Margaret "Peggy" Evelyn Bethune (11/2/1921-12/26/1984) Ellsworth, was born the daughter of William Sharp(e) Bethune (11/8/1874 Pa.-5/1/57) and Mary May Lynn Allen Bethune (11/15/1883-).

Her siblings: John Gilmore Bethune (1/10/1892-1/16/1988), Elizabeth May Bethune (1903-), Merle Daniel Bethune (3/29/1906-8/1/1977), Helen May Bethune (1908-1917), Edith May Bethune (5/8/1915-1983), William Clayton Bethune (1910-1931), Arthur Leroy Bethune(1/11/1917-), Mary Lamiria "Marie" Bethune (12/2/1912-12/1978), Albert Eugene Bethune (12/2/1918-1977) Peto, Melvin Lester Bethune(6/16/1925-1/24/2000), Bertha Magdaline "Dot" Bethune (12/30/1927) Nauer, last child was a baby girl Bethune (she died at birth). censuses 1910 & 1930 (by the 1930 Eliza & Helen were not living in the home) Melvin's family bible.

She married Frances Ellsworth.
Their children: Peggy Lea Ellsworth (12/20/1946-8/11/1967), Norma Jean Ellsworth (3/9/1941-1/25/1942), Frances Eugene Ellsworth Jr. 1/30/1943-4/4/1944, Judy Lynn 10/9/1957-8/7/1976. All died in Bradford, PA.

Margaret was in the 1930 census, she was 8 years old. She is a great Aunt to me.

NOTE:
when I was a child I remember meeting Margaret and she had a daughter who was bed ridden, and died young she was called Peggy. She was pretty and very fragile looking. The daughter was not mentioned in the obit so was gone by then. The person who wrote obit must have not known or just decided not to mention. She was about the age as one of my sisters and was born about 1945. They lived on Nichols Run, Limestone at that time.

Thanks to Archives, Melvin and Donna Bethune plus my mom.

Obit, Bradford Era 12/1984
MARGARET E. ELLSWORTH, BRADFORD, Pa. - Margaret E. Ellsworh, 62, of Fairview Heights, died Wednesday (Dec. 26, 1984) at home.
Born Nov. 2, 1921 in Westline, she was a daughter of William S. and Mary Allen Bethune.
A lifelong resident of McKean County, Mrs Ellsworth had worked for many years at the Airco Speer Plant and later at the Uni-Mart. She attended the Corryville Pentecostal Church.
Surviving are four sister, Mrs Marcheece Riggs of Custer City, Mrs. Edith Heysham and Mrs, Mary Peto, both of Bradford, and Mrs. Bertha Nauer of Wadsorth, Ohio; two brothers, Melvin Bethune of Custer City and John Bethune of Shinglehouse, and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Koch-Chatley Memorial Chapel Saturday (Dec. 29, 1984) from noon to 1 p.m., at which time funeral service will be held at with Rev. G. David Brooks, pastor of the McKean Tuna Valley Free Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in McKean Memorial Park, Layayette.

Thanks to Old Fulton NY Postcards.