Samuel Beard Jr.

The parents of Samuel Beard Jr.
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Samuel was born about 1787 in Eastern Tennessee. We note that on the only informative census he was listed in, in 1850, Samuel Beard Jr. gave his birthplace as Tennessee. He was with his family as they traveled to Kentucky to settle on their lands on the Green River in about 1798, and he grew to manhood in the very early settlements of this area of Kentucky. On 15 April 1815, Samuel married Elizabeth "Betsey" Wheeler in Adair County. Betsey is probably the daughter of Zadock Wheeler and an unknown wife. Zadock was listed in the censuses of Washington County, Kentucky from 1792 through 1830. There are some records in Adair County of him building structures and houses and he is on various indentures and legal papers in the Adair County archives. Betsey was born about 1795 in probably Washington County, Kentucky. Zadock appears as the father on the marriages of three Wheeler girls in Adair County: Betsey in 1815, Rebecca (who married William Brooks in 1817), and Nancy (who married Moses Orme in 1827).
Just after their marriage, Samuel Jr. and Betsey Beard went down into the Bedford County, Tennessee area with his father and others in the Beard family. We believe that they were there through the births of three children at least, before returning to Adair County, Kentucky for the 1830 census. On that census, they appear with a female ten to fifteen, a male ten to fifteen, and a male five to ten. Our analysis of this census is that they had a daughter, born 1815-1820; a son born in the same range that we believe is named Harrison Beard; and the youngest son is obviously Samuel J. Beard, who was born about 1822, probably in Bedford County, Tennessee. Samuel himself was about 43 and Betsey about 35. Also in the home was listed a male aged twenty to thirty. We believe that this male was Samuel's younger brother William Beard, who was the right age and not listed in his own household on this census.
In 1840 in Adair County, Samuel and Betsey lived next household to this William Beard, his brother. Sam and Betsey had their daughter and their youngest son, Samuel J., listed in the home. Their brother David Beard was listed a few homes away, and their sister Elizabeth Caskey was on the same page as Samuel. Also on the same page was Harrison Beard; we believe him to be the elder son of Samuel Jr. and Betsey.
Finally, the 1850 census with its family names was taken. At this time, Samuel and Betsey were living in next door Taylor County, Kentucky. Samuel was 63 and born in Tennessee. Elizabeth (Betsey) was 55 and born in Kentucky. Their son Samuel J. was living in their home, age 28 and born in Tennessee as well. A possible relative of Betsey was listed in the home, and he is William Wheeler, who was twelve years old and born in Missouri. The widow of William Beard, Pyrena Stayton Beard, lived two households away. Next door lived Joseph Cox and his wife Nancy Beard, age 21, the daughter of David Beard.
By 1860, both Samuel Beard Jr and his wife Betsey had disappeared from the census. They both probably died in this time range, and we do not find any marked graves.
The children of Samuel and Betsey Beard were:
1. Unknown Daughter was born between 1815 and 1820 in Maury or Bedford County, Tennessee. She was apparently the female in the home of her parents in 1840.
1. Harrison Beard was found on the 1840 census in Adair County. He was on the same page as his proposed parents, Samuel and Betsey Wheeler Beard. He is the right age to be the son listed with them in 1830, and Samuel is the only nearby Beard male of the right age to be his father. Note, however, that we have no way to prove this relationship at this time.
1. Samuel J. Beard was born about 1822 in Tennessee, probably Bedford County. He came back to Adair County, Kentucky as a young child. In 1850, he was listed in his parents' home as a single young man of 28. On 8 January 1852 in nearby Casey County, Kentucky, he married Frances "Fanny" Bland. She was born in June 1828 in Kentucky, the daughter of Thomas Bland and Elizabeth Stephens/Stevens. They lived near other Beards on Stoner Creek, a fork of Robinson Creek in Taylor County, Kentucky. They sold land to George Staton/Stayton, who was the brother of Pyrena Stayton Beard, the wife of William Beard (the uncle of Samuel J. Beard). Samuel and Fanny then moved to Missouri. In 1860, they were listed in Breckinridge, Putnam County, Missouri. They had five children in the home. A two year old, Thomas, was born in March 1858 in Kentucky, so they moved after this date. A one year old unnamed female child was listed born in Missouri. There is a Civil War record of a Samuel J. Beard, a farrier, serving with the 12th Kentucky Cavalry, Company D. We do not know if this is the same Samuel, but it is possible he went home to Kentucky to serve with brothers and friends. Two children were born in the time period 1864-1867, both in Iowa, so the family lived in that state for a time. By 1870, Samuel and Fanny Beard had returned to Kentucky. They were listed in Casey Creek, Adair County, with eight children. In 1880 they were still in Adair County, with eight children at home. At some point between the 1880 census and the 1900 census, Samuel J. Beard died. We do not know a burial place. During the 1890s, three of his sons went to Indian Territory and participated in the Cherokee Strip Run for land. They all lived the rest of their days in the state of Oklahoma and died there. Fanny Bland Beard was listed as a widow of 72 on the 1900 Adair County census. She stated that six of her eight children were still alive. One daughter, Susan, lived with her, and her son John Beard lived next door.
