Mary Louise Jones

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Mary Louise Jones (Bean)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Jeffersonville, (now part of), Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: October 20, 1957 (93)
Roanoke Mem. Hosp., Roanoke, Virginia, United States (fracture of right hip)
Place of Burial: Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Theodore Weber Bean, (USA) and Hannah Bean
Wife of Aaron Conrad Jones
Mother of Dorothea Downing (Jones) and Rachel Conrad Nason
Sister of Major William Heebner Bean and Theodore Lane Bean

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About Mary Louise Jones

aka: Mrs. A. Conrad Jones, secretary of the Montgomery Historical Society, "809 Swede St., Norristown" at the turn of the century and for many years a genealogist. Mary Louise remained a Trustee of the Historical Society for many years. (see their bulletins)

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• Spent first part of her life in Jeffersonville

  • in 1875 moved to Norristown
  • Wellesley Class of 1889 which she attended with her future sister-in-law Mary Stinson

"Mary Louise Bean (who) graduated from Wellesley College Class of 1889 has for many years been an active worker in the Montgomery Co. Historical Society & is member of the Board of Governors in the Society of the Descendants of the Schwenfelder Exiles." (per Mary Rogers (Bean), her niece, 1903-1997)

  • her Scrapbook held at Wellsley
    • Mary L. Bean: Scrapbook, 1886-1949 ; File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
      • Conditions Governing Access :Collection is open for research. To make an appointment to view materials, please contact the Archives staff by email at archives@wellesley.edu or by phone at (781) 283-3745.
  • Assisted her father with the editing of the History of Montgomery County
  • On the Board of Governors of The Descendants of the Schwenkfelder Exiles term expiring Jan. 1, 1922

• Assisted with the planning of the centennial celebration of Norristown ( https://archive.org/stream/norristown18121900heys_0#page/n125/mode/1up )

• A strong woman emotionally: Both her father and one of her two brothers committed suicide. She also looked after her widowed mother for years as well as two nieces after the children's mother, her sister-in-law Sarah Bean (Hunter), died.

  • Outlived her younger brother T.L Bean & Capt. William Heebner Bean, who died a young married.
  • Lived for many decades at 125 E. 4th Avenue, Conshohocken, Montgomery County

see also: https://hsmcpa.org/index.php/resources/the-bulletin/266-volume-11-n...

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Mary Louise Jones's Timeline

1863
November 6, 1863
Jeffersonville, (now part of), Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States
1893
November 23, 1893
Norristown, Montgomery County, PA, United States