Mary Elizabeth Guard

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      Sex: F

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Individual Information

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     Birth Date: 28 Mar 1912 - Lebanon, Warren, Ohio, USA
    Christening: 
          Death: 1 Dec 1974 -  ( at age 62)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

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Parents

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         Father: Charles L. Guard
         Mother: Margaret Alice Blackburn

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Spouses and Children

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Notes

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General:

Per 1920 US Census 2/4/1920 Turtle Creek, Warren, Ohio
Charles Guard is the 44 year old white male head of household, who rents his home on a farm. He was born in Ohio, as were his parents, and he is a farmer of his own account on his general farm. His wife is 44 year old Margaret Guard, born in Ohio, her father in Ohio, her mother in Kentucky. They have 4 children, all born in Ohio: 7 tear old daughter, Mary Guard, attends school; 6 year old daughter, Alice Guard; 4 year 2 month old son, Charles Guard Jr.; and 1 year 7 month old daughter, Persia Guard.

Per 1930 US Census 5/9/1930 Daton Pike, Turtle Creek, Warren, Ohio
Charles Guard is the 53 year old white male head of household, who rents his home on a farm. Born in Kansas, his parents in Ohio, he works of his own account as farmer on his general farm, and is not a veteran. His wife, 53 year old Margaret B. Guard, was born in Ohio, her father in England, her mother in Kentucky. Age of first marriage was 33 for both. They have 4 children, all born in Ohio, and attending school: 18 year old daughter Mary E. Guard; 16 year old daughter, Alice B. Guard; 13 year old son, Charles L. Guard Jr.; and 11 year old daughter, Persha L. Guard.

Per Obituary in the Battle Creek Enquirer 1/8/1975
Mary E. Tapley dies at 62
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Guard) Tapley, 62, of 304 Rambling Road. wife of David A. Tapley, retired president of Transamerica Insurance Group and a member of its board of directors, died Tuesday in Leila Hospital. She had been a patient in the hospital since Dec.1.
She. was born in Lebanon, Ohio, and was a graduate of Miami University at Oxford, Ohio.
She was married to Tapley on June 16, l938 in Lebanon.
She was a menber of the First Presbyterian Church and the American Association of University Women.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a son, David R. Tapley of 229 Martha Drive; daughters, Mrs. Jere (Judith Ann) LaFollette of Seattle, Wash., Miss Martha Jeanne Tapley of Taos, N. M. , and Mrs.
John (Barbara Kay) Gillespie of Ann Arbor; two grandchildren: a brother, Charles Guard of Lebanon, and sisters, Mrs. Alice Parent of Lebanon, and Mrs. Paul (Persha) Price of Dayton,0hio.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Arrangements are by Richard A. Henry Funeral Home.