Mary Beardslee Hinds is an American former First Lady of Guam.

Early life

On July 4, 1874, Hinds was born as Mary May Miller Beardslee. Hinds' father was Hamilton White Beardslee (1840–1907). Hinds' mother was Lucy Putnam (nee Phelps Howson) Beardslee (1850–1926). Hinds had two siblings, Kenneth and Doris.

Career

In 1913, when Alfred Walton Hinds was appointed the

Naval Governor of Guam The governor of Guam ( ch, I Maga'låhen / ) is the head of government of Guam and the commander-in-chief of the Guam National Guard, whose responsibilities also include making the annual State of the Island (formerly the State of the Territo ...

, Hinds became the

First Lady of Guam First Lady or First Gentleman of Guam is the title attributed to the spouse of the governor of Guam. The current first gentleman is Jeffrey Cook, husband of Governor Lou Leon Guerrero Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) ...

on September 23, 1913, until March 28, 1914.

Personal life

On April 10, 1902, at May Memorial Church in Syracuse, New York, Hinds married Alfred Walton Hinds (1874-1957), who later became a Naval officer and

. Hinds' maid of honor was her sister Doris Beardslee; she also had four other bridesmaids. They had one son, Walton Beardslee Hinds (1904-1973). Hinds and her family lived in places such as New York,

Bremerton, Washington Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington. The population was 37,729 at the 2010 census and an estimated 41,405 in 2019, making it the largest city on the Kitsap Peninsula. Bremerton is home to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Bremer ...

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

, and

Coronado, California Coronado (Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 24,697 at th ...

. In 1931, Hinds and her family moved to

. Hinds' son Walton Beardslee Hinds became a Commander of US Navy and became attached to USS Atlanta. On December 18, 1952, Hinds died. Hinds is interred at

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in the city of San Diego, California. It is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department ...

Point Loma, San Diego Point Loma (Spanish: ''Punta de la Loma'', meaning "Hill Point"; Kumeyaay: ''Amat Kunyily'', meaning "Black Earth") is a seaside community within the city of San Diego, California. Geographically it is a hilly peninsula that is bordered on the ...

, California.

References

External links

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego County, California at interment.net

Ft Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California at usgwarchives.net

Mary Beardslee Hinds at findagrave.com
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