Bert M. Powell
(1870-1957)
Eldora May Coursey
(1870-1955)
Vivan May Powell
(1907-1961)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leon Frederic Beecher

Vivan May Powell 1 2

  • Born: 20 Oct 1907, , , IL 2
  • Marriage (1): Leon Frederic Beecher in 1928 in Polo, Ogle, IL, USA 1
  • Died: 14 Aug 1961, Mount Vernon, Skagit, WA, USA at age 53 1 2
  • Buried: Polo: Fairmount Cemetery, Ogle, IL, USA 2

   FamilySearch ID: LLHX-FMW.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Freeport, Stephenson, IL. 3 The 1940 census recorded owning a $7000 home at 30 E. Jefferson St: Leon F. Beecher, supervisor farm administration, 42, living with wife Vivian, 31; Fredric, 11; and Bert, 7. Everyone was born in Illinois. Leon had attended 5 years of college and Vivian 2. In 1935 they lived in La Moille, Illinois.


Vivan married Leon Frederic Beecher, son of George Fredrick Beecher and Susan J. Wagner, in 1928 in Polo, Ogle, IL, USA.1 (Leon Frederic Beecher was born on 1 Jan 1898 in Washburn, Woodford, IL, USA,4 5 6 7 died on 23 Feb 1967 in Mount Vernon, Skagit, WA, USA 1 5 7 and was buried in Polo: Fairmount Cemetery, Ogle, IL, USA 7.)


Sources


1 Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Illinois), 25 Feb 1967, page 5. Obituary of Leon F. Beecher.

2 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89268497.

3 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWZY-8FV Leon F Beecher, Ward 7, Freeport, Freeport Township, Stephenson, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-24, sheet 15A, family 414.

4 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K66W-P3N Leon Frederic Beecher FHL microfilm 1,642,845.

5 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JRVD-8M9 Leon Beecher, Feb 1967.

6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSCZ-66W Fred Beecher, Cazenovia Township Washburn town, Woodford, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 45.

7 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89268496.



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