Carl Stewart Beeker Sr. ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: LLQ9-BKQ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Boone Township, Davidson, NC. ⁹ 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 Salisbury Township, Rowan, NC. ¹⁰ The 1900 census recorded David M. Becker, works in cotton mill, 46, born May 1854, living with wife Lunda R., 49, Apr 1851; Carl, cotton mill, 22, May 1878; Jefferson, laying brick, 18, born Oct 1882; Bessie, 11, May 1889; Estella, 9, Oct 1891; and Mary, 6, Nov 1894. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. The parents were married for 26 years and Lunda had birthed 12 children, 9 alive in 1900.

3. Occupation: Proximity Manufacturing Cotton Mill, Greensboro, NC on 12 Sep 1918 in Greensboro, Greene, GA. ¹¹

4. He was described as tall height medium build blue eyes light hair on 12 Sep 1918 in Greensboro, Greene, GA. ¹¹

5. Residence: on 12 Sep 1918 in Proximity, Guilford, NC. ¹¹

6. Census in 1920 in Gilmer Township, Guilford, NC. ¹² The 1920 census recorded owning a home on the Summit Avenue Extension: D. W. Beeker, store clerk, 56, living with wife Lunday, 67, and son Carl, laborer in cotton mill, 34. They and their parents were born in North Carolina.

7. Residence: The 1926 Greensboro City Directory recorded: Beeker Carl S (Lydia J), mill hd h 15 Cypress, Prox in 1926 in Proximity, Guilford, NC. ¹³

8. Census in 1930 in Greensboro, Greene, GA. ¹⁴ The 1930 census recorded renting a home for $4 a month at 15 Cypress Street: Carl S. Beeker, works in cotton mill, 49, living living with wife Lydia, 40; and son Carl Jr., 8. They and their parents were born in North Carolina.

9. Residence: on 13 Dec 1932 in Proximity, Guilford, NC. ¹⁵

10. Census in 1940 in Greensboro, Greene, GA. ¹⁶ The 1940 census recorded Carl Beeker, laborer in cotton mill, 62, living with wife Lydia, 50, and son Carl, laborer in cotton mill, 18. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

11. Residence: on 8 May 1940 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁷

12. Residence: on 14 May 1944 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁷

13. Residence: on 13 Jan 1947 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ³

14. Census in 1950 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁸ The 1950 census recorded at 1303 Cypress Street: Carl S. Beeker, 72, living with wife Lydia F., 60. They were born in North Carolina.

15. Residence: 1303 Cypress St., Greensboro, NC on 3 Feb 1953 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁴

16. Obituary: Greensboro Record: obituary of Carl S. Beeker on 4 Feb 1953 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁸ Carl S. Beeker, 75, 1303 Cypress Street, died at his home at 7 a.m. today after two weeks illness. He was a native of Rockingham County but had resided in Greensboro for 35 years where he was a textile worker. He was a member of Eller Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, the former Lydia Ritter; one son, Carl Beeker Jr., of Greensboro; two brothers, Rastus Beeker of Welcome, and and O. J. Beeker of Albemarle; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Paris of Pine Bluff and Mrs. Bessie Campbell of Danville, Va.
Funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Forbis and Murray Chapel with Rev. John Edwards, pastor of Eller Memorial Baptist Church, and Rev. Riddle, pastor of Revolution Baptist Church in charge of the service. Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery. The body will remain at Forbis and Murray Funeral Home until the hour of service.

Carl married Lydia J. Ritter, daughter of Elias Spinks Ritter and Mary Elizabeth Brady, on 30 Nov 1921 in Revolution, Guilford, NC.¹ (Lydia J. Ritter was born on 22 Jan 1890 in , Moore, NC,¹⁹ died on 21 Oct 1982 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC ¹⁹ and was buried in Greensboro: Green Hill Cemetery, Guilford, NC ¹⁹.)