The children of Samuel J. Beard and Frances Bland Beard were:
: 2. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Beard was born on 16 September 1852 in Kentucky. She married in 1880 to a widower and Civil War veteran, Edmond Wilkinson. He was born on 14 April 1828 in Casey County, Kentucky to William Owen Wilkinson and Catherine Kathleen Franklin. He had served as a captain in the war with the 13th Kentucky Cavalry, Company I. Twenty four years older than Elizabeth, Edmond had been married a first time to Nancy Lee Ford in 1853 in Marion County, Kentucky and he was the father of ten children with her. Nancy died in 1875 in Casey County. In 1880, Edmond and Elizabeth Wilkinson, newly married, lived in Casey County, Kentucky with his seven children. In 1900 they were listed in Liberty, Casey County, with two of his children and his six children that he had with Elizabeth Beard. Elizabeth died on 26 August 1901 in Casey County and she was buried at the Bowman Cemetery there. Edmond lived to be 92 years old; he died on 20 July 1920 in Casey County and was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Liberty, Casey County. Their six children together were:
::: 3. Edwin "Eddie" Wilkinson was born on 12 February 1882 in Casey County, Kentucky. He died of pellagra on 1 November 1928 in Kentucky and was buried at the Bowman Cemetery in Casey County. He may have been single, as we find no mariage record and his half sister Paulina Wilkinson was the informant on his death record.
::: 3. Lora Wilkinson was born 12 April 1886 in Casey County, Kentucky. She lived with her father and does not appear to have married. Lora died on 25 January 1956, probably in Kentucky. She was laid to rest at Glenwood Cemetery, Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky.
::: 3. Lillian "Lillie" Wilkinson was born in 1888 in Casey County, Kentucky. Like her sister Lora, she did not appear to marry. Lillie died on 8 August 1956 in Kentucky and was buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Liberty, Casey County.
::: 3. Robert Wilkinson was born on 7 February 1890 in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. According to his draft registration in 1918, he was single and worked as an engineer for A. F. Scott. He probably served in World War I; on his gravestone is inscribed "WAGR U. S. Army", which generally means someone serving as a wagoneer. According to death records, he died while living at Silver Hill, Wetzel County, West Virginia on 24 August 1947. He was brought home to Kentucky to lie at Glenwood Cemetery in Casey County.
::: 3. Mattison "Matt" Wilkinson was born 23 March 1893 in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. He registered for the draft at age 24, living in Casey County, single, and farming. Matt served in the War and died of wounds on 14 October 1918. He is buried at the Glenwood Cemetery in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky.
::: 3. Paul Wilkinson was born on 4 November 1896 in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. He married May Crockett about 1920, probably in Casey County. May was born on 28 June 1901 in Casey County, the daughter of Robert and Mary "Mollie" Rich Crockett. She was a member of the Crockett family that traces its descent from David Stern Crockett--the famous Davy. In 1920, Paul and May lived in Dunville, Casey County, Kentucky in her parents' home. In 1925, they had a son, Howard Wilkinson, who died the same day he was born on 21 December 1925 in Casey County. He is buried at the Glenwood Cemetery there. Not found in 1930, by 1940 Paul and May made their home at 317 Front Street in Cambridge City, Wayne County, Indiana. They reported on that census that in 1935, they had lived in Liberty, Casey County, Kentucky. Paul registered for the WW II draft in Wayne County. He was employed by Charles Goley of Cambridge City. Paul died in Wayne County, Indiana in January 1966. May Crockett Wilkinson died in Pershing, Wayne County, Indiana in October 1978. We do not know their burial place.
