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA. ¹³ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 413 Second Street: John B. Welshons, railroad engineer, 37, living with his widowed mother, Mary E. Welshons, 63. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Cause of Death: Mary died at Columbia Hospital from carcinoma of cervix, contributory fracture of right femur due to falling out of bed., 31 Mar 1937, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny, PA, USA. ⁵

9. Residence: 413 Second Ave., Pitcairn, Pa. on 31 Mar 1937 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA. ⁵

10. Obituary: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Obituary of Mary E. Welsons on 1 Apr 1937 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁸ WELSHONS - On Wednesday, March 31, 1937, at 8:55 p.m., Mrs. Mary E. Welshons, wife of the late William E. Welshons, in her 82nd year. Funeral services on Saturday, April 3, at 1 p. m. at her home, 413 second street, Pitcairn, Pa. Interment in Uniondale Cemetery, Northside, Pittsburgh.

11. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The will of Mary E. Welshons, Pitcairn, gives her estate of $11,500 to two sons and two daughters., 23 Apr 1937, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ¹⁴

Mary married William E. Welshons Sr. on 27 Mar 1879 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA.^{1 2} (William E. Welshons Sr. was born in Oct 1856 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ^{1 10} and died on 25 Mar 1905 in Pitcairn, Allegheny, PA ¹⁵.)