Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits?read=269 Surname: Barb, Barbe, Beckwith, Curry, Ellis, Hadley, Long, McGee, Mort, Mosley, Munson, Parker, Pogue, Sammons, Way, Weir, White ------------------------- Hancock County Journal, Feb 10, 1949 (sic) Mrs. Ella Beckwith Died Thursday Mrs. Ella Jane Beckwith, 79, of LaHarpe, mother of Mrs. George Hughes of Carthage, died suddenly Thursday afternoon in the office of a Ft. Madison physician where she had gone for treatment for a heart ailment. Funeral services were held at the Banks funeral home in LaHarpe Sunday afternoon with the Rev. H. W. Fisher officiating. Burial was in the LaHarpe cemetery. Mrs. Beckwith was born in Brown county June 14, 1869, a daughter of A. B. and Amelia Tucker. She was first married to Simon Brim, who died Dec. 4, 1923. She was later married to Edward Beckwith, who also preceded her in death. Surviving are two sons, M. R. Brim of Mason City, Ia., and Melvin Brim of Pontiac, Mich.; five daughters, Mrs. Florence Thayer and Mrs. Virgil Shoemate, both of LaHarpe, Mrs. Jesse Rudd and Mrs. Joe Reiselt, both of Rock Island, and Mrs. George Hughes of Carthage, a brother, A. S. Tucker of Keokuk, Ia., and a sister, Mrs. Bertie Kirkenslager of Ft. Madison, Ia. * * * * * The Edward Beckwith named here was Eddie Manville Beckwith. Link: Deep Roots in Hancock County URL: <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~majorville/>