: 2. Susan Mary Beard was born on the Fourth of July, 1854, in Taylor County, Kentucky. She never married, and in 1900 she was living with her mother Fanny in Adair County, Kentucky. After her mother died, she lived in Garfield County, Oklahoma with her brother's family, that of Samuel Bryant Beard, listed on the 1910 census with them. She died 12 December 1925 in Adair County, Kentucky of heart disease and was buried at "Casey Creek", according to her death record, no doubt in the Roley Cemetery there. Her father was listed as Sam Beard, born in Tennessee. This information was given by her sister, Sallie Wolford.
: 2. James William Beard was born 8 January 1856 in Adair County, Kentucky. In 1880, James was a 23 year old school teacher, living in his parents' home in Adair County. He married on 25 April 1895 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma to Estella Chitwood. She was the daughter of Henry Chitwood and Louellen B. Stillwell, born in January 1872 in Kansas. In the census of 1900, James and Estella lived in Allison, Garfield County, Oklahoma with a son who was four. By 1910, they had named a baby daughter, but she died before this census. Their son was listed with them. James William Beard died a year later, on 1 August 1911, at the age of 55. He was buried at the Garber Cemetery in Garfield County, Oklahoma, as was the infant daughter. We do not have a death date nor a burial place for Estella Beard. Their two known children were:
::: 3. Kirk Morris "Kirkie" Beard was born on 11 March 1896 in Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma and named for his mother's brother. When he registered for the draft during World War I, he lived on East Chestnut, Enid, Oklahoma. His father was deceased and he supported himself and his mother. He was a truck farmer and 21 years old. Kirk served in the war and died 18 October 1918 in Brest, France. His cousin Matt Wilkinson had just died four days before in the service, as well. He is interred at Garber Cemetery, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
::: 3. Myrtle Beard was an infant daughter born between 1900 and 1910 who died young. She is buried at Garber Cemetery, Garfield County, Oklahoma.
: 2. Thomas B. Beard was born in March 1858 in Missouri. In 1880 Adair County, Kentucky, Thomas was 22 and lived in the home of F. H. Chelf as a hired hand, but he was also listed with his family group. He married Alice R. McWhorter about 1882 in Adair County. Alice was the [probable] daughter of James Monroe McWhorter and his wife Sally Hendrickson of Adair County. Alice was born in December, 1862 in Kentucky. Her father died in 1864 and both her parents had apparently both passed away by the year 1870, when she lived in the home of her grandparents Richard and Elizabeth Sutherland McWhorter in Adair County. Her brother and sister lived there with her. In the late 1890s, Thomas and Alice became Oklahomans after Thomas made the Oklahoma Cherokee Run for land. In 1900, living on his land in Oklahoma, he was listed at Marshall, Logan County, Oklahoma Territory. He and Alice, married twenty years, had three children. In 1910 they were listed at same, with two of the three children still home. By 1920, Thomas and Alice were empty nesters and still in Marshall, Oklahoma in 1930. He died of a stroke on 30 August 1938 in Marshall. In 1940, Alice Beard lived with her daughter and son in law in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. She passed away in 1947 in Garfield County. Alice and Thomas Beard are buried under a beautiful stone in the 100F North Cemetery in Garfield County. Their three children were:
::: 3. Bessie M. Beard was born on 7 March 1889 in Perth, Kansas. She married on 16 June 1909 in Marshall, Logan County, Oklahoma to William Luke Evan Shane. He was a young minister, born in Sabinal, Uvalde County, Oklahoma on 18 October 1881 to Henry John and Sarah Jane Brown Shane. In 1910, the newlywed couple lived at LaMonte, Pettis County, Missouri. In 1918, William registered for the draft in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. He and Bessie lived on East Maple in Enid. He stated that he was a minister. We have not found them in 1920, but in 1930 they lived in Enid with two teenage children. William Shane was listed as a "professor" at the high school. In 1940, still in Enid, William and Bessie were empty nesters and her mother Alice R. Beard was enumerated in their home. William Shane died on 16 June 1961 in Uvalde County. He was buried at Sabinal Cemetery in Uvalde County, Texas. Bessie Beard Shane died in 1985 in Uvalde County, and she is probably buried at the same. They had two children: Onnalee and Lemay Evan Shane.
