Henry Allen Beeker ^{2 3 4 5 6 7}

   FamilySearch ID: L5V1-DF3.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Henry appeared in the household of Joseph Owens Beeker in a census in 1900 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ^{8 8} The 1900 census recorded owning a home: Joseph Beeker, farmer, 43, born Oct 1857, living with wife Ella, 32, Feb 1868; Mary, 14, Nov 1886; Henry, 12, Mar 1888; and Minnie, 7, May 1893. Ella and Joseph were married for 14 years and she had birthed 3 children, all alive in 1900. Joseph and his parents were born in North Carolina. Ella and her children were born in Texas, and her father in Alabama and mother in Tennessee. A neighbor is Ella's mother, Mary Baker, farmer, widow, 58, May 1842, and her son Albert, 18, Mar 1882. Mary and her mother were born in Tennessee and her father in North Carolina. Albert was born in Texas and his father in Alabama.

2. He appeared in the household of Joseph Owens Beeker in a census in 1910 in Justice Precinct, Ellis, TX, USA. ^{9 9} The 1910 census recorded Joseph Beaher [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], farmer, widowed, 51; living with daughter Mary J. 23; son Henry A., 21; daughter Minnie M., 16; and son Edwin R., 8. Joseph and his parents were born in North Carolia. The children and their mother were born in Texas.

3. Occupation: farmer on 5 Jun 1917 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ⁶

4. Henry appeared in the household of Joseph Owens Beeker in a census in 1920 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ^{10 10} The 1920 census recorded Joe Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], 62, farmer, widowed, living with son Edward R., farm laborer, 17. Also with them is son, Henry Becker, 31, grocery store salesman, with his wife Katie, 30. Henry and his parents were born in North Carolina, and the others in Texas. Next door is Joe's mother-in-law, Mary L. Baker, widowed, 78, born in Tennessee.

5. Census in 1930 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded owning a $700 home: Henry Beeker, salesman in grocery store, 41, living with wife Katie, 40. Henry was married at age 25, Katie at 24. Katie, Henry and his parents were born in Texas. Her father was born in North Carolina and mother in Tennessee.

6. Census in 1940 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ¹² The 1940 census recorded owning a $1000 home on Highway 43: Henry Becker [indexed wrong due to poor handwriting], salesman retail grocery store, 51, living with wife Katie, 50. They were born in Texas.

7. Occupation: Employer: Tom Cochran, Buffalo, Texas on 20 May 1942 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ⁵

8. Census in 1950 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ¹³ The 1950 census recorded living at 11 State Highway 43: Henry A. Beeker, salesman at hardware & grocery, 61, living with wife Katie, 60. They were born in Texas.

9. Cause of Death: cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis, 18 Aug 1970, Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ⁴

10. He was described as 5' 11 3/4" 215 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, light complexion on 20 May 1942 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ⁵

11. Occupation: rancher and merchant on 18 Aug 1970 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA. ⁴

Henry married Katie Baker, daughter of James Newton Baker and Addie Beatrice St. John, on 16 Feb 1916 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA.¹ (Katie Baker was born on 9 Dec 1889 in Buffalo, Leon, TX, USA,^{14 15} died on 13 Aug 1964 in Teague, Freestone, TX, USA ^{14 15} and was buried on 14 Aug 1964 in Buffalo: Buffalo Cemetery, Leon, Texas, United Sta ^{14 15}.)