Mary Dean Beasley in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Mary Dean Beasley's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Mary Dean Beasley was born about 1927, her father, Lander, was 22, and her mother, Lillian, was 22. In 1940, she was 13 years old and lived in Baccus, Alabama, with her father, mother, 2 brothers, and sister.