::: 3. Albert Willis Beard was born 18 May 1891 in Oklahoma. During the World War I draft registration in 1918, Albert lived near Marshall, Oklahoma. In 1920, he was a lodger in the home of James and Matilda Wise of Lowe, Kay County, Oklahoma, where he was a public school teacher. He married 6 June 1925 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma to Winnie Goodloe. She was the daughter of Robert and Harriet Amanda Floyd Goodloe, born 16 March 1891 in Oklahoma. In 1930, Albert was a science teacher and he and Winnie lived at Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. In 1935 they were at Lokaba, Caddo County, Oklahoma, and in 1940 in Oklahoma City with a four year old daughter. Winnie Goodloe Beard died on 25 June 1959 in Wichita Falls, Texas. She was buried at the Crestview Memorial Park Cemtery there. Albert died on 8 October 1970 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas. He is beside Winnie at Crestview Memorial. They had one known daughter, Betty Beard.
::: 3. Mollie E. Beard was born in April 1896 in Oklahoma. She married a young minister, Roy R. Hildebrand, on 19 May 1919, probably in Oklahoma. When he registered for the draft the year before in DesMoines, Iowa, Roy stated that he was a student at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. He was born on 1 Oct 1896 in Nodaway, Missouri to William and Alice L. Hildebrand. We do not find Mollie and Roy on the 1920 census; in the mid 1920s they were listed as Rev Roy and Mollie Hildebrand in Casper, Wyoming. In 1930, they were listed in El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma with three young daughters. We do not find any further records yet. Their three known children were Naomi, Royalyn, and Ruby J. Hildebrand.
: 2. Female Beard On the 1860 census, there was an unnamed female child, age one, born in Missouri. This child does not appear in the 1870 census.
: 2. Sarah Martha "Sallie" Beard was born in Breckinridge, Putnam County, Missouri on 16 September 1862. She married John Milton Wolford on 21 March 1888 in Adair County, Kentucky. He was the son of William Cyrus and Martha Darnell Wolford; he was born in Russell County, Kentucky on 6 November 1865. John and Sallie lived in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky in 1900 with seven children. They lived in Adair County all their married lives, eventually having eight children. In 1920, Sallie's sister Susie M. Beard was listed in their home. Sallie died in Knifley, Casey County, Kentucky on 22 March 1942. John died soon after, on 18 February 1943 in Adair County. They are both buried at the Roley Cemetery in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky.
::: 3. Lena Wolford was born in August 1889 in Kentucky. She married Luke Wethington in Clementsville, Casey County, Kentucky in 1912. He was born in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky on 3 November 1890, the son of William A. Wethington and Dursilla Ann Posey. In 1918, Luke registered for the draft in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky, stating that he was married and farmed in that place. On the 1920 census, Luke and Lena lived in Casey Creek and had four children. After 1927, they moved to Hamilton County, Ohio and were listed there in 1930 with their six living children. Lena died shortly after the 1930 census, on 23 November 1930, in Hamilton County, Ohio. She was brought home to the Roley Cemetery in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky for burial. Luke died on 24 April 1959 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio and was laid to rest at Roley Cemetery as well. Their children were Buell R., Orene, Linwood, a set of twins named Nellie and Kelly (Kelly died at five months of age), Herbert W., who died at six months old, Norma, and Naomi D. Wethington.
::: 3. Carl Hampton Wolford was born on 18 October 1890 in Adair County, Kentucky. He died in Adair County at age 23 on 16 May 1914 of a septic infection. He was buried at the Roley Cemetery in Adair County.
