"DEATHS. Bean -- At the residence of James Green in Fremont, on Friday, Sept. 25, 1885, Mrs. Mary Bean aged 94 years.
Deceased was buried on Sunday in the Kinne /sic/ cemetery, Clyde. She was the first white child born in Pt Huron, and is the mother of Mrs. Merritt in this place. She leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss."
Weekly Expositor (Brockway Centre, Mich.), October 01, 1885, Image/Page 1
Generously found, transcribed and forwarded by Find A Grave member DSD (#46818949)
NOTE: James Green was Mary Bean's son-in-law. His wife was Mary's daughter, Caroline Green [nee Bean]. Mrs. Merritt was Mary's daughter, Julia Ann Merritt [nee Bean].
Mary Louisa Rivers or Dit Lariviere was born 29 Oct 1799 in Detroit District, Michigan Territory. No death record is found. She is referenced:
History of St. Clair County, Michigan, containing an Account of its Settlement... A.T. Andreas & Co., Chicago, 1883, Vii (17)-790, p 10 port, Page 740, (Richard BEAN bio) "His widow still survives him, and has her eighty-eighth birthday."
Mary's maiden name has some varients: dit LaRiviere, LaRiviere, Rivers, etc. I am using RIVERS because it is the only one that I have documented evidence.
War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900
Widow Given Name: Mary
Widow Surname: Bean
Widow Maiden Name: Rivers
"DEATHS. Bean -- At the residence of James Green in Fremont, on Friday, Sept. 25, 1885, Mrs. Mary Bean aged 94 years.
Deceased was buried on Sunday in the Kinne /sic/ cemetery, Clyde. She was the first white child born in Pt Huron, and is the mother of Mrs. Merritt in this place. She leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her loss."
Weekly Expositor (Brockway Centre, Mich.), October 01, 1885, Image/Page 1
Generously found, transcribed and forwarded by Find A Grave member DSD (#46818949)
NOTE: James Green was Mary Bean's son-in-law. His wife was Mary's daughter, Caroline Green [nee Bean]. Mrs. Merritt was Mary's daughter, Julia Ann Merritt [nee Bean].
Mary Louisa Rivers or Dit Lariviere was born 29 Oct 1799 in Detroit District, Michigan Territory. No death record is found. She is referenced:
History of St. Clair County, Michigan, containing an Account of its Settlement... A.T. Andreas & Co., Chicago, 1883, Vii (17)-790, p 10 port, Page 740, (Richard BEAN bio) "His widow still survives him, and has her eighty-eighth birthday."
Mary's maiden name has some varients: dit LaRiviere, LaRiviere, Rivers, etc. I am using RIVERS because it is the only one that I have documented evidence.
War of 1812 Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files, compiled ca. 1871 - ca. 1900, documenting the period 1812 - ca. 1900
Widow Given Name: Mary
Widow Surname: Bean
Widow Maiden Name: Rivers
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Richard Bean Jr
1816–1900
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Susan Bean Gilbert
1820–1873
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Lydia M. Bean Dunfield
1823–1876
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Phoebe Ellen Bean Lindsay
1826–1908
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John Quincy Bean
1833–1897
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George W Bean
1834–1899
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Solomon Bean
1835–1912
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Harriet Mary Bean Burgess
1836–1914
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Sophia M. Bean Valentine
1838–1906
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Julia Ann Bean Merritt
1840–1917
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Caroline Virginia Bean Green
1843–1908
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