Augustus Clark Beeker ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11}

   Another name for Augustus was Gus Beeker.^{12 13}

   FamilySearch ID: LZYV-3D4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. The 1910 census recorded J. H. Beeker (handwriting on census is poor and is indexed online was W S Baker), farmer, no age listed, living with wife Annie, 39; son W. S., farm laborer, 19; son J. C., farm laborer, 18; son James, farm laborer, 16; son Thomas, farm laborer, 16; son Gus, farm laborer, 14; daughter B. May, farm laborer, 12; daughter Blanche I., 8; daughter A. B., 5; daughter M. R., 0, and son H. H., 0. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. J.H. and Annie were married for 20 years and she had birthed 10 children by 1910, all alive that year.

2. Census in 1920 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁴ 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.

3. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded Augustus C. Beeker, farmer, 34, living with wife Alaska, 24; Ella M., 4; Dorothy L, 2 and 3 months; and daughter Gene, 4 months old on April 2, 1930 when the census was recorded. On the same census page is Gus' father, John H. Beeker, farmer, 68, with wife Annie, 68; and daughter Ollie, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁵ The 1930 census recorded Augustus C. Beeker, farmer, 34, living with wife Alaska, 24; Ella M., 4; Dorothy L, 2 and 3 months; and daughter Gene, 4 months old on April 2, 1930 when the census was recorded. On the same census page is Gus' father, John H. Beeker, farmer, 68, with wife Annie, 68; and daughter Ollie, 15. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

5. Census in 1940 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁶ The 1940 census recorded Augustus C. Beeker, farmer, 44, living with wife Alaska C., 34; and 4 daughters Ella Marie, 14; Dorothy Lee, 12; Gene E., 10; and Ruth Irene, 2. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

6. Census in 1950 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁷ The 1950 census recorded Augustus C. Beeker, carman helper at railroad shop, 54, living with wife Alaska C., 44, and daughter Dorothy L., fills batteries (bobbins) at rayon mill, 22. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

7. Residence: on 3 Dec 1964 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁸

8. Residence: on 28 Mar 1969 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹²

9. Residence: on 21 Oct 1973 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC. ⁴

10. Residence: on 26 Dec 1975 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹³

11. Residence: on 9 Jun 1977 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ⁵

12. Residence: on 18 Aug 1978 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC. ¹⁹

13. Obituary: Greensboro News and Record; obituary of Augustus Beeker on 12 Aug 1988 in Greensboro, Guilford, NC. ⁷ Augustus Beeker
CLEVELAND -- Augustus Clark Beeker, 92, of Route 2 died Thursday at V. A. Medical Center in Salisbury.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Summersett Funeral Home in Salisbury. Entombment will be in Rowan Memorial Park.
Born in Rowan County, Beeker served in the Army during World War I and retired from Southern Railway in 1957. He was a member of Knox Chapel United Methodist Church where he served on the administrative board and taught the Men's Bible class.
Surviving are wife, Mrs. Alaska Beeker; daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Howie of Austin, Texas, Mrs. Jeanie Stikeleather of Statesville, Mrs. Marie Kepley and Mrs. Ruth Bame of Salisbury; sisters Mae Childers of Mooresville, Hallie Hartman of Salisbury; 11 grandchildren.
The family will be at the funeral home 7-9 p.m. today.

Augustus married Alaska Carrie Vaught, daughter of Andrew Lee Vaught and Laura Ellen Stamper, on 15 Aug 1925 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC.¹ (Alaska Carrie Vaught was born on 3 Jun 1904 in , Grayson, VA ^{20 21} and died on 23 Jan 1998 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC ^{20 21}.)