Mae C. Beaty and Claude Lamont Mounsey

CLAUDE LAMONT MOUNSEY was born September 2, 1894 in Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana,⁸ and died December 8, 1980 in Bluffton, Wells, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹ He is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Warren, Huntington, Indiana.^{456, 455, 4931}

He married MAE C. BEATY on June 20, 1915 in Old Buckeye Church, Huntington, Huntington, Indiana,^{455, 1675} daughter of LORINDA BELLE HUFFMAN and JOHN ELLIOT BEATY. She was born October 4, 1892 in Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana,^{455, 4931} and died July 18, 1978 in Caylor-Nickel Clinic, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana.^{455, 4931} She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Warren, Huntington, Indiana.^{455, 456, 4931}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Mae C. Beaty)

Children of MAE C. BEATY and CLAUDE LAMONT MOUNSEY:

1. BEULAH CLAUDINE MOUNSEY, b. August 16, 1916, Jackson Township, Wells, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. JESSE HUBER CRIPE on October 17, 1943⁴⁵⁵; d. December 15, 2013, Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa, Florida.⁴⁵⁶
2. ROBERT BEATY MOUNSEY, b. December 24, 1917, Liberty, Wells, Indiana;^{117, 4917} m. ELAINE MARIE JOHNSON on December 18, 1943 in Indiana⁵³⁶⁹; d. August 13, 2013, Granville, Licking, Ohio.⁹⁶⁸³
3. CLAUDE JUNIOR MOUNSEY, b. July 19, 1923, Harrison, Wells, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. CATHERINE LENA MCCARGISH on December 21, 1948 in LaVeta Baptist Church, Adams County, Colorado⁹⁶⁸⁴; d. June 29, 2015.⁴⁵⁶
4. JOICELENE JOAN MOUNSEY, b. December 4, 1925, Liberty, Wells, Indiana;^{56, 4917} d. December 15, 1993.⁵⁶



Personal Information

Claude L. Mounsey

• was a teacher

Mae C. Beaty

• was a school teacher¹²⁴⁹
• was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, Wells, Indiana. ¹²⁴⁹
• was a member of the Bluffton Garden Club, Wells County, Indiana¹²⁴⁹

Education

Marriage Announcements and News

Huntington Herald, April 24, 1915⁴⁰⁰⁵

Mounsey-Beaty.

Miss Mae Beaty entertained a number of friends at her country home in Huntington county Thursday afternoon from two to five, and announced her engagement to Claude Munsey of Liberty Center. Each guest was requested to bring an apron, needle and thimble.

The rest of the afternoon was spent in playing games and contests. Miss Hazel McLaughlin was the winner of the advertising contest and Miss Cleo Allen the winner of the bean carrying contest.

Immediately following an advertisement was pinned upon the back of each person. The paper could only be removed after the individual had learned what she was advertising by asking questions of others.

Here they were called upon to use their sewing articles. Each member was given a small ball of carpet rags which they were told to sew.

Miss Josie Redding found a small envelope in which were two red hearts tied with a golden thread. Between these were found the words, "Mae and Claude, June '15."

A two course lunch was served.

Just before the guests' departure some one suggested tossing a cat to foretell who should be the next in line. It was prophesied that Miss Josie Redding would be the next bride.

Miss Fern Johnson and Mrs. Bertha Pribble assisted in the entertaining.

Miss Hazel and Miss Mildred McLaughlin, Gladys Corwin, Cle Allen, Darhl Sparks, Vivian Pribble, Nellie and Hannah Brechbill, Josie and Edna Redding, Lillian Will, Fern Johnson, Mrs. Bertha Pribble, Mrs. Rosa Dill and Genevieve Dill.

Huntington Herald, June 23, 1915³⁷⁸⁷

Mounsey-Beaty

The marriage of Claude Mounsey and Miss May Beaty took place Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at the Buckeye church in Huntington county. The attendants were Miss Fern Johnson and Guy Huffman, and the flower girls were Crystal Beaty, a sister of the bride, and Genevieve Dill. During the ceremony, a cousin of the bride played the wedding march from Lohengrin. The bridal gown was of white crepe de chine, fashioned with shadow lace and bead trimmings, and her veil was caught to her coiffure with smilax. After the ceremony, the couple went to the home of the bride where a wedding breakfast was served to the immediate relatives and friends. The Beaty home was fragrant with pink and white flowers, in honor of the occasion. Early in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Mounsey motored to Bluffton, and left at 6:32 for Niagara Falls. They will go to other points of interest.

The bride was graduated from the Bluffton high school and attended Indiana University. Mr. Mounsey also attended Indiana University, after being graduated from the Liberty Center high school. He has been assisting his father on the Mounsey farm.

Obituaries

Huntington Herald-Press, July 19, 1978¹²⁴⁹

Mae Mounsey

Mae Mounsey, 85, Bluffton, died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the Clinic Hospital, Bluffton. She had been hospitalized for about a week and in failing health for two months.

She was a former schoolteacher, a member of the Eastern Star, the First United Methodist Church in Bluffton, the Bluffton Garden Club, and was a national horticultural judge.

Mrs. Mounsey was born Oct. 4, 1892 in Wells County to John E. and Belle Huffman Beaty, and her marriage was on June 20, 1915 in Huntington County to Claude L. Mounsey, who survives.

Additional survivors include two sons, Robert Mounsey, Granville, Ohio, and Claude J. Mounsey, Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs. Jesse (Claudine) Cripe, Tarreytown, N.Y., and Mrs. Leon (Joyce) Schlotzhauer, Corning, N.Y.; a sister, Mrs. Crystal Warner, Huntington, and a brother, Ed Beaty, Huntington; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 1 p.m. Thursday in the Thoma-Rich Funeral Home, Bluffton. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, with Rev. Charles Lane officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Warren.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 14, 1900449	Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana	John Elliot Beaty Lorinda Belle Huffman Everett Raymond Beaty Fred Elmer Beaty Ed Welmer Beaty Mae C. Beaty
May 6, 1910448	Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana	John Elliot Beaty Lorinda Belle Huffman Everett Raymond Beaty Fred Elmer Beaty Crystal Christina Fae Beaty Ed Welmer Beaty Mae C. Beaty
January 14, 1920447	Liberty Township, Wells, Indiana	Claude Lamont Mounsey Mae C. Beaty Beulah Claudine Mounsey Robert Beaty Mounsey
April 15, 19301328	Bluffton, Wells, Indiana	Claude Lamont Mounsey Mae C. Beaty Claude Junior Mounsey Beulah Claudine Mounsey Joicelene Joan Mounsey Robert Beaty Mounsey
April 17, 19402686	Bluffton, Wells, Indiana	Claude Lamont Mounsey Mae C. Beaty Claude Junior Mounsey Beulah Claudine Mounsey Joicelene Joan Mounsey Robert Beaty Mounsey