Charles Ervin Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: G3BN-CJ7.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁷ 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.

2. Census in 1940 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁸ The 1940 census recorded renting at 514 West Cemetary Street: William S. Baker [indexed wrong as Baker or Border due to poor handwriting which is actually Beeker], letter carrier, 49, living with wife Pearl, 43; daughter Kathleen, waitress, 19; son Charles, meat packing, 17; daughter Nancy, 14; and sons Walter, 11; and Samuel, 6. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

3. Occupation: Employer: J. B. Mcombs Grocery, Mooresville Avenue, Salisbury, NC on 30 Jun 1942 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁹

4. He was described as 6' 0" 146 lbs gray eyes blonde hair light complexion on 30 Jun 1942 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁹

5. Newspaper: Charlotte Observer: Four Injured in Road Crash, 11 Feb 1946, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ¹⁰ FOUR INJURED IN ROAD CRASH
Placed Under Treatment in Hospital in Salisbury-Good Chance to Recover
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SALISBURY -- Feb 10 -- Three men and a woman, under treatment in Rowan Memorial hospital today for serious injuries received in an automobile collision here Saturday, were reported today to have good chances for recovery. Miss Jessie Edwards, sole occupant of one of the cars, is suffering brain concussion, shock, and a shoulder fracture. The other victims, occupants of a car driven by Charles E. Beeker of Cleveland, Route 1, all have severe lacerations and bruises. Beeker, in addition has a dislocated hip. The other two are B. E. Foil and Wesley Petty of Salisbury. A fifth, J. C. Becker Jr. of the Cleveland section, has been discharged from the hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

6. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Recovering After Salisbury Crash, 11 Feb 1946, Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹¹ Recovering After Salisbury Crash
SALISBURY, Feb. 10. -- Three men and a women under treatment at Rowan Memorial hospital today for serious injuries received in an automobile collision here Saturday afternoon were reported today to have good chances for recovery.
Miss Jessie Edwards, sole occupant of one of the cars, is suffering from a brain concussion, shock, and a shoulder fracture.
The male victims, occupants of a car driven by Charles E. Beeker, of Cleveland, route 1, all have severe lacerations and bruises. Beeker in addition has a dislocated hip. The other two are B. E. Foil and Wesley Petty, of Salisbury.
A fifth person involved, J. C. Beeker, Jr., of the Cleveland section, has been discharged from the hospital with minor cuts and bruises.

7. Residence: on 13 Dec 1947 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹

8. Census in 1950 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ¹² The 1950 census recorded at 423 E. Innes Street in an apartment in Salisbury: Charles Beeker, plumber for heating & plumbing company, 27, living with wife Dorothy B., telephone operator, 20. They were born in North Carolina.

Charles married Dorothy Mabel Brown, daughter of Walter Lee "Jack" Brown and Willie Gibson, on 13 Dec 1947 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC.¹ (Dorothy Mabel Brown was born on 16 Sep 1929 in , Rowan, NC ^{12 13}.)