Mary F. Bean

  General Notes:

She married first to Wm Smith per marriage records of her second marriage to Benning Straw

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1870 Conneaut, Ashtabula county, OH
Mary Smith age 69 VT
also in HH is Harriet Benson age 45 OH

1880 census Pulaski, OH; both parents born NH
Age: 63 Estimated birth year: <1817> Birthplace: Ohio Occupation: Keeping House Relation: Wife Home in 1880: Pulaski, Williams, Ohio Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: Benning S. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH

obit (The Bryan Democrat newspaper) 8 Nov 1888
DIED
"At the family residence east of Bryan, Oct 29th, of heart dropsy (generalized edema), Mrs. Straw, wife of B.S. Straw, aged 72 years. The sympathy of the community is with Mr. Straw in his great affliction."

obit (The Bryan Press newspaper) 8 Nov 1888
"STRAW - On Monday morning, Oct 29, 1888, dropsy of the heart, Mrs. Mary Straw aged 72 years."

U.S. Special Census on Deaf Family Marriages and Hearing Relatives, 1888-1895-
Marriage record of Benning S. Straw and Mary F. Bean [her second marriage; 1st marriage to Wm Smith] married 26 Mar 1872 in Cleveland, OH
Wife's details:
Father: John Bean died 22 Sept 1850 of dysentery age 76 yrs in Conneaut, OH. Mother: Sarah Hidden Bean died 22 Mar 1836 age 58 yrs near Conneaut, OH
Brothers and sisters:
Mrs Hetty H. Smith b. 2 Dec 1801 and died 29 Jan 1837 age 36 yrs; Hannah A. Bean b. 23 Jan 1803 and died 19 Jan 1804 age 1 yr; Harriet Bean 25 Feb 1806 and d. 25 Aug 1808 age 2 1/2 yrs; Jesse B. Bean b. 4 July 1808 and died (date unknown); Asa A. Bean b. 4 feb 1811 and died 26 April 1863 age 52 yrs; John C. Bean b. 23 Sept 1813 and died 20 Dec 1831 age 18 of consumption; Mrs Mary F. Straw b. 6 Oct 1816 and died 29 Oct 1888 of dropsy of heart age 72 yrs; Mrs Harriet E. Butler b. 7 July 1819 and died 31 Oct 1881 age 62 yrs of heart disease; Mrs Sarah E. Edmunds b. 11 June 1822 and died 9 June 1884 age 62 yrs
Mrs Mary F. Straw became deaf at age 18 mos due to inflamation in head; admitted at age 17 to school while living in Conneaut, Ashtabula, OH and instructed for 4 yrs.
William S. Smith was a Hartford pupil admitted in 1825 age15. Had 2 brothers born deaf and one deaf sister by Hartford reports. Married Mary F. Bean but never had any children. Mrs Smith adopted a child Mary Ann, hearing, b. 15 March 1859 and died 21 June 1866.

Mary married Benning Smart Straw, son of Benjamin Straw and Ruth A. Hutchins, on 26 Mar 1872 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. (Benning Smart Straw was born on 20 Jun 1814 in New London, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 13 Feb 1898 in Bryan, Williams County, Ohio and was buried in Shiffler Cemetery Pulaski, Williams County, Ohio, USA.)

Mary next married William Snow Smith, son of Clesson Smith and Mary (Polly), before 1850. (William Snow Smith was born on 10 Jan 1810 in Massachusetts and died before 1870.)

  Marriage Notes:

1850 census