Henry Beeker Jr.
(Abt 1803-Aft 1870)
Susanna Grady
(Abt 1803-Bef 1850)
William Anderson Gallimore Sr.
(1810-1849)
Sarah Sallie Floyd
(Abt 1810-)
Samuel Beeker
(1829-1909)
Ellen J. Gallimore
(1831-1909)
Charles Turner Beeker
(1870-1941)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Lula Etta Miller

Charles Turner Beeker 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Born: 15 Feb 1870, Cotton Grove, Davidson, NC 2 4 10 11
  • Marriage (1): Lula Etta Miller on 6 Jan 1892 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC 1
  • Died: 4 Feb 1941, Salisbury, Rowan, NC at age 70 2 4 10 11 12
  • Buried: 6 Feb 1941, Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC 2 11

   Another name for Charles was Charlie Turner Beeker.4 10 11 12 13

   FamilySearch ID: 2MBY-7PC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Boone Township, Davidson, NC. 14 The 1880 census recorded Samul Buker, farmer, 52, living with wife Ellen, 48; Almira, farm laborer, 21; William, farm laborer, 16; John H., farm laborer,12; and Charles, farm laborer, 10. Also in the home is boarder Nancy Staily, farm laborer, 24. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

Next door is Danial Buker, farmer, 25, with wife Lundy, 28; and sons Albert, 5; Wilmorth, 3; Carly, 2; and Oscar, 6 months old born in December, 1879. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1900 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. 15 The 1900 census recorded Charley Beeker, farmer, 30, born Dec 1870, living with wife Lula, 27, Jul 1873; Daisy, 5, Dec 1895; and Myrtle, 2, Jun 1898. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. Lula and Charley were married 8 years.

3. Census in 1910 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC. 16 The 1910 census recorded Charlie T. Beeker, farmer, 39, living with wife Lula E., 37; daughters Dasie L., 14, Myrtle M., 11; and Mary E., 9; and sons Erriel G., 5, and Harril T., 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Newspaper: Carolina Watchman: Charles T. Beeker refuses to marry white man and negress, 11 Dec 1912, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. 17 White Man tries to Marry Negress.

Recently a white man by the name of Will Wilson obtained alicense from Register of Deeds Miller for himself and Rosa Brown, a well known mulatto woman of the Mill Bridge neighborhood. They went to Magistrate Charles T. Beeker to perform the ceremony, but as Beeker knew the woman to be a mullatto, refused to perform the ceremony. This was reported to the register's office and the lciense was promptly cancelled; but Wilson was not satisfied, so they came to Salisbury, and in meandering about the depot made themselves so disgusting as to cause their arrest and on Wilson was found a pistol. Wilson was given a hearing Saturday for carrying a concealed weapon and was sent to jail for 80 days. After his sentence expires they will be tried for a more serious offense.

5. Newspaper: Winston-Salem Journal: Misses Daisy and Edna Beeker passed through the city yesterday en route to their new home at Sparta, Va., their parents having moved there recently from Mill Bridge, N. C., 28 Oct 1913, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC. 18

6. Census in 1920 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC. 19 The 1920 census recorded C. T. Beeker, farmer, 48, living with wife Lula E., 46; daughter Edna M., 19; and sons Grier E., 15; Harrall, 12; and Gray, 8. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

7. Census in 1930 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. 20 The 1930 census recorded Charley Beeker, 59, living with wife Lula, 58; daughter Edna, saleswoman in department store, 28; son Harold T., commercial trucker fruit, 23; daughter-in-law Frances, waitress in cafeteria, 19; and grandson James T., 2 years 4 months, and son A. Gray, usher in theater, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

8. Census in 1940 in Bear Poplar, Rowan, NC. 21 The 1940 census recorded Charles T. Beeker, farmer, 68, living with wife Lula, 67; son Harold [sic, should be Harrell], house carpenter, 33, and his wife Frances, 29, James, 12, and Wanda, 11. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

9. Residence: on 8 May 1940 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. 22

10. Cause of Death: Charliie died at Rowan Memorial Hospital from septicaemia (bloodstream infection), 4 Feb 1941, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. 11

11. Occupation: auto salesman on 4 Feb 1941 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. 11

12. Residence: Rt. 1, Mount Ulla, NC on 4 Feb 1941 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. 11


Charles married Lula Etta Miller, daughter of Joshua Miller and Sarah Catherine McLaughlin, on 6 Jan 1892 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC.1 (Lula Etta Miller was born on 21 Jul 1872 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC,23 24 25 died on 7 Feb 1952 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC 23 24 and was buried on 8 Feb 1952 in Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC 23 24.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFS6-PZT Charles F Beeker m. Loula E. Miller 15 Dec 1891 at Mrs. Miller's house.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21670541.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-JWL Edna Mary Beeker, 02 Aug 1900, citing vol. 902, p. 290, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

4 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Charlie Tuner Beeker, SSN 246-18-6060.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-J4W Harrell Turner Beeker, 28 Dec 1907, citing vol. 902, p. 295, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh. No image available.

6 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011 (Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC.), Harrell T. Beeker and Willa Singleton, 20 Feb 1954.

7 FamilySearch.org, Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X51G-PJM Clyde Mitchell Gillespie and Mary E. Becker, 25 Jun 1933; citing Henry County, Virginia, reference ln 407; FHL microfilm 2,048,457.

8 Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, North Carolina) (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina), 11 June 1920, page 1. Death of Mrs. Miller.

9 Jo White Linn, A Miller Family of Rowan County (S. H. Carter 1983, 168 pages.), pages 105.

10 "Bible of Samuel Beeker" (Photo of bible pages found on Ancestry.com), Births, Deaths, Marriages pages with handwritten dates.

11 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Certificate 348. Charlie Turner Beeker. Father Samuel Beeker. Mother Ellen Gallimore. Spouse Lula Miller. Informant Mrs. C. M. Gillespie.

12 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG3Y-NVZ Charlie Turner Becker, 04 Feb 1941; citing Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina, 348, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,196.

13 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-JW5 Erold Grier Beeker, 08 May 1905 citing vol. 902, p. 291, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

14 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC6L-684 Samul Buker, Boone, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 36, sheet 150B.

15 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB2-NC4 Charley Beeker Atwell Township Rowan Co NC.

16 1910 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3G-KW5 Charlie T Beeker Steele Township Rowan Co NC.

17 Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, NC) (Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina.), 11 Dec 1912, page 2.

18 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 28 Oct 1913, page 3.

19 1920 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJG-L84 C T Beeker Steele Township Rowan Co NC.

20 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37M-6L5 Charley Beeker Salisbury NC.

21 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW3J-S1D Charles Beeker Bear Poplar Rowan Co NC.

22 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 9 May 1940, page 18. Obituary of Dan Beeker.

23 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21670626.

24 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Certificate 3969. Lula Miller Beeker. Father J. Miller. Mother Sarah McLaughlin.

25 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCWX-J48 Lula Etta Miller, 21 Jul 1872 citing vol. 912, p. 239, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.


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