Arthur Anthony Bever

On the afternoon of May 13th Rev. John Eisen united in marriage Arthur Bever, son of Peter Bever, the north side cigar maunfacturer, and Miss Maggie Nelson, a highly esteemed young lady of Ebbe. The happy couple were attended by Arnold Bever and Miss Anna Nelson, brother and sister of the contraction parties respectively. They left Saturday for Antigo where they will reside.

Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Monday morning in St. John's Catholic church at Marshfield for Arthur Bever, 63, who died at his home there early Friday following a lingering illness. The Rev. Augustine Frisch will officiate and burial will be in the Catholic cemetery at Hillside.

Mr. Bever, a brother of Jacob Bever of this city was born at Bear Creek, Outagamie county, on May 28, 1878, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Bever. He married Maggie Nelson at Marshfield on May 13, 1902.

Surviving relatives include the six children, Mrs. L. Fochs of Pittsville, Mrs. Charles Westover of Berlin; Ralph J. of Wittenberg, Gordon F. of West Bend, Mark J. and Mrs. Lorne Topham of Marshfield; five brothers, Peter of Duluth, Arnold and John of Two Rivers, Jacob of Wisconsin Rapids and Tony of Marshfield; four sisters, Mrs. Hirsch of New York, Mrs. Mary Thomas of Rothschild, Mrs. Anna Hirsch and Mrs. Lil Henderson of Wausau, and 13 grandchildren. Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.

The rosary will be said at 8 o'clock Sunday evening at the Baxter-Ritger funeral home, where the body will lie until time for services.

Children :
Marion Elizabeth Bever
Arline Elizabeth Bever
Ralph John Bever
Gordon Francis Bever
Marcus Jacob Bever
Lucille Pauline Bever

The Bever Family.

Sources
Birth-Bear Creek, Wisconsin; Deer Creek Twp., Wisconsin (Marion's birth certificate) or Greenville, Wisconsin (marriage certificate)
Marriage-Wood Co. Reg. of Deeds Volume 3, Page 3; male marriage index; marriage certificate and Marshfield Times-May 16, 1902 and Marshfield Times-May 22, 1902.
Death-Wood Co. Reg. of Deeds Volume 26, Page 442 death index; death certificate.
Buried-Death certificate.
Obituary-Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 18 April 1942.
Other-1880 Federal Census Deer Creek, Outagamie Co., Wisconsin (Roll T9_1440, Page 25A, Line 22, ED 122); 1900 Federal Census Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin (Roll T623_1825, Page 25A, Line 4, ED 149); 1905 Wisconsin State Census, Marshfield, Wood Co., (Roll CSUSAWI1905_34, Page 350, Line 75); 1910 Federal Census Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin (Roll T624_1742, Page 164A, Line 33, ED 194); 1920 Federal Census Stratford, Marathon Co., Wisconsin (Roll T625_1995, Page 1A, Line 18, ED 39); 1930 Federal Census Marshfield, Wood Co., Wisconsin (Roll T626_2619, Page 2B, Line 72, ED 21); Marion's birth certificate; Arline's birth certificate; Arline's marriage certificate; Lucille's marriage certificate; Marcus's death certificate; Father's - Mashfield Herald Obituary; Father's - Centralia Enterprise Obituary (Tom Duescher); Funeral book and Joseph and Mary Bever and Elroy Bever.

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