Winfield Scott Beekman
WINFIELD SCOTT BEEKMAN
Born: 25 October 1819, Pike Co., Ohio.
Married:
1) Catherine Nace
2) Irene Humphrey Evans
Died: 7 April 1882, Pike Co., Ohio.
Buried: O'Brient/Beekman Cemetery, Beavers Ridge, Pike Co., Ohio.
Children: Hannah Jane, Charles Clinton, Anna, Samuel Walker, Elizabeth, and Sarah C.
Biography:
Winfield was the only child of Aaron Beekman by his first wife Sarah O'Brien/O'Bient. He became a farmer, living in Mifflin Twp., Pike Co., Ohio. In 1860, his real estate was set at $1,000 and personal estate at $500. In 1870, those figures were $900 and $475 respectively. He married to Catherine Nace, daughter of George and Elizabeth Ann (Staley) Nace on 5 June 1845. Though Winfield could read and write, Catherine could not. She was born on 9 June 1821 and died on 13 December 1871, the mother of six children. She died in Mifflin Twp., where she had been born, of "consumption". On her tombstone is inscribed "She has gone to the mansions of rest". Winfield later married to Irene Humphrey Evans (born c. 1829) on 27 December 1877. They were married by Rev. William G. Beekman in Pike Co., Ohio. Evans was Irene’s married name by her first husband, Methodist minister Rev. Charles G. Evans who she had married in Pike Co. on 18 March 1852. By him, she had had two children: Cora (born 1862) and Elizabeth (born 1863). Winfield's will is dated 17 March 1882 and was proven on 28 October 1882. He left to his "beloved wife Irene" the household goods and all his farm stock. He gave his sons Charles and Samuel his farming tools and wagon.
Children:
1) Hannah Jane, born c. 1846 and married to George W. Shanks in Pike Co. on 1 January 1871. He may have been known as "Gus". She died in 1873 with tuberculosis, the mother of one child. She is buried in the O'Brient / Beekman Cemetery in Mifflin Twp., Pike Co., Ohio.
a. Katherine.
2) Charles Clinton, was born 17 March 1846. He married in Pike Co., Ohio on 9 January 1870 to Dulcina Ann West and they had a large family. Dulcina lived to be 99 years, 10 months and 20 days old, having been born 31 October 1847 and dying on 21 September 1947. Charles was a farmer. He died on 18 February 1908 with tuberculosis. A double funeral was held at the White Oak cemetery near Latham, his son Harvey having also died of tuberculosis on the very same day, at about the same hour! The newspaper article on their deaths says that they were both "prosperous farmers". In 1910, Dulcina remained in Mifflin Twp., her 85-year-old father, James L. West living with her, he being a widower by that time.
a. Carrie, married Nancy Campbell.
b. Meryl Bruce, married . He served in World War I. They had two children.
c. Julia, born c. 1868. She married Spence Caplinger.
d. Harvey, born on 24 July 1886. He died of tuberculosis on the same day his father died! - 18 February 1908. Oddly, the tombstone record reads: "Charles Herman Beekman, died 19 February 1908, age 21-6-25, s/o Charles & Dulcena".
e. Anna, or Roxanna, born c. 1871. She married Frank Gardner, who ran a hotel in Piketon.
f. James Scott, born 26 June 1873 and died 22 December 1911. He married Maud Swain (1881-1915) and had two children, Ola B. (1902-1917) and Charles W. (1905-1924).
g. Samuel C., born c. 1876.
h. Ivy B., born c. 1878. She married to Lee Grange McCoy. They had 4 children.
i. Raymond, born 29 September 1879 and died 1 March 1912. He married to the former Fianna M. Hougland c. 1909. Ray, as he was known, worked as a farmer.
j. George born c. 1884, never married.
k. Ora, born in 1890. He married Bessie Sutterfield. He died in 1950. They are buried in Gardner Cemetery, Benton Twp., Pike Co., Ohio. She was born in 1895 and died in 1981.
l. infant.
3) Anna, born c. 1852, she married to Francis Faulk on 13 April 1873. He was born in Ohio about 1851. They had four children. At the time of the 1880 census, they had a three-year-old daughter listed simply as "infant". They lived in Mifflin Twp., Pike Co., Ohio.
a. Lily.
b. Biddie.
c. Edward.
d. Diddie.
4) Samuel Walker, was born c. 1854, probably 27 August 1852. He married Angeletta Elizabeth Ashbaugh on 20 March 1881 in Pike Co., Ohio and had three children. After Samuel died on 25 July 1885, Angeletta remarried to William Shanks and had five more children: Lina, Murlie, Will, Pearl and May (who died in infancy). Angeletta was born 25 November 1863 and died 5 September 1930.
a. Philanna, born 1885 and died 1909. She married Leslie Williams, who lived 1879-1938.
b. Leatha L., born 24 February 1883 and died 15 October 1966. She never married.
c. Charles Francis.
5) Elizabeth, our ancestor. See entry on Isaac Lyttle Woods.
6) Sarah C., died on 7 October 1865 aged 4 years and 4 days. Her tombstone reads: "Asleep in Jesus".
Submitted by Michael & Donna Brown
Sept 2007
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