1. | Mary Elizabeth McCuistion was born on 25 Apr 1855 in Izard County, Arkansas (daughter of James McCuistion and Mary Ann Kimbrough); died on 14 Apr 1926 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; was buried in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas. Notes:
Mary Elizabeth had blue eyes and straight brown hair, that she wore in a bun. She carded her own wool and spun it on a spinning whell, dying the yarn by dipping it into walnut dye to turn it shades of orange and butternut brown. She then wove the material on a loom to make clothes for her family. She loved flowers and dipped snuff.
Mary Elizabeth and Thomas lived in a big four room house with a dog trot and a big front porch.
Mary married Thomas Hix Shadwick Beaver on 10 Feb 1875. Thomas (son of Jesse R. Beaver and Nancy Moore) was born on 14 Oct 1851 in Giles County, Tennessee; died on 16 Dec 1929 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; was buried in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Attie Valentine Beaver was born on 14 Feb 1876 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; died on 9 Sep 1951 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Julia Almadel Beaver was born on 4 Oct 1878 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; died on 14 Nov 1941 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Iris Mary Elizabeth Beaver was born on 31 Dec 1880; died on 14 May 1977 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Nancy Theodocia Beaver was born on 23 Jan 1884 in Izard County, Arkansas; died on 18 Apr 1965 in Joiner, Mississippi County, Arkansas; was buried in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Cora Hope Beaver was born on 24 Sep 1886; died on 21 Jun 1979 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Grace Truman Beaver was born on 23 Jul 1889 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; died on 22 Aug 1983 in Salem, Fulton County, Arkansas; was buried in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Edith Magnolia Beaver was born on 2 Mar 1892; died on 28 Sep 1918 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; was buried in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
- Jeffie Eunice Beaver was born on 24 Feb 1894; and died.
- Ama Conseula Beaver was born on 3 Mar 1896 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; died on 17 Jun 1995 in Wenatchee, Chelan County, Washington; was buried in East Wenatchee, Douglas County, Washington.
- Beaver was born on 26 Aug 1901 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas; died on 8 Sep 1901 in Violet Hill, Izard County, Arkansas.
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