Mary (Beardsley) Butler (1854 - 1923)

Born 25 Nov 1854 in Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Pierce Butler — married 8 Dec 1896 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Died 13 Nov 1923 at age 68 in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Mary (Beardsley) Butler is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Mary was born on 25 November 1854. She was the daughter of Howkin Beardsley and Charlotte Clark.^[1][2][3][4] She married Pierce Butler 8 Aug 1896 in Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.^[5] They had one daughter, Mary Beardsley Butler, B. 1898.^[6][7][8]

Minnie passed away on 13 November 1923, at her home, 52 Butler Street, Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. She died of chronic bronchitis. On 16 November, she was buried in Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ^{[1] [9] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bureau of Vital Statistics, Pennsylvania, death certificate, no. 113669, Mary Beardslee Butler; image copy, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/5164/images/41381_622204_0931-01263 : accessed 2 June 2022).

   Mary Beardslee Butler

   female, white, widowed

   born 25 November 1854, Honesdale, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, to Howkin Bulkeley Beardslee (born Pleasant Mt. Wayne County Pennsylvania) and Charlotte Norton Clarke (born Clarks Green, Pennsylvania)

   informant: Mary Bearslee Butler, 52 Butler St, Kingston, Pa

   died 13 November 1923, 52 Butler Street, ward 5, Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

   cause of death: chronic bronchitis

   buried 16 Nov 1923, Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

   undertaker: Mardy [?] Smith Co, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRY-TWH : 18 February 2021), Mary Beardslee in entry for H B Beardslee, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ25-MJY : 29 May 2021), Minnie Beardslee in entry for Hanker Beardslee, 1870.
4. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1149; Page: 688C; Enumeration District: 121Ancestry Record 6742 #29792633
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9K-6N2 : 5 August 2020), Pierce Butler and Mary Beardslee, 8 Dec 1896; citing Marriage, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33B-6ZB : 2 December 2021), Mary B Butler in entry for Pierce Butler, 1900.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG3N-HHT : accessed 6 February 2022), Mary B Butler Jr. in household of Pierce Butler, Dorranceton Ward 3, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1366; FHL microfilm 1,375,379.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFTS-B59 : 3 February 2021), Mary B Butler in entry for Mary B Butler, 1920.
9. ↑ 'Mrs. Pierce Butler Dies', The Times Leader (Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania), Wednesday, 14 November 1923, p.11, col.2; image copy, Newspapers (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103023804/obituary-for-pietce-butler/ : accessed 2 June 2022).

   'Mrs. Pierce Butler Dies

   'Mrs. Pierce Butler, widow of the late Pierce Butler, died at her home, 52 Butler street, Kingston, yesterday following an illness of complications. Deceased before marriage was Miss Mary Beardslee, daughter of the late Hon. H. B. Beardslee. The funeral will be held later and will be private. Interment will be in Hollenback Cemetery. Friends are requested to omit flowers.'

10. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #134834299, 'Mary Beardslee Butler, create by Steve225, added 24 Aug 2014; database, accessed 2 June 2022; citing Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.

    inscription: 'MARY BEARDSLEE BUTLER 1854 — 1923'

• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Mary is the daughter of Howkin Beardsley, Holt Record #671, Pg. 275.

Acknowledgements

Information by Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 13 Jun 2015.