Henry Beeker Sr.
(1759-1839)
Barbara Garner
(Abt 1767-)
Isaac Thompson
(Abt 1775-Bef 1847)
Henry Beeker Jr.
(Abt 1803-Aft 1870)
Anna Thompson
(Abt 1803-Bet 1840/1850)
Elizabeth Ora Beeker
(1835-1906)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. William Otha Stephens

2. John Garren

Elizabeth Ora Beeker 2 3 4

  • Born: 22 Apr 1835, , Davidson, NC 2 4
  • Marriage (1): William Otha Stephens on 30 Mar 1861 in Brown, Illinois 1
  • Marriage (2): John Garren
  • Died: 10 Dec 1906, Dallas Twp., St. Clair, MO at age 71 4
  • Buried: 11 Dec 1906, Gerster, St. Clair, MO 4

   FamilySearch ID: L7F9-C9X.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1840 in , Davidson, NC. 5 The 1840 U.S. Census household recorded
Males (born)
10-14 (1826-1830) = 1 son (Samuel)
30-39 (1801-1810) = 1 father (Henry Jr.)
Females (born)
5-9 (1831-1835) = 3 daughters (Susannah, Barbara, Elizabeth)
40-49 (1791-1800) = 1 mother (Anna)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2
No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 2
Total Free White Persons: 6
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 6
On the same census page is Henry's mother:
The 1840 census recorded Barbary Beaker with this household:
Females (born)
20-29 (1811-1820) = 1 daughter
70-79 (1761-1770) = 1 mother (Barbary)
Other neighbors have surnames that intermarry with Beekers: Levi Rhodes, John Tysinger, James Gallimore, Peter Tysinger, George Young
.

2. Census in 1850 in , Davidson, NC. 2 4 The 1850 census recorded in Southern Davidson county: Henry Beaker, farmer, 47, living with daughter Barbara, 17; son Samuel, laborer, 20; and Elizabeth, 15. Henry's land was valued at $400. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

Next door is Henry's daughter, Susannah, 19, living with her husband, Henry Row, laborer, 26, and daughters Mary A., 3, and Martha E., 9 months when then census was recorded on 1 Nov 1850. Henry had no real estate value, indicating he was probably on his father-in-law's land. Everyone was born in North Carolina.


Elizabeth married William Otha Stephens, son of David Stephens and Celia Northam, on 30 Mar 1861 in Brown, Illinois.1 (William Otha Stephens was born on 9 Dec 1835 in , Rowan, NC,1 6 died on 5 Oct 1884 in Dallas Twp., St. Clair, MO 1 6 and was buried in Kings Prairie, Dallas Township, St. Clair, Missouri 1 6.)


Elizabeth next married John Garren. (John Garren was born in 1829 in , , NC 1 and died in 1860 in Brown Township, Champaign, Illinois, USA 1.)


Sources


1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 5 Dec 2023), entry for Elizabeth Ora Beeker, person ID L7F9-C9X.

2 1850 United States Census, Henry Beaker, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BM-FJC Henry Beaker, Davidson county, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 863, NARA microfilm publication M432.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10940690.

4 Chester County Courthouse, Pennsylvania, https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/005534156?i=347&wc=9PM8-92Q%3A268496301%2C280354801&cc=1999196 December Sessions 1843 Orphans' Court records 1838-1846 vol 18-19.

5 1840 United States Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Davidson, North Carolina; Roll: 359; Page: 274; Image: 1185; Family History Library Film: 0018093.

6 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10940692.



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