::: 3. Clora V. Wolford was born on 26 February 1892 in Adair County, Kentucky. She married Bunyan Humphress before 1910. He was born 9 March 1886 in Knifley, Adair County, Kentucky, the son of James Christopher and Mary Elizabeth Hovious Humphress. In 1910, Bunyan and Clora lived in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky. They had no children yet. Bunyan registered for the draft in Adair County in 1918, married. In 1920, Bunyan and Clora had two children and lived at Casey Creek still. They apparently moved to Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky before August 1925, as they had a son born there in that month. We do not yet find them on the 1930 census. Bunyan worked for the railroads. Clora died of "cardiac asthma" on 26 January 1937 in Whitley County, Kentucky, and her home was listed as Corbin. She was buried at the Pine Hill Cemetery there. Her eldest son was tragically killed in a truck accident while serving with the Marines, near Nashville, Tennessee, just three months later; he was buried with her in Pine Hill Cemetery. In 1940, "Ben" Humphress was a 52 year old widower in Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky and had his two youngest sons in his home. He passed away in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky on 26 September 1964 and was buried at Pine Hill. The children of Clora and Bunyan Humphress were Herman C., Audra Jewel, Howard Lee, Willard Lyle, and Joseph Glenn Humphress.
::: 3. Arthur Clyde Wolford was born on 29 November 1893 in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky. When registering for the draft in Adair County in 1917, Arthur was aged 23, a single schoolteachter at Elam Grove Township in Calhoun County, Iowa. He was drafted for service with a start date of 15 July 1918. Before entering service, Arthur married on 24 March 1918 to Annie Floy Walker. She was born on 18 October 1895 in Kentucky, the daughter of George Earvin Walker and Nancy Ellen Chelf. In 1920, after he was mustered out of service in 1919, Arthur and Floy lived in Casey Creek, Adair County, with baby daughter Margaret. In 1930, they lived in Jefferson County, Kentucky with five children. Arthur worked as a stone mason, according to the census form. In 1940 the family lived at same, with seven children at home. Arthur became ill with cancer and died on 17 June 1947, after surgery, at Nichols Veterans Administration Hospital in Louisville. He was buried at the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Annie Floy Walker Wolford passed away on 22 May 1982 in Louisville. She was buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery beside Arthur. They were parents to eight children: Margaret (who died at age four after a fall in 1923), Wanda Lucille, Valedia Showers, Frances Inez, Carl Eugene, Wilbur Dean, Delores Ann, and Nancy Elviria.
::: 3. Opal L. Wolford was born about 1896 in Kentucky. In 1920, she lived in the home of her parents in Adair County at age 24. She is said to have married an unknown Bright, but we find no records yet.
::: 3. Pearl M. Wolford was born about 1898 in Kentucky. She was in the home of her parents in 1920 in Adair County. We have no records of a marriage or death.
::: 3. William Herbert "Herbie" Wolford was born on 23 March 1900 in Adair County, Kentucky. Herbie filed draft papers in Adair County at age 18, stating that he farmed with his father. He married on 27 December 1924 to Katherine E. Clements. She was born on 16 September 1905 in Kentucky; we do not know the names of her parents yet. In 1930, Jefferson County, Kentucky was their home. Herbie was a bricklayer and they had two small sons. In 1940, they lived in the same with five children. Herbie died on 2 May 1962 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Katherine Clements Wolford passed away on 8 April 1995 in Louisville. They are both buried at Louisville. Their children were William Herbert "Bill", Charles Winfrey, Margaret E., Jackie W., Joseph C., and Ruth Ann Wolford.
::: 3. Bonnie Ethelyn Wolford was born on 13 March 1902 in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky. She married Elijah Wesley Jones on 23 March 1923. He was the son of Thomas S. and Ida Stayton Jones, born 11 May 1899 in Mt. Zion, Grant County, Kentucky, going to school in Adair County. The young couple moved to Iowa City, Iowa in 1923, where Wesley worked for the University of Iowa until 1934. In 1930, Bonnie and Wesley lived in Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa with two young children. They moved into Emmet County and farmed. In 1940, they had four daughters and a son and lived at Swan Lake, Emmet County, Iowa. Elijah Wesley Jones passed away on 9 May 1974 in Esterville, Emmet County, Iowa. Bonnie Wolford Jones died on 19 September 1982 in the same. They are at rest at East Side Cemetery in Estherville. Their children: Virginia, June, Barbara, Kenneth Wesley, and Betty Lou Jones.
: 2. Lucinda E. Beard was born while the family lived in Iowa, between 1865 and 1866. She is last found on the 1880 censuswith her parents in Adair County; she was age fourteen. She is reported by some to have married a Wilkins, but we have no proof.
