Maria Darling is the daughter of Amasa and Hannah Darling, natives of New York, who moved to Jackson County, Michigan, in 1834.
Maria married Ezra Knapp. They were the parents of two children. Ezra, who was born in 1827 died October 28, 1868, and was buried in the Maple Grove Cemetery, in Concord, Jackson County, Michigan.
Marie married St Clair Bean, widower of Rebecca (West) Bean, who died April 1, 1866. He was sixteen years her senior, and father of four adult children, the youngest of which was 17 years old.
St Clair Bean died in 1890/91 and was over the age of 82 years at the time. St Clair was buried in the Spring Arbor Cemetery, in Jackson County, Michigan, with his first wife.
Maria lived to see the turn of the century and died on February 3, 1901. She is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery with her first husband. There is a photo copy of her obituary on her Find A Grave Memorial.
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