William Henry Beeker ^{1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁷ The 1920 census recorded Will S. Bieker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], farmer, 29, living with wife Pearl L., 22; and sons William H., 4; and James B., 1. Next door is Will's father, J. Henry Bieker, farmer, 57, with his family indexed incorrectly as surname Becker: wife Annie, 48; son Gustus C., 24; daughters Blanche F., 18; Annie B., 14; son Henry H., 10; and and daughter Hallie M., 5. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1920 in Franklin, Rowan, NC. ¹⁸ The 1920 census recorded Harvey L. Hall, farmer, 27, living with wife Ione, 25; Robert Lee, 7; Mildred, 5; Wallace, 4; and Zada, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁹ The 1930 census recorded renting a home: William C. Beeker, city mail carrier, 40, living with wife Pearl G., 32; William H., 14; James B., 10; Annie K., 9; Charles E., 7; Nancy G., 4; and Walter G., 1. Also in the home is mother-in-law Katie R. Goodman, widowed, 71; and brother Henry H. Beeker, laborer on farm, 19. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. When married William was age 24 and Pearl 18. Next door is Hary N. Goodman, 40, with his family.

4. Occupation: textile on 26 Feb 1938 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. ¹

5. Residence: on 26 Feb 1938 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. ¹

6. Court: Divorce of William Henry Beeker and Zada Hall Beeker on 19 Nov 1938 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. ²⁰ DEED OF SEPARATION ROWAN COUNTY. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS : That whereas, W. H. Beeker and Zada Hall Beeker, of Rowan County, State aforesaid were lawfully married, but are now living separate and apart from each other, and there's no possibility of a reconciliation; and Whereas, a warrant was issued by Zada Hall Beeker, against W. H. Beeker, charging husband with abandonment and failure to support herself and child, Henry Wallace Beeker. Whereas, on the 19th day of November, 1938, the matter was heard in the Rowan County Court, and the defendant, W. H. Beeker was judged not guilty of the abandonment and on support of his wife and said child; and Whereas, they have agreed to live separate and apart from each other in the future, and not interfere, bother or molest the other in the quiet and peaceable enjoyment of life, and have further agreed to release and relinquish to each other all rights conferred upon them by law on account of said marriage, and have further agreed that each may be free in all respects from each other just the same as if they had never been married, with the exception that neither can marry without obtaining a divorce, and it further having been agreed that from the signing of this deed of separation, W. H. Beeker shall not be liable or responsible for the maintenance or support of Zada Hall Beeker, and the child, Henry Wallace Beeker, and that the said Zada Hall Beeker shall have the full custody, control, maintenance, support and control of the said child, freed from any claim or demand of W. H. Beeker, and that all property acquired by either, shall belong to him or her absolutely, freed from the claims or demands of the other, and each shall have full right, power and authority, to make contracts, deeds, mortgages, or enter into any written agreement, without obtaining the signature or consent of the other, and from the signing of this agreement, or deed of separation, Zada Hall Beeker shall be a free trader in all respects the same as if she had never married . NOW THEREFORE, In consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ( $ 250.00 ) DOLLARS, in hand paid to Zada Hall Beeker by W. H. Beeker, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said Zada Hall Beeker does hereby agree to assume the responsibility, maintenance, control and support of the child, Henry Wallace Beeker, and does hereby release and relinquish the said W. H. Beeker from any and all claims of support, right of support, right of dower, or the right to share in his real, or personal estate, and does further waive, and release the said W. H. Beeker from any and all claims of alimony, attorney fees, support, maintenance, and agrees that either party may apply for a divorce upon legal grounds . It is further agreed that hereafter each party is to live separate and apart from each other, and not bother or interfere with each other in any way, and each shall be allowed to do as he or she desires, and go where he or she wishes, without any interference on the part of the other, and each hereby releases and relinquishes all rights, to the society of the other, and to all of the property of the other, and to all of the martial and connubial relations created by law, and each is hereby granted full power and authority to buy, sell, and transfer real and personal property, without obtaining the consent or permission of the other, and without signing deeds, or other instruments, for each other, when transferred . From this day he shall not be held liable for, nor responsible for her support, or the support of said child, Henry Wallace Beeker, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, both parties have hereunto set their hands and seals, this November 19, 1938 . ZADA HALL BEEKER
? NORTH CAROLINA, ROWAN COUNTY.
The execution of the foregoing Deed of Separation was duly signed and executed before the undersigned Notary Public of Rowan County, State aforesaid; now, therefore, be it remembered that on this the 19th day of November, 1938, before the undersigned, Irene Oakes, a Notary Public, personally appeared W. H. Beeker, and wife, Zada Hall Beeker, the makers of the foregoing Deed of Separation, and acknowledged the due execution thereof by them, as their act and deed; and thereupon, the said Zada Hall Beeker, wife of W. H. Beeker, being by me privately examined, separate and apart from her said husband, touching her free consent to the execution of said instrument, she, on such separate examination, declared that she executed the same freely, of her own will and accord accord, and without any force, fear, of undue influence on the part of her husband, or any other other person, and does still still voluntarily assent thereto.
Upon examination of the said Zada Hall Beeker, I certify that I explained to her the at and purport of the foregoing is same, and now certify and find as a fact, that the end that she fully understood the injurious to her, nor unreasonable, and that the same was executed freely, and I find these as my conclusions, based upon the facts stated in this certificate.
Witness my hand and Notarial seal, this the 19th day of November, 1938.
Irene Oakes Oakes, N. P., Rowan County, N. C.
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7. Newspaper: Salisbury Post: Four Cases in County Court: William Henry Beeker, abandonment, not guilty., 20 Nov 1938, Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. ²¹

