William Henry Clay Beeker ^{1 2 3 4}

   FamilySearch ID: L5VG-R4L.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1880 in Jerusalem, Davie, NC. ² The 1880 census recorded in Jerusalem Township: Solomon Beeker, farmer, 36, living with wife Lucy C., 35; William H., 8; Jesse M., 3; and Annie B., 1. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

2. Census in 1910 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt, TX. ⁵ The 1910 census recorded on Dallas and Shreveport Road: William H. C. Becker [sic], farmer, 38, living with wife Ada, 29; Bessie, farm laborer, 14; Bertha, 3; Lottie, 0; and grandmother Kissiah Babb, 80. William and Kissiah and their parents were born in North Carolina. Ada and her children were born in Texas. The children's father was born in North Carolina. Daughter Bessie's mother was born in North Carolina, and Bertha and Lottie's mother in Texas. This indicates Bessie's mother is not Ada, further confirmed because William's martial status is M2 indicating Ada is his second marriage. Ada's status is M1, and the census records she was married 8 years to William and had birthed 2 children by 1910, both alive that year.

3. Census in 1920 in , Van Zandt, TX. ⁶ The 1920 census recorded Willie H. C. Baker [indexed wrong, handwriting poor - Beaker], farmer, living with wife Ada M., 39; daughte rBisie M., 24; daughter Birtha S., 13; daughter Lottie D., 10; daughter Sallie M., 7. Willie and his parents were born in North Carolina. Ada was born in Texas, her father in South Carolina, and mother in Georgia. The children were born in Texas.

4. Census in 1940 in Fruitvale, Van Zandt, TX. ⁷ The 1940 census recorded William Beeker, no occupation, 68, living with wife Addie, 59. They were born in Texas.

5. Cause of Death: Hypertension and obstruction in the bowel, 22 Jun 1942, Grand Saline, Van Zandt, TX. ⁴

6. Occupation: farmer on 22 Jun 1942 in Grand Saline, Van Zandt, TX. ⁴

William married Addie Mae Welsh, daughter of Samuel L. Welsh and Mary Parlee Lewis, about 1902 in , , TX. (Addie Mae Welsh was born on 23 Oct 1880 in Dallas, Dallas, TX,^{8 9 10} died on 13 Sep 1952 in Dallas, Dallas, TX ⁸ and was buried on 15 Sep 1952 in Fruitvale: Creagleville Cemetery, Van Zandt, TX ^{8 10}.)

William next married.