1900 U.S. Federal Census - Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA
Household:
Gabrel Beard (35)
Martha Beard (35)
Ellen (Ella) Beard (11)
Hulda (Mahalia) Beard (8)
Corbet (Corbett) Beard (6)
Leo (James Lee) Beard (3)
Aetna (Edna) Beard (1)
Nancy Beard (62) - Gabriel's step-mother and mother of Martha (Campbell) Beard.
Ella is attending school in 1900 (6th grade); she can read and write.

Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Name: Mary Ella Beard
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Birth Date: abt 1889
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1908
Marriage Place: Marion, Illinois, USA
Spouse: James Ernest Eddings
Film Number: 001010516

Illinois, County Marriage Records, 1800-1940
Name: Mary E. Beard
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Birth Date: abt 1888
Marriage Date: 1908
Marriage Place: Marion, Illinois, USA
Father: Gasbril (Gabriel) Beard
Mother: Martha Campbell
Spouse: James E. Eddings
Film Number: 001010519

1910 U.S. Federal Census - Stevenson Township, Marion County, Illinois, USA
Household:
James E Eddings (20)
Ella Eddings (20)
Years Married: 1

James Ernest and Ella Beard Eddings were blessed with their first child, Henry Ernest, May 17, 1910 in Iuka, Marion, Illinois, USA. Find A Grave #53793537 (1917-2002). They had eight additional children: Max Maurice (1912-1914), Cecil Emory (1915-1980), twins, Kenneth Wesley (1918-1919) and Leslie Virgil (1918-1996), Guy Leroy (1921-1921), twins, Warren Gabriel (1922-1987) and Lula May (1922-1922), and Lola Aline (1924-1938).

1930 U.S. Federal Census - Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Household:
James E Eddings (40)
Ella M Eddings (40)
Henry E Eddings (19)
Cecil E Eddings (14)
Leslie V Eddings (11)
Warren G Eddings (7)
Lola A Eddings (5)
The Eddings family was living on Old County Road, Mahomet, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

Centralia Evening Sentinel, Thu. Jul. 20, 1933, page 9 - "Mrs. Ella Eddings and three children are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Beard at this writing."

1940 U.S. Federal Census - Holland Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Household:
Earnest (James) Eddings (30) [SHOULD BE 50]
Helen (Ella) Eddings (50)
Cecil Eddings (24)
Leslie Eddings (21)
Warren Eddings (18)
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Shelby County, Illinois
Resident on farm in 1935: Yes
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade

The obituary of Henry M. Beard (dated 31 Jan 1963), brother of Ella Eddings, states she was living in Mansfield, Piatt, Illinois, USA at the time of his death.

The obituary of Jesse Lee Beard (Centralia Evening Sentinel, Tue. Apr 13, 1965), brother of Ella Eddings, states she was living in Mansfield, Piatt, Illinois, USA at the time of his death.

U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Ella Eddings
Last Residence: 61854 Mansfield, Piatt, Illinois, USA
Born: 22 Aug 1889
Died: Mar 1975
State (Year) SSN issued: Illinois (Before 1951)

Centralia Sunday Sentinel, Mar. 16, 1975

ELLA EDDINGS

IUKA -- Mrs. Ella Eddings, 85, died Friday at 11:25 p.m. at Kirby Annex in Monticello. She was formerly of the Salem-Iuka area. She was preceded in death in 1954 by her husband, Ernest.

Survivors include four sons, Henry of Decatur, Leslie of Salem and Warren and Cecil, both of Mansfield; four sisters, Mrs. Lola Henne and Edna Davis, both of Iuka, Mrs. Doris Schlictman of Salem and Mrs. Wester Null of Bismarck, Mo.; eight grandchildren; one step-grandchild; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Friends may call at Old Bethel Church at Iuka tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow with Major Leon Turner of the Salvation Army officiating.