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Note: Mary Jane Duff, an older sister of Matilda Anna Isabel Duff Beckett, was born February 28, 1860 in Winfield Twp., Butler Co., Pennsylvania, and died January 20, 1949 in Aspinwall, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania She married CHARLES WILLIAM BEISEL September 10, 1889 in Knox Chapel, Winfield Twp ., Butler Co., Pennsylvania. Charles was born January 03, 1856 in Butler Co., Pennsylvania. Pvt. Charles William Beisel was with General Custer�s 7th Calvary prior to the battle with the Sioux Indians at The Little Big Horn in what is now the state of Montana. Due to snow blindness he was placed on medical leave, returning to the post at Fort Abraham Lincoln, located south of Mandan, North Dakota. He later worked as a streetcar conductor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was killed in a streetcar accident on April 4, 1924. Mary Jane Duff and Charles William Beisel are buried in Allegheny Cemetery, Allegheny Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Maybe this is it! Beulah Alice Freda Frey: November 11, 1921-December 1 2, 2006. Duff Family descendant per Mary Jane Duff, sister of Matilda Anna Isabel Duff, wife of Thomas McGill Beckett. Mary Jane Beckett, wife of Charles William Beisel, member of General George Custer's 7th Cavalry. In 1909, Matthew Beckett, father of Thomas, and his second wife Sarah Ellen, stepmother to Thomas visited Louisville, Kentucky. In a letter to Ireland, Sarah Ellen commented to her sister-in-law, Matilda Beckett who had married a distant relative John Beckett the following comments: "Her son Thomas was well off, having been in the oil business." Found on 1910 Soundex, Lewisviile, Kentucky June 6,1920 United States Federal Census Fort Worth, Ward 8, Tarrant Co., Texas Thomas Beckett, head, age 58, born 1862, Pennsylvania Oil Operator Anna D., wife, age 48, born 1872, Pennsylvania Thomas, son, age 10, born 1910, Kentucky Theodoria Hening, boarder, age 40, born 1880, Texas Widow April 18,1930 United States Federal Census 1818 Alstar St., Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas Thomas M. Beckett, head, age 20, born 1910, Kentucky, buyer-packing house Anna D., mother, age 58, born 1872, Pennsylvania, widow California Death Index, 1940-1997 Name: Anna D. Beckett Maiden Name: Anna D Duff Birth Date: December 5, 1872 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Death Date: August 17, 1952 Death Place: Ventura Mother's Maiden Name: Hazlett Father's Surname: Duff
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