: 2. Samuel Bryant Beard was born in Decatur County, Iowa on 20 June 1867. He moved back to Kentucky with his parents, then as a young man he went to Oklahoma for the Cherokee Strip Land Run in 1893 with his brother James William Beard, and possibly another James W. Beard, who was the son of Josiah and Diodema Mann Beard, and therefore great uncle to Samuel Bryant Beard and to James William. Entering the Run from Marshall, Samuel made a claim two miles north of Garber, Oklahoma on the west side, across the road north from James W. Beard, but he relinquished this claim when he married in 1897. The bride was Alice May Duncan, the date was 8 July 1897, and the wedding took place in Lincoln Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma. Alice, the daughter of Linnius Cass and Mary Jane Chambers Duncan, was born in Baxter Springs, Missouri on 4 May 1870. She grew up there and in Kansas, graduating from high school in Joplin, Missouri in 1890. Alice taught school for three years in Joplin. She was a pioneer of Oklahoma in her own right, entering the land run and staking a claim south of Garber, Oklahoma. She had entered the Run from Hennessy. Following her on the list of claims is that of L. C. Duncan and this is probably her father. The first year she taught school in a sod house and later she taught in the North Enid and Enid city schools. In 1900, married two years, Bryant and Alice lived at Lincoln, Garfield County, Oklahoma, listed next door to her parents. They had two small children. Samuel, who went by his middle name of Bryant, is said to have returned to Casey County, Kentucky for a visit with his old family in 1907. It appears to have been an extended visit, as he and Alice became the parents of twin boys born in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky in October of 1907! In 1910 the family was listed in Lincoln, Garfield County, Oklahoma. There were now six children at the table. Bryant's elder sister Susan A. Beard, a single lady of 55, was listed in their home. Samuel Bryant Beard passed away on 14 September 1916 at the young age of 49 in Lincoln Township, Garber County, Oklahoma and was buried at the Garber Cemetery in Garfield County. After the death of her husband, Alice Duncan Beard married Joseph Payne in 1935; he died in 1954. Alice died on 9 December 1964 in Enid, Oklahoma at the age of 94.
::: 3. Virgil Forrest Beard was born on 1 May 1898 in Lincoln Township, Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma. He married in 1918 to Veleda Adelaide Showers, the daughter of Samuel Madison Showers and Laura Gertrude Hall. She was born on 4 April 1901 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. He filed draft papers in Garfield County in the same year he married, stating that he was twenty years old and worked as a bookkeeper for Enid National Bank and lived in Enid. [on this form, he was listed as Forest Virgil Beard]. We have yet to find the couple on the 1920 census, but they were probably in Enid, as they had a son named Verland Leroy born there in August of that year. Forrest and Veleda also adopted a daughter, Cleta Pearl Beard. These were the only children, and the marriage ended in divorce before 1930. In that year, Forrest lived in a boarding home in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas and was a bookkeeper for a transfer company. Veleda Beard, meanwhile, lived with her two children in the same county, also listed as divorced. In 1940, Forrest had remarried to Etta Mae Sowers. She was born about 1891 in Texas. They were making a home in San Antonio, where Forrest was a bookkeeper for a storage warehouse company and Etta was a saleslady at a bakery. Forrest is said to have married a third time, to Juliet McClure. Veleda Showers Beard died on 17 March 1962 in San Antonio. She was buried at San Jose Burial Park Etta Mae Sowers Beard died on 16 March 1962 in San Antonio and was interred at San Jose Burial Park. Juliet McClure died on 23 October 1984 ain San Antonio, Forrest Virgil Beard passed away on 9 January 1993 in San Antonio and he is buried at San Fernando Cemetery in San Antonio. His only two known children were with Veleda Showers Beard, and they were Verland Leroy and Cleta Pearl Beard.
::: 3. Ethel Naidene Beard was born on 28 August 1899 in Lincoln Township, Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma. She married on 30 June 1918 to Willard Oliver Packard, who was born on 2 October 1898 in Axtell, Marsh County, Kansas. He was the son of John Wesley and Martha Earlywine Packard, and he grew up in Enid, Oklahoma. He was a veteran of World War I; he served as a private with Battery I, in the Field Artillery. In 1920, Willard and Naidene lived at Lincoln, Garfield County, Oklahoma and had a baby son. Willard was an oilfield worker. In 1930, they lived at Oak View, Logan County, Oklahoma. Willard worked in the oil fields, and Ethel was a teacher in the public schools. They were at Crescent, Logan County, Oklahoma in 1940. Willard worked for Thompson Drilling Company as a driller in oil. Willard died on 10 October 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was buried at Crescent Cemetery in Logan County. Ethel Naidene Beard Packard died on 4 July 1981 in Wichita, Kansas and she is at rest at Crescent Cemetery with him. They had one son, Willard Duncan Packard.
