Daniel Jerome Jefferson Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   FamilySearch ID: LXW3-CF8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Morehead Township, Guilford, NC. ¹¹ The 1920 census recorded Jefferson F. Benker [sic - indexed wrong, poor handwriting], brakeman, 38, living with wife Annie, 36; Margie, 15; Daniel, 13; Pauline, 11; Clarence, 6; Jefferson, 3 years 9 months; and Leonard, 1 year 3 months. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Residence: The 1926 Greensboro City Directory recorded: Beeker Danl J , bricklyr h S Elm nr O'Connor in 1926 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹²

3. Newspaper: Greensboro Record: Woman and Two Men Are Held As Pickpockets, 24 Sep 1928, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹³ WOMAN AND TWO MEN ARE HELD AS PICKPOCKETS
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Held Under Bond, Charged With the Theft of $350
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Two Greensboro men and a woman are in jail under $1,000 bond today, charged with the thefts of $350 from the person of E. L. Summers, after being arrested early today on a chain of evidence gathered by Captain L. R. Wrenn and W. T. Jennings of the city detective bureau.
The three are Dan Beeker, Mack Weatherly and Blanche Wike. Beeker and Blanche Wike were arrested in a Greensboro hotel Saturday night by Officer Jennings on a charge of violating the moral code. Released under bond, they are said to have added Weatherly's company to the party.
The three then set out on another J. Moore of Leaksville, who was merrymaking setto late Sunday. R. with Summers, and who was the owner of the $350, is said to have picked up the trio in his automobile. Near the county home, police said, the money, which it later developed belonged to Moore, was stolen from Summers.
When Beeker and Blanche Wike appeared for trial today, their description was so identical with that furnished by Summers and Moore, that officers searched them. Beeker had $166, it was said. Weatherly, arrested later on evidence furnished by Beeker and the woman, was found to have nearly $70 of the amount. The remainder of the sum has not been located. The three will probably be tried in the city court tomorrow.

4. Newspaper: Greensboro Record: Judge Collins Deals Out Sentences, 25 Sep 1928, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹³ City police court Monday morning.
A white couple, Dan Beeker and Blanche Wike, were taxed teh costs for occupying a room for immoral purposes, while a negro couple, Will Cuberson and Minnie Bradshaw, were ordered to get married and pay the costs for immorality.

5. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Trio Sent To Higher Court on Theft Count, 26 Sep 1928, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁴ Trio Sent To Higher Court on Theft Count
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Probably Cause Found Against Men and Woman For Larceny From Person
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Probably cause was found by Judge D. H. Collins in city court Tuesday in the case charging Dan Beeker and Mack Weatherly, white men, and their woman companion, Blanche Wike, with the theft of $350 from the person of another white man while they were out on an auto ride Sunday night. Beeker and the woman were bound over to Superior court under bonds of $1,000 each, while the bond for Weatherly's appearance was made $750.
Weatherly figured in another case called by the court, this being one charging him and A. L. Smothers and Elmer Biddy with possession of whisky. Both Weatherly and Smothers were given six months on the roads, but the sentences were suspended upon condition that they leave liquor alone and pay a fine of $25 and the costs. Biddy was found not guilty of the charge.
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6. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Dan Beeker and Mack Weatherly, charged with the larceny of an automobile, were each sentenced to serve from three to four years in the penitentiary., 26 Oct 1928, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁵

7. Camp Polk Prison census in 1930 in House Creek Township, Wake, NC. ¹⁶ The 1930 census recorded at Camp Polk Prison inmate Dan Beeker [indexed in census online as Dan Becker due to poor handwriting], 23. He and his parents were born in North Carolina.

8. Newspaper: Charlotte Observer: Hit-Run Driver Jailed After Wreck Injuring 7, 13 Nov 1935, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. ¹⁷ LEXINGTON, Nov. 12 -- D. J. Beeker of Greensboro suffered a broken arm and six other passengers in the car he was driving were less seriously injured near here Sunday night when the machine was struck by a passing car and plunged down a 10-foot hill.
Three football uniforms and a sack of football shoes, which fell from running board and fender of the alleged hit-run car funished a clue that led to the arrest of Winton Harris, returning home after a week end game.
A hit-run warrant was served on Harris today.

9. Census in 1940 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁸ The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 513 Walker Avenue: Dan Beeker Jr., brick mason, 34, living with wife Blance G., 30. They lived in the same place in 1935. They were born in North Carolina.

10. Occupation: Pomona Tena-Cotta Co., Pomona, NC on 16 Oct 1940 in Pomona, Guilford, NC. ⁹

11. He was described as 5ft 8in 156 lbs, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion on 16 Oct 1940 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁹

12. Residence: RFD 6, Franklin Blvd., Greensboro, NC on 16 Oct 1940 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁹

13. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Family Get-Together Is Held By Beekers, 25 Feb 1941, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁹ Children of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Beeker, 1521 Lovett street, gathered at their home Sunday for a family reunion.
In the group were Mrs. W. G. Barber, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beeker and J. C. Beeker, all of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Miles and children, Teddie and Jean, and Leonard Beeker, of Newport News, Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Beeker, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Geohegan, Jr., all of Greensboro.

14. Residence: on 13 Jan 1947 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁶

15. Census in 1950 in Morehead Township, Guilford, NC. ²⁰ The 1950 census recorded on Euclid Street: Daniel J. Beeker, brick mason, 43, living with wife Blanche G., 40. Also in the home is Blanche's sister, Grace L. McCue (nee Wike), separated, inspector in pajama factory, 44. All were born in North Carolina.

16. Residence: on 9 Jul 1951 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁸

17. Cause of Death: Daniel died at Piedmont Hospital from arterio sclerotic heart disease, 9 Jul 1956, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ³

18. Occupation: bricklayer on 9 Jul 1956 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ³

19. Residence: Oakwood Trailer Park on 9 Jul 1956 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ³

20. Obituary: Greensboro Daily News: Dan Beeker Dies In Hospital on 10 Jul 1956 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ¹⁰ Dan Beeker, 49, of the Oakwood Trailer Park, died at 11:55 a.m. yesterday in Piedmont Memorial Hospital after an illness of one day.
A native of Rowan County, he had lived here for 48 years. He was president of the Bricklayers Lodge, Local No. 3. He was affiliated with Beeker and Jones, contractors.
He is survived by his wife, the former Blanche Wike; four sisters, Mrs. R. E. Baker of Seattle, Wash., Mrs. Ted Miles of Newport News, Va., Mrs. Wayne Charles of York, Pa., and Mrs. F. G. Phillips of Greensboro; and two brothers, Leonard Beeker of Anaheim, Calif., and C. M. Beeker of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at the Hanes and Lineberry Chapel at a date and time to be announced.

Daniel married Georgia Blanche Wike, daughter of Julius Pinkney Wike and Launa Elizabeth Davis, on 27 Dec 1934 in Danville, Danville, VA.¹ (Georgia Blanche Wike was born on 4 May 1909 in Taylorsville, Alexander, NC,^{1 21} died on 25 Oct 2004 ²¹ and was buried in Taylorsville: Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Alexander, NC ²¹.)