Edna Louisa Beard (1877 - 1928)

Born 25 Jul 1877 in Chenoa, McLean, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Sep 1928 at age 51 in Orange, Orange, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Edna was born in 1877. She was the daughter of Royal Beard and Flora Curtiss. She was the first woman legislator in Vermont, elected to the House in 1920 and the Senate in 1922. She passed away in 1928.

Sources

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF5S-6P6 : 6 December 2014), Edna L Beard, Death, 18 Sep 1928, Orange, Orange, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVN-Q444 : 27 July 2019), Edna Louisa Beard, 1928; Burial, Orange, Orange, Vermont, United States of America, Orange Center Cemetery; citing record ID 14006373, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Wikipedia contributors, "Edna Beard," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edna_Beard&oldid=1126357024 (accessed January 5, 2023).