Mary Ellen Beacher ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   Other names for Mary were Nell Beacher ⁸ and Nellie Beacher.⁹

   FamilySearch ID: K873-QT3.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Broad Mountain, Schuylkill, PA. ³ The 1870 census lists Jacob Beacher Jr., laborer, 30; Angeline, 28; and Mary Ellen, 3. Everyone is born in Pennsylvania. Jacob has no real estate of value, so he is probably renting. The post office is Broad Mountain in New Castle Township.
Next door is Angeline's mother, Mary Heckman, 53, with son Elwood, laborer, 21, and daughter Marcella, domestic servant, 15. Mary was the widow of her second husband, Samuel Heckman, and her first husband, Daniel Okum (Angeline's father.).

2. Census in 1880 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁰ Jacob was recorded in the 1880 Census as John J. Deacher, 41, miner, living with his wife Angeline, 34; Mary E., 12; Thomas F., 6; and Catherine A., 4. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1890 in New Castle Twp., Schuylkill, PA. ^{11 12} From the 1890 census index:
Bright, Mary E., Sarah E., William 3, Caroline.

4. Census in 1900 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹³ The 1900 census recorded at 43 N. 10th Street: Charles H. Felty, brakeman on rail road, 30, born Oct 1870, living with wife Nellie M., occupation colliner, 30, Aug 1869. They were married for 3 years and she had birthed no children by 1900. They were living in apartment headed by widow Mary E. Jones, 38, Aug 1862.

5. Residence: on 20 Jun 1909 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹

6. Census in 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁴ The 1910 census recorded renting at 2445 16th Street: Charles H. Felty, railroad baggage master, 39, living with wife Nellie, 39. The census records it is the second marriage for both, so this Nellie is Nellie (Mary Ellen) Beacher. Nellie had previously birthed 3 children by 1910 and all were alive that year, but none were living with her. Also in the home was brother-in-law Harry Beacher, carpenter, 30, married 7 years ago, but he is without his wife. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

7. Census in 1920 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded owning a home at 4564 19th Street: Charles H. Felty, steam railroad conductor, 48, living with wife Nellie M., 48; and daughter Sarah E. Humphries, examiner in yarn mill, 26. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

8. Census in 1930 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded owning a $6,000 home at 4564 N. 19th Street: Charles H. Felty, rail road conductor, 59, living with wife Mary E., 58; stepdaughter Sarah Bright, private practical nurse, 36, single; and granddaughter Victoria Adams, 14. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania except Victoria's father in England. Charles and Mary were married at age 20 and 21 respectively, so, about 1893.

9. Census in 1940 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ¹⁶ The 1940 census recorded renting at 4560 N. Smedley: Charles H. Felty, 69, living with wife Mary E., 69; and stepdaughter Sarah Bright, private nurse, 48, single. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. They lived in the same place in 1935.

10. Residence: on 16 Nov 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁶

11. Cause of Death: Mary Ellen died at Germantown Dispensary and Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis, heart disease, 20 Apr 1950, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

12. Residence: 1636 Blavis Street, Philadelphia, Pa. On 20 Apr 1950 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. ⁴

13. Newspaper: Pottsville Republican, 25 Apr 1950, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ¹⁷ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beacher, St. Clair; Harold Beacher, Diener's Hill; Mrs. John Sullivan and son, John, Mrs. William Lloyd and Mrs. Harold Caloway, all of Pottsville, attended the funeral of Mrs. Charles Felty in Phila., Monday. Mrs. Felty was a sister to Mr. Harry Beacher.

Mary married William Bright. (William Bright was born in , , PA.)

Mary next married Charles Harrison Felty, son of Ezra Daniel Felty and Emma Rebecca Moyer, on 20 Jun 1909 in Wilmington, New Castle, DE.^{1 2} (Charles Harrison Felty was born on 20 Oct 1870 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, PA ^{1 13 16 18 19}, christened on 11 Dec 1870 in Pine Grove: St. Jacob Evangelical Lutheran Church, Schuylkill, PA,¹⁸ died on 10 Jan 1957 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA ^{7 19} and was buried on 15 Jan 1957 in Roslyn: Hillside Cemetery, Montgomery, PA ⁷.)