Ruth Jane (Marsh) Beebe (1835 - 1861)

Born 5 Jan 1835 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Beebe Jr. — married before 1857 (to 10 Jul 1861) in Mannsville, Jefferson, New York

Descendants

Died 10 Jul 1861 at age 26 in Mannsville, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Biography

• Died about 2 weeks after son, Wilbur's, birth.

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Census Records

• Primary Source, United States Census, 1850, ^[1] : Data summary: In the 1850 census, Ruth Marsh, age 15 was living in the Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York household of her father, Wm Marsh. Members of the household include:

1. ) Wm Marsh, age 54, Farmer, b. NY
2. ) Hannah Marsh, age 52, b. Rhode Island
   1. ) Ruth Marsh, age 15, b. NY
3. ) Samuel James, age 8, b. NY {Editorial, Unknown relationship. Possible, but improbable grandson, child of daughter Polly A (Marsh) James, simply because Ed and Polly James were living 3 doors down and were age 24}
4. ) This 1850 Ellisburgh, Jefferson County, New York census was enumerated on 26 Sept 1850, by AO Davis

• Primary Source, New York Census, 1855, ^[2] : Data summary: In this 1855 New York census dated 21 June 1855, Ruth J. Beebe, age 20 is living in the Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York household of her father William Marsh . Members of the household include:

1. ) William Marsh, age 58 is the head of house. William was born in Montgomery County, NY, he was a farmer, and had been living in Ellisburg five years as of the 1855 census.
   1. ) Hannah Marsh, wife of William Marsh, age 56, was born in Rhode Island and was a resident of Ellisburg, NY for 5 years in 1855.
   2. ) William Beebe, child of William Marsh, age 29. William Beebe was born in Jefferson County, New York and had been a resident of Ellisburg one year as of 1855. William was a farmer and a landowner.
      1. ) {Editorial: 1) William Beebe's relationship to William Marsh was as a son-in-law. 2). Note that the Jefferson County, New York place of birth for William Beebe Jr. establishes a pre-1824 migration of the William Beebe Sr. family to Jefferson County, NY area 3). This 1855 census establishes that Wm Beebe Jr. remained in Jefferson County, NY after his entire family migrated to Will County, Illinois in 1853. and 4) this census provides a calculated date of birth between June 22, 1925 and June 21, 1926}
   3. ) Ruth J. Beebe, child of Wm Marsh, age 20, was born in Jefferson County, and was a resident of Ellisburg for 5 years.
   4. ) Polly E, James, grandchild of William Marsh, born in Jefferson County, NY, was one years old. {Editorial, Polly was the orphaned daughter of Polly Marsh and Ed James; both of her parents died in the fall of 1853 shortly after her birth.}

• Primary Source, United States Census, 1860, ^[3] : Data summary: In the 1860 census, Ruth Beebe, age 25 was living in the Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY household with her husband.

1. ) Members of the Ellisburgh, Jefferson, New York household include:
   1. ) Wm Beebe, age 34, born New York
   2. ) Ruth Beebe, age 25, born New York
   3. ) Alice Beebe, age 2, born New York
2. ) From page 45 of the Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY 1860 census enumerated on 27 June 1860 by J. Baker (?) Ass't Marshal of the Pierrepont Manor Post Office.
3. ) {Editorial: The William Beebe Sr. family has migrated from Lorraine NY (1853) to Plainfield township, Illinois. William Jr. stayed behind in Jefferson County, NY, and marries first wife, Ruth Jane Marsh. This 1860 census shows Wm Jr, Ruth, and first child Alice as an independant family unit. }
   1. ) Note the search surname in ancestry.com for this census is Brehe

Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[4]: Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #150729260: Ruth Jane Bebee, wife of William Bebee was born, 5 Jan 1835 and she died 10 Jul 1861 (aged 26).
2. ) Burial. Ruth Jane Bebee is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery at Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York, USA.
   1. ) Tombstone Inscription, {No tombstone Photo}

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Sources

1. ↑ *"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY2-4GH) : 9 November 2014), Wm Marsh, Ellisburg, Jefferson, New York, United States; citing family 1546, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Ruth Marsh in 1850 census
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New York, State Census, 1855 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Census of the state of New York, for 1855. Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York. 1855 NY census for Wm Marsh--includes William Beebe in household
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7X-MFR) : 30 December 2015), Wm Beebe, 1860. William Beebe in 1860 US census for Ellisburg NY
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 February 2019), memorial page for Ruth Jane Bebee (5 Jan 1835–10 Jul 1861), Find A Grave: Memorial #150729260, citing Maplewood Cemetery, Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Charles Beach (contributor 47565152) .

Other Sources

• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami02oake#page/1021/search/Marsh Wm Marsh father of Hannah Janet Marsh, wife of David Hicks Wheeler]