Mary Elizabeth Beecher ^{2 3}

   Another name for Mary was Lizzey Beecher.⁴

   FamilySearch ID: LDBN-XH7.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Boueff Twp., Franklin, MO. ² Samuel Beecher, farmer, 45, was living with wife Margaret, 42; William, 21; Adrian, 18; James, 13; Francis, 11; John L., 7; and Mary E, 3. Also in the home was Charles Matthias, 23, laborer, born in Germany. Everyone else was born in Missouri. Judging by the names and birthplaces of neighbors, they were living in a community with German roots. The post office was Dundee.

2. Census in 1870 in Washington, Franklin, MO. ⁷ The 1870 census recorded Samuel Beecher, 50, farmer, living with wife Margaret, 51; James M., 23, laborer; John L., 17; Lizzey, 13; and Chas. L. Kingsley, 20, laborer. Samuel was born in Maryland, everyone else in Missouri except Chas. in Virginia. Samuel's real estate was worth $10,000 and personal estate $5,000. The post office was Washington, MO.

3. Census in 1880 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁸ The 1880 census recorded at 2606 Prarie Avenue: W. W. Dudley, occupation fire insurance, 35, living with wife E. M., 23; and servant Julia Mulfall, 38. W. W. and his parents were born in Connecticut. E. M. and her mother was born in Missouri and her father in Maryland. Julia was born in Ireland.

4. Newspaper: Reading Times: Dudley-Beecher Wedding at Pottstown Yesterday, 4 Mar 1880, Pottstown, Montgomery, PA. ¹ Our Pottstown correspondent, "A. M. S.," sends the following concerning a wedding that occurred there yesterday: "Late this afternoon at the residence of Mr. W. C. Beecher, East High street, the marriage of his sister, Miss Lizzie Beecher, to Mr. W. W. Dudley, of Chicago, was duly solemnized, the ceremony taking place in the presence of the immediate members of the family, and the officiating clergyman being Rev. J. C. Thompson, of Philadelphia, formerly of this place. The presents were costly and varied. An elegant supper followed the event. The bridal party left on the seven o'clock train. The many Pottstown friends of Mrs. Dudley wish her and her husband a happy and contented life."

5. Census in 1900 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁵ The 1900 census recorded in Hyde Park Town owning a home at 4427 Lake Avenue: Walter W. Dudley, fire insurance, 50, born Feb 1856 in Connecticut where his parents were born, living with wife Elizabeth, 44, born Feb 1856 in Pennsylvania, where her parents were born. With them is daughter Grace M., 16, born Nov 1884 in North Dakota; and servant Sophie Anderson, 26, born Mar 1874 in Sweden. Walter and Elizabeth were married for 20 years and she had birthed only 1 child by 1900.

6. Census in 1910 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹ The 1910 census recorded at 4427 Lake Avenue: Mary Dudley, widow, 52, living with daughter Grace Mary, 27, born in North Dakota. Mary and her mother were born in Missouri and her father in Maryland.

7. Census in 1930 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹⁰ The 1930 census recorded owning a $6000 home at 4427 Lake Park Avenue: Mary E. Dudley, widowed, 73, living with daughter Grace M., 46. Also in the home was "roomer" Donald Jones, 26, born in Illinois. Mary and her mother were born in Missouri, and father in Maryland. Grace was born in North Dakota, her father in Connecticut, and mother in Maryland.

8. Census in 1940 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹¹ The 1940 census recorded owning a $5000 home at 4427 Lake Park Avenue: Mary E. Dudley, widowed, 82, born in Missouri, living with daughter Grace M., 57, born in North Dakota.

Mary married Walter Webb Dudley, son of William Lee Dudley and Phebe Ives, on 3 Mar 1880 in Pottstown, Montgomery, PA.¹ (Walter Webb Dudley was born on 23 Apr 1845 in Guilford, New Haven, CT,^{12 13 14 15} died on 9 Jun 1909 in Chicago, Cook, IL ^{12 13 14} and was buried on 11 Jun 1909 in West Salem: Hamilton Cemetery, La Crosse, WI ^{12 13 14}.)