::: 3. Elva Pearl Beard was born on 16 November 1901 in Lincoln Township, Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma. She graduated from Enid High School in 1919 and taught school at age 17 at Lincoln Center, three miles southeast of Garber. Elva boarded with a Hawkins family at Billville. She graduated from Phillips University as an English major and did graduate study in library science at North Texas State in Denton. She also attended a semester at Oklahoma A & M and a summer session at Boulder, Colorado. On New Year's Day of 1927, Elva married John Picton Forshee, the son of Edwin Forshee and Nancy Packard, at Borger, Hutchinson County, Texas. John was born on 12 June 1903 in Hayward, Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma. Listed on the 1930 census at White Rock, Noble County, Oklahoma, John was a driller in the oil fields and he and Elva had a baby son. In 1940, the family lived at Rusk County, Texas with four children. John Forshee worked as an industrial superintendent in the oil fields. Elva Pearl Beard Forshee passed away at the age of seventy on 12 February 1972, in Garber, Garfield County, Oklahoma. She was buried there at the Garber Cemetery. On 30 July 1985, John Picton Forshee died in Overton, Rusk County, Texas. He was interred at the Hayward Cemetery in Garfield County, Oklahoma. The children of John and Elva Forshee were John Loren, Dona Jean, Carol Naidene, and Joyce Pearl Forshee, who was a very active contributor to this family's history.
::: 3. Clarence Linnius Beard was born on 12 October 1907 in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky. He was a twin to Clifton, below, but born just before Clifton, before midnight, and Clifton was born after midnight. Thus, the two have different birthdays! Clarence married Edith Katherine Drake. She was born 5 September 1913 in Texas; we do not know her parents. Clarence and Edith lived in Colorado when their first two children were born. In 1940, living at Trinidad, Las Animas, Colorado, Clarence worked as salesman in an auto supply and they had a young son and daughter. Edith Drake Beard died on 13 September 1974 at age 61 in Randall County, Texas. Clarence passed away on 26 January 1996 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. They are both buried at Wichita Park Cemetery in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Their known children are Ronald, Patsy, Mary Helen, and John Beard.
::: 3. Loren Clifton Beard was born a few minutes after his twin brother Clarence, above, on 13 October 1907 back home in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky; one was born before midnight and one after, thus different birthdays. He married Lena Mae Tucker, the daughter of George David Tucker and wife Trula Mae Bryant. Lena was born 17 May 1914 in Olmstead, Pulaski County, Illinois. In 1935, they lived in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1940, they lived in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, where Clifton was in sales of electrical appliances. Lena Mae Tucker Beard died on 4 May 1973 in Amarillo, Potter County, Texas. She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Amarillo. Loren Clifton Beard died on 29 April 1989 in the same. He was laid to rest with Lena at Memorial Park. We know of two children born to them, Mary Ann and Larry Beard.
::: 3. Lillie Mae Beard was born in Lincoln Township, Garber County, Oklahoma on 13 October 1909; she shared her birthday celebrations with her twin brothers. After graduating from Enid High School in 1929, Lillie married on 29 July 1929 in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma to William Herbert Sharp. He was born on 29 September 1907 in Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma to John Fletcher and Clarinda Smith Sharp. In 1930 as newlyweds they lived at Greeley, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, where William worked in a machine shop. They lived in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1935. In 1940, William and Lillie and two children lived at Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas. William Sharp worked as a tank driller, probably in the oil industry. Lillie died at age sixty on 13 April 1970 in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas. She was buried at Prairie Grove Cemetery in Washington County, Arkansas. William Herbert Sharp passed away on 7 March 1979 in Prairie Grove. He is at rest beside Lillie at Prairie Grove. Their two children are Herbert Leroy and Clara Mae Sharp.
