Leola Beeker 1 2 3 4
Another name for Leola was Ola Beeker.5 6 7 FamilySearch ID: KLG5-WSX. Noted events in her life were: 1. Census in 1900 in Steele Township, Rowan, NC. 5 8 The 1900 census recorded Samuel Beeker, farmer, 71, born Jul 1829, living with wife Ellen J., 69, Sep 1831; grandson Freddie, farm laborer, 14, Sep 1885; grandson Samuel P., 9, Jan 1890; grandson John S. Gornelison, farm laborer, 20, May 1880; servant Nancy Beaver, cook, widowed, 45, May 1855; and sister-in-law Sarah Halman, widowed, 66, May 1834. Samuel and Ellen were married for 50 years and she had birthed 7 children, 3 alive in 1900. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. 2. Census in 1910 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. 7 The 1910 census recorded living on Mill Bridge Road: John Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], laborer, odd jobs, 43, with wife Nannie, 42; May Lillie, 16; Ola, 13; Halley, 11; Mamie, 8; Ethel, 5; and Mitchel, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. John and Nannie were married for 19 years and she had birthed 7 children, all alive in 1910. 3. Cause of Death: Leola died from pulmonary tuberculosis, 21 Jan 1921, Durham, Durham, NC. 2 4. Residence: 1008 Bay ST., Durham, NC on 21 Jan 1921 in Durham, Durham, NC. 5. Fact: Two Beeker sister, Leola and Hallie, married two Rigsbee brother, Arthur and Walter. Leola married Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Sr., son of Barley Aiken Nathan Rigsbee and Carrie London Wicks, on 23 Dec 1916 in , Durham, NC.1 (Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Sr. was born on 28 Jul 1897 in , , NC,6 9 died on 20 Sep 1957 in Durham, Durham, NC 9 10 and was buried in Durham: Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, NC 9 10.) |
1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTZ-C9F Arther Rigsbee and Ola Becker, 1916.
2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F361-Y4V Leaola Rigsbee, 21 Jan 1921; citing Durham, Durham, North Carolina, reference it 2 cn 41, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,717.
3 Durham Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), 24 Mar 2013, obituary of Arthur Clyde Rigsbee Jr.
4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=172027020.
5 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.
6 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8B-KXP Arthur Clyde Rigsbee.
7 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3L-RHM John Becker, Atwell, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 91, sheet 6B, family 112.
8 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11931-60294-20?cc=1325221 North Carolina > Rowan > ED 118 Steel Township > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication T623.
9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73745480.
10 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPK7-8HR Arthur Clyde Rigsbee, Sr., 20 Sep 1957; citing Durham, Durham, North Carolina, cn 23052, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,952,419.
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