Joseph C. Conn
(1831-1878)
Lavina Brubaker
(Abt 1842-)
Emma Conn
(1868-1925)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Peter Madary

2. William C. Beecher

Emma Conn 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 1 Mar 1868, Bethlehem Twp., Cass, IN 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Peter Madary on 18 Jul 1887 in , Fulton, IN
  • Marriage (2): William C. Beecher on 26 Jan 1916 in Miami, Miami, IN 1
  • Died: 1925 at age 57 3 4
  • Buried: Mexico: Green Lawn Cemetery, Miami, IN 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: LCKM-C84.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Bethlehem Twp., Cass, IN. 5 The 1870 Census recorded Joseph Conn, farmer, 39, living with wife Lovina, 28; Mary E., 8; Rachel C., 7; Jennie M., 6; Priscilla F., 4; Emma C., 2; and Lovina A., 4 months. The post office was Logansport.

2. Census in 1900 in Liberty Twp., Fulton, IN. 6 The 1900 census recorded Peter Madary, 48, born Dec 1852, living with wife Emma, 31, Mar 1869; daughter Vernis, 11, Dec 1889; and daughter Hazel, 5, Feb 1895. Peter and Emma were married for 12 years and she had birthed 2 children by 1900, both alive that year. Peter was born in Ohio and his parents in Switzerland. Emma and her parents were born Indiana.

3. Census in 1920 in Adams Twp., Cass, IN. 7 The 1920 census recorded living on M. Swank Road: William Bucher [indexed wrong in census since two handwritten e's look like a u], farmer, 51, living with wife Emma C., 51; and son Kenneth W., farm labor, 16. Everyone and their parents were born in Indiana except William's father in Pennsylvania and mother in Ohio. Next door is William's nephew, Clinton Beecher, 35, with his family.

4. Cause of Death: encephalitis, 28 Dec 1925, Adams Twp., Cass, IN. 4

5. Newspaper: Pharos-Tribune: Mrs. William Beecher, formerly of this city died Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home in Mexico, Ind. She is survived by her husband and one daughter Mrs. Chas. Gable of Peru. Deceased was an aunt of Miss Ruth Madary of Hanna street., 29 Dec 1925, Logansport, Cass, IN. 8


Emma married Peter Madary on 18 Jul 1887 in , Fulton, IN. (Peter Madary was born in 1852,9 died on 16 Nov 1914 in Peru, Miami, IN 9 and was buried in Mexico: Green Lawn Cemetery, Miami, IN 9.)


Emma next married William C. Beecher, son of William Valentine Beecher and Julia Ann Beecher, on 26 Jan 1916 in Miami, Miami, IN.1 (William C. Beecher was born on 2 Mar 1868 in Peru, Miami, IN,10 11 12 13 14 died on 11 Jul 1934 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA 13 14 and was buried on 18 Jul 1934 in Mexico: Green Lawn Cemetery, Miami, IN 13 14 15.)


Sources


1 Miami County Indiana Marriages (Online at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~berta/micmg/b.html), County Courthouse, Book C20, page 261.

2 Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, IN), 24 Apr 1968, page 16. Obituary of Vernice Stamm.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78818865.

4 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 37544. Emma C. Beecher. Father Joseph Conn. Mother Levina Brubaker. Spouse: William C. Beecher, informant.

5 1870 United States Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Bethlehem, Cass, Indiana; Roll: M593_302; Page: 16A; Image: 35; Family History Library Film: 545801.

6 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1Q-43K Peter Madary, Liberty Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 135.

7 1920 United States Census, Year: 1920; Census Place: Adams, Cass, Indiana; Roll: T625_425; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 16; Image: 605.

8 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) (http://www.pharostribune.com/), 29 Dec 1925, page 7. Death of Mrs. William Beecher.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=78818726.

10 1870 United States Census, Indiana, Miami County, Peru Township, Series: M593 Roll: 343 Page: 162.

11 1900 United States Census, Indiana, Miami County, Jefferson Township, Series: T623 Roll: 393 Page: 136.

12 History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. (Chicago, Brant & Fuller, 1887. Available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=GETWAAAAMAAJ Google Books.), Page 684. Biography of William V. Beecher.

13 Billion Graves Index, http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/WILLIAMCBEECHER/1840482.

14 Find A Grave, http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=101951759.

15 Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN) (http://www.pharostribune.com/), 16 Jul 1934, page 8. Funeral of William Beecher.



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