::: 3. Wanda Lucile Beard was born on 5 January 1914 in Lincoln Township, Garfield County, Oklahoma. Wanda graduated from Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma. She married Thomas Richard Cutter Jr. on 7 February 1933 in El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma. He was born on 14 March 1903 in Logan County, Oklahoma to Thomas Richard Cutter Sr and Mary Etta Greenway.
::: In 1935 they lived in Logan County, Oklahoma. By 1940, they had moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, where Thomas was an oil pumper. They had a son, daughter, and a set of twin sons. Thomas Richard Cutter died on 2 November 1964 in Crescent, Logan County, Oklahoma and was buried in the Crescent Cemetery there. Wanda Beard Cutter passed away on 10 February 1993 in Edmond, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma and is also at the Crescent Cemetery. Their children are Richard Dean, Velma Lou, Chester C., Lester C., and Ruby Pearl Cutter.
: 2. Cordelia J. Beard was born about 1870 in Kentucky. She was last found in her parents' home on the 1880 census. No marriage or death information has been found.
: 2. John A. "Jack" Beard was born in Kentucky on 14 May 1873. He married in 1897 to Ada Stayton, the daughter of Robert Joseph "Bobby Joe" Stayton (whose mother was Serilda Caskey) and Sarah F. "Sallie" Woodrum of Adair County. Ada was born in October 1876 in Casey County, Kentucky In 1900, John and Ada Beard were listed in Adair County with their one year old son William Lucian Beard, next door to John Beard's mother Fanny Beard and sister Susan Beard. John Beard was tragically killed by lightning on 14 July 1908 in Kentucky, but he and Ada had divorced before this. In 1910, she was listed in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, married four years (1906) to Dexter Hinton. This was listed as a second marriage for Ada and the first for Dexter. He was born about 1875 in Indiana and was sometimes listed "A. D. Hinton" or "A. Dexter Hinton". He was an ironworker on this census. Lucian Beard, age eleven, was in the home listed as stepson to Dexter Hinton. When Lucian registered for the World War I draft, he listed his mother as Mrs. A. D. Hinton at 3408 Belden Avenue in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio. By 1920, Dexter Hinton was again a single man, living in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. When a sister died much later, Ada Stayton Hinton was listed as "Mrs. Ada Bilger", so Ada apparently married a third time to a Bilger. Her only known child was William Lucian Beard. Ada died about 1957.  The following is the article about Jack Beard's death from the Adair County News of 22 July 1908: "Last Tuesday afternoon, July 14th, Mr. Jack Beard, a well known citizen of Casey Creek, and his team were killed by lightning.  Mr. Beard was in his cornfield plowing, and seeing that there was to be a heavy storm, he unhooked his horses and started for his barn, riding one of the animals.  His mother was standing in the front door of her home, anxious for her son to arrive as quickly as possible, as she felt very uneasy.  She saw him coming, and her heart was gladdened, belieing that he would soon reach safety, but her hopes were not realized. Before her son got out of the field, the bolt came, killing him and the two horses.  Can any one picture the anguish of the mother?  As soon as the storm was over, friends gathered and conveyed the body to the house.  The funeral services were held on Wednesday, and it is said that an immense throng of people attended the religious exercises and burial.  The deceased was about 35 years old and was well known in the northeastern portion of the county.  He had been married, but was divorced from his wife the last term of the Adair Circuit Court, as we understand.  The peple of the neighborhood are in great sympathy for the aged mother."
::: 3. William Lucian Beard was born on 18 October 1898 in Casey Creek, Adair County, Kentucky. At age nineteen, he filed a draft registration card in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, where he was a clerk for Sharon Steel Hoop Company. His nearest relative listed was Mrs. A. B. Hinton of Belden Avenue in Youngstown, his mother. In 1920, William was a single man who boarded in a boarding house on Jackson Boulevard in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Later that year, he married Catherine V. Yash. She was born on 24 October 1898 in Mahoning County, Ohio to parents John Stephen and Mary Catherine Marianchek Yash. By 1930, William and Catherine and a son lived in Youngstown and William worked as a furnace man in ironworks. Catherine Yash Beard died on 12 September 1967 at Whiting, Lake County, Indiana. William Lucian Beard died the following year on 20 September 1968. No burial place is known at this time. They had one known child, William Lucian Beard, Jr.