Dr. Franklin King
(1843-1922)
Eliza Ann Dyer
(1846-1933)
Lottie Elizabeth King
(1874-1953)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Rev. Squire Joseph Beeker

Lottie Elizabeth King 3 4 5 6

  • Born: 20 May 1874, Leaksville, Rockingham, NC 4 7
  • Marriage (1): Rev. Squire Joseph Beeker on 24 Jun 1908 in Reidsville, Rockingham, NC 1 2
  • Died: 15 Nov 1953, Nashville, Davidson, TN at age 79 4 7 8
  • Buried: 17 Nov 1953, Nashville: Woodlawn Memorial Park, Davidson, TN 4 7

   FamilySearch ID: MFY8-5RC.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Greensboro Daily News: Beeker-King Wedding, 1 Jul 1908, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. 1 Reidsville, N. C., June 30. The Rev. S. J. Becker, of Spray, and Miss Lottie King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. King, were married in the Baptist church at Leaksville Thursday evening, the Rev. H. A. Brown, of Winston-Salem, officiating. The wedding presents were numerous and many of them costly -- among them being $1,000 in gold from the bride's father.

2. Census in 1910 in Leaksville, Rockingham, NC. 9 The 1910 census recorded on College Road: Rev. Squire Beeker, Baptist minister, 41, living with wife Lottie K. 35; and daughter Mabel K., 7 months. Everyone and Squire's parents were born in North Carolina. Lottie's parents were born in Virginia.

3. Census in 1920 in Leaksville, Rockingham, NC. 10 The 1920 census recorded D. F. King, banker, 76, living with wife Eliza D., 73; daughter Lottie K. Beeker, widowed, 45; and granddaughter Mabel, 9. D. F. and Eliza and their parents were born in Virginia. Lottie and Mabel were born in North Carolina.

4. S. S. Leviathan sailing from Cherbourg, France, arriving New York on 10 Aug 1925 in New York, New York, NY. 11 Lottie Beeker, 51, b. 20 May 1874 in Leaksville NC
Mabel Beeker, 15, b. 6 Sep 1909 in Leaksville NC
.

5. Census in 1930 in Leaksville, Rockingham, NC. 6 The 1930 census reported owning a $15,000 home at 12 Bridge Street: Eliza D. King, widowed, 82, living with daughter Lottie K. Beeker, high school teacher, widowed, 54, living with her daughter Mabel K., 20. Eliza, her parents, and Lottie's father were born in Virginia. Lottie, her mother and Mabel were born in North Carolina.

6. Newspaper: Greensboro Record: Mrs. Beeker Will Go To Kentucky, 16 Mar 1937, Greensboro, Guilford, NC. 12 Mrs. Beeker Will Go To Kentucky
LEAKSVILLE, March 16 -- Mrs. S. J. Beeker, prominent in social and religous circles here, who is president of the seventh district of the Federated Clubs of North Carolina, will leave soon after Easter for an indefinite stay with her daughter, Mabel, who is engaged in church work at Newport, Ky.
Miss Beeker, who went to Kentucky some time ago, was actively engaged in relief work during the recent flood disaster in the Ohio valley. Mrs. Beeker had intended to leave this week, but has delayed her departure until after Easter.

7. Census in 1940 in Newport, Campbell, KY. 13 The 1940 census recorded renting for $15 a month at 522 Overton Street in Newport: Lottie K. Beeker, widowed, 65, living with daughter Mabel K., church pastor's assistant, single, 30. They were born in North Carolina and in 1935 lived in Leaksville NC.

8. Cause of Death: Lottie died at Mid-State Baptist Hospital from bronchopneumonia, 15 Nov 1953, Nashville, Davidson, TN. 7

9. Residence: 1600 Green Hills Drive, Nashville, TN on 15 Nov 1953 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. 7

10. Obituary: Nashville Banner: obituary of Lottie King Beeker on 16 Nov 1953 in Nashville, Davidson, TN. 14 Funeral Services For Mrs. Beeker To Be Tuesday
(photo) MRS. LOTTIE K. BEEKER
Mrs. Lottie King Beeker, 1600 Green Hills Drive, will be buried Tuesday in Woodlawn Memorial Park following services at 2:30 p.m. at Belmont Heights Baptist Church. Dr. Harold Purdy and the Rev. James L. Sullivan will officiate. The body is at Finley Dorris and Charlton Funeral Home.
Mrs. Beeker died Sunday at 4:20 pm at Mid-State Baptist Hospital.
A native of Leaksville, N. C., she had lived here five years with her daughter Miss Mabel King Beeker. Her husband, the Rev. S. J. Beeker, died in 1918.
Mrs. Beeker began teaching Sunday school classes at 16 and had been active in church work all her life. She had a record of perfect Sunday school attendance for the last 13 years and was a contributor to Sunday School Times. She helped found the Spray Baptist Church, near Leaksville, and was present for celebration of its 50th anniversary two weeks ago. She attended Hollins College at Roanoke.
, Va. Survivors include a brother, D. Frank King; and two sisters, Mrs. J. B. Taylor and Mrs. J. Platt Turner, all of Leaksville. Active pallbearers will be Emmett Golden, Troy Woodbury, F. E. Wright, R. B. Elmore, C. S. Duke and Harold Lee.


Lottie married Rev. Squire Joseph Beeker, son of Henry J. Beeker and Eliza Jane Daniel, on 24 Jun 1908 in Reidsville, Rockingham, NC.1 2 (Rev. Squire Joseph Beeker was born on 11 Mar 1869 in Jerusalem, Davie, NC,15 died on 21 Oct 1918 in Durham, Durham, NC 15 16 and was buried in Mocksville: Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery, Davie, NC 15.)


Sources


1 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 1 Jul 1908, page 5. Beeker-King Marriage.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q21B-7WZW S. J. Beeker m. Eliza D. King 18 Jun 1908 Rockingham NC.

3 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC7W-LN7 Mabel King Beeker, 06 Sep 1909,citing vol. 18, p. 383, Rockingham, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=167774261.

5 B. F. Johnson, Makers of America: Biographies of Leading Men of Thought and Action, the Men who Constitute the Bone and Sinew of American Prosperity and Life, Volume 1 (B. F. Johnson, Washington D.C. 1915), Page 397.

6 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QY-TQP Lottie K Beeker Leaksville NC.

7 Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Certificate 53-24759. Mrs. Lottie King Beeker (indexed as Lettie King Becker). Father D. F. King. Mother Eliza Dyer.

8 Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958, Certificate 53-24759. Mrs. Lottie King Beeker (indexed as Lettie King Becker). Father D. F. King. Mother Eliza Dyer. Informant Miss Mabel Beeker.

9 1910 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3K-CV4 Reverend Squire Beeker Leaksville NC.

10 1920 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZNP-BJ7 D F King Leaksville NC.

11 Ancestry.com, "New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957," 10 Aug 1925 S. S. Leviathan.

12 Greensboro Record (Greensboro, NC), 16 Mar 1937, page 3.

13 1940 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7RW-J5T Lottie K. Beeker Newport KY.

14 "Nashville Banner (Nashville, TN)," 16 Nov 1953, page 12. Obituary of Lottie King Beeker.

15 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22788942.

16 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 24 Oct 1918, page 3.



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