8. Census in 1950 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ²² The 1950 census recorded William H. Beeker, loading trucks for freight trucking, 34, living with wife Mabel O., 35; daughter Nancy E., 4; son William A., 3; and son Edwin W., 13. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Next door is his father, William S. Beeker.

9. Residence: on 7 Jun 1959 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁵

10. Residence: on 9 Jun 1977 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹³

11. Occupation: truck driver on 13 May 1978 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁶

12. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: obituary of William Henry Beeker on 15 May 1978 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁴ WILLIAM HENRY BEEKER
CLEVELAND -- William Henry Beeker, 62, of Rt. 1 (Mountain Rd) was dead on arrival Saturday evening at Rowan Memorial Hospital in Salisbury after a brief illness.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. today at Cleveland Baptist Church, where he was a member, with the Rev. Kenneth Hyde officiating.
He was a retired employee of Central Motor Lines, where he worked for 23 years, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
Surviving are wife, Mrs. Mable Oldham Beeker; sons, Edwin H. Beeker of Gastonia, William A. Beeker of Salisbury, Kenneth Wayne Beeker of the home; daughters, Mrs. Nancy Moore of Mooresville, Mrs. Betty Duncan of New Bern, Mrs. Martha Fisher of Salisbury; brothers, James Beeker of Burlington, Samuel Beeker of Albuquerque, N.M.; sisters, Mrs. Lanie Carter and Mrs. Nancy Wood of China Grove.
The body is at Summersett Funeral Home in Salisbury.

William married Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall, daughter of Harvey Lee Hall and Zada Ione Sowers, on 26 Feb 1938 in Chatham, Pittsylvania, VA.^{1 2} (Zada "Wanda" Vivian Hall was born on 29 May 1917 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA ^{1 23} and died on 28 Sep 2002 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC ²⁴.)

William next married Mabel Elizabeth Oldham, daughter of Pleasant Edwin Oldham and Annie Stella McGert, on 21 Apr 1945 in Emporia, Greensville, VA.³ (Mabel Elizabeth Oldham was born on 11 Sep 1914 in , Durham, NC,^{25 26 27 28 29} died on 21 Sep 1984 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC ^{25 26 27 28} and was buried on 23 Sep 1984 in Cleveland: Cleveland First Baptist Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ^{25 26 28}.)