James Christopher Beeker ^{1 2 3 4}

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Election District 8, Baltimore County, MD. ⁵ The 1880 census recorded James Beeker, age 6, as a servant in the home headed by Evan Matthews, 73, and his wife Rhoda, 69. With them: son Josiah P. Matthews, 44; daughter-in-law Anna M. Matthews, 33; grandson William T. Matthews, 16; granddaughter Clara E. Matthews, 15; and grandson Stanley E. Matthews, 13.

2. Census in 1900 in Election District 7, Baltimore County, MD. ⁶ The 1900 census recorded James C. Becker [sic, indexed wrong due to poor census handwriting], railroad laborer, 28, born Aug. 1872, single, living as a boarder in the household of Loveless Martin, 65, and his wife Susan A., 70. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland.

3. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: Licensed to Marry: Issued at Towson for the marriage of James C. Beeker of near Parkton and Miss Mamie V. Bull, of Parkton, Seventh district., 6 Nov 1900, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹

4. Newspaper: Baltimore Sun: James Beeker home flooded, 20 Aug 1901, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ⁷ Much Damage About Parkton.
A dispatch from Parkton, Baltimore county, 30 miles north of Baltimore, says: - "The storm here and over the adjoining section of Pennsylvania was unprecedented. It did much damage to railroad and other property, washing the county roads and damaging the county bridges. The streams rose rapidly and grew turbulent. The Gunpowder river, along the line of the Northern Central railway, from Glen Rock, Pa., rose to a height surpassing any previous rise except perhaps that of 1871. At 8.15 P. M. no trains had gone either way from Parkton or north of Parkton since 11 o'clock this morning, and the information is that no trains will pass from Glen Rock tonight. The afternoon mail train, leaving Baltimore at 3.30 o'clock, remains at White Hall, and train No. 30, due at Baltimore at 3.15 o'clock, rests at Glen Rock. The railroad bridges between Parkton and Glen Rock are damaged. A very large force of workmen has been engaged filling In a washout at Bridge 41, south of Parkton, and repairing the bridge at Parkton, which was moved out of place, owing to a wheelwright shop belonging to Charles Rutledge, of Parkton, being washed against it. Mr. Donnelly, superintendent of telegraph operators, is at Parkton, and the division supervisors, with their working forces from Baltimore and other places, are hard at work. Parkton from north and south along the railroad and east and west along the York turnpike was submerged to the depth of from two to four feet, the water rising in several dwellings and filling cellars. The basement of Mr. James W. Ayers' building, used for entertainments, was flooded, as was the lower storeroom of Charles E. Plowman's property. The gatehouse of the Yorktown and Baltimore turnpike, occupied by Mr. James Beeker, was surrounded by water and friends went to the family's relief.

5. Census in 1910 in Election District 7, Baltimore County, MD. ⁸ The 1910 census recorded renting a home: James C. Becker [sic, census handwriting poor so indexed wrong], railroad laborer, 35, living with wife Mamie, 28; and sons Jesse J., 9, and Merle, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland. James and Mamie were married for 9 years. Mamie had given birth to 4 children but only 2 were alive in 1910. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland.

6. Census in 1920 in Parkton, Baltimore, MD. ⁹ The 1920 census recorded renting a home: James C. Beeder [sic, indexed wrong due to poor census handwriting], railroad laborer, 41, living with wife Mamie V., 31; Jesse J., truck driver, 19; and Myrl R., 16. Everyone and their parents were born in Maryland.

7. Census in 1940 in Parkton, Baltimore, MD. ¹⁰ The 1940 census recorded on York Road in Parkton: James C. Beeker, no employment, divorced, 67, born in Maryland. He lived in the same house in 1935.

8. Obituary: York Dispatch: obituary of James Beeker on 8 Nov 1947 in York, York, PA. ² COUNTY DEATHS
PARKTON, Nov. 8. James Beeker died at 11:15 a. m. yesterday at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schaeffer, Hampstead, Md., where he had been visiting for the past month. Death was caused by a heart condition. Mr. Beeker, who was 73 years old, had been employed recently as a railroader. Surviving are two sons. Jesse J. Beeker, Glen Rock, and Murle R. Beeker, Parkton; two grandchildren; his sister, Mrs. Schaeffer, and a brother, John J. Beeker, Baltimore. Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 oclock at the Hartenstein funeral chapel, New Freedom. The Rev. R. J. Mowbray, pastor of the Parkton Methodist charge, will officiate. Interment will be in Pine Grove E. U. B. cemetery.

James married Mamie Virginia Bull, daughter of James Robert Bull and Rebecca Jean Alban, in Nov 1900 in Towson, Baltimore, MD.¹ (Mamie Virginia Bull was born on 12 Jan 1880 in , Baltimore, MD,¹¹ died on 6 May 1948 in Parkton, Baltimore, MD ^{12 13} and was buried in Parkton: Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Baltimore, MD ¹².)