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Descendants of Silas Barker of Connecticut
Generation No. 1
1. SILAS1BARKER was born November 25, 1785 in Connecticut, and died January 19, 1868 in Wisconsin. He married HARRIET.
Notes for SILAS BARKER:
The first information on Silas and Harriet Barker that we found, was in the Bible of their daughter Emily, who married Joseph L. Beedle. The Bible had been owned by Joseph's mother, and had been passed down to Joseph and Emily.
Unfortunately, Emily didn't relate where her parents had been born. However, they were found living with Joseph and Emily, in Juneau County, Wisconsin, in the 1860 census, which indicated that they had both been born in Connecticut. The fact that Emily had been born in New York (as had her husband), led me to understand that her parents must have left Connecticut prior to her birth in 1819.
I am currently chasing a possible lead in Ontario, NY, where a Silas Barker was found on the census in 1820.
Children of SILAS BARKER and HARRIET are:
ii. WILLIAM M. BARKER, b. November 06, 1816.
2. iii. EMILY BARKER, b. October 04, 1819, New York; d. July 31, 1893, Wisconsin.
iv. MARY ANN BARKER, b. August 07, 1826; d. September 04, 1848.
2. EMILY2BARKER (SILAS1)1 was born October 04, 1819 in New York, and died July 31, 1893 in Wisconsin. She married JOSEPH L. BEEDLE1 August 16, 1842, son of JOHN BEEDLE and NANSE LIGHTHALL.
Children of EMILY BARKER and JOSEPH BEEDLE are:
ii. ANN AMELIA BEEDLE1, b. October 05, 1845, Wisconsin; d. October 05, 1845, Wisconsin.
iii. EMMA JANE BEEDLE1, b. September 29, 1846, Wisconsin; d. September 10, 1849, Wisconsin.
iv. ELLA MATILDA BEEDLE1, b. September 20, 1847, Wisconsin; d. January 10, 1848, Wisconsin.
v. THERON LAVERN BEEDLE1, b. September 22, 1849, Wisconsin; d. August 18, 1856, Wisconsin.
3. vi. CHARLES WALTER BEEDLE, b. September 26, 1850, Wisconsin; d. October 21, 1947, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington.
4. vii. HARRIET EDNA BEEDLE, b. October 31, 1855, Linden, Wisconsin; d. February 11, 1947, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington.
5. viii. FRANCIS ADELBERT BEEDLE, b. November 28, 1856, Wisconsin.
3. CHARLES WALTER3BEEDLE (EMILY2 BARKER, SILAS1)1 was born September 26, 1850 in Wisconsin, and died October 21, 1947 in Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington. He married GERTRUDE.
Notes for CHARLES WALTER BEEDLE:
There was a Charles Beedle listed in the Spokane 1920 directory as living with Emma at S. 306 Sherman. He was also in the 1920 soundex as being age 66, born in Wisconsin, living with wife Emma who was age 64 (born in WI). The age (and wife’s name) do not appear to be correct, for this to be "my" Charles.
In 1940, C.W. celebrated his 90th birthday and had his photo in one of the Spokane newspapers , with his great-granddaughter, Jean Schlager (who was ten at that time). The article stated that "prior to the discovery of diptheria serum, Mr. Beedle lost four of his five children in one week from that disease while they lived in Wisconsin." The article also stated that he had a son John, who lived in Conklin Park, Idaho. I'm assuming that John was Charles' only surviving child.
Children of CHARLES BEEDLE and GERTRUDE are:
In 1940, John lived at Conklin Park, Idaho, according to a news article about his father's 90th birthday.
ii. CHARLES BEEDLE, b. 1873; d. 1880, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
iii. MAGGIE M. BEEDLE, b. 1875, Juneau County, Wisconsin; d. 1880, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
iv. WILLIAM BEEDLE, b. 1876; d. 1880, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
v. MARTHA J. BEEDLE, b. 1878, Juneau County, Wisconsin; d. 1880, Juneau County, Wisconsin.
On the 1880 census, little Martha was listed as age "dead". It was this, that finally provided the clue I needed to prove this family was Charles Beedle’s. In the household of Frank and Nellie Beedle, was a baby Adelbert (2) and Gertrude (27), with the above four children. The following clues show how I determined this was my own Beedle / Barker ancestors:
Leona Gausmann Yondt, age 80, during a 1999 interview, had stated that she "seemed to remember" that Charles’ wife was named Gertie, and that she lived in Lake Chatcolet. I had noted this, but had not entered it into my Family Tree until I found the 1880 census, in the fall of 2000. It seemed that her memory had been accurate.
The oldest of Gertrude's children, age 7 in the 1880 census, was named Charles. As John F. had named his first-born John, it seemed to me very likely that Charles & Gertrude's first son had been named after him.
Frank is the correct age to have been Charles' brother, although I hadn't known of a wife named Nellie. Since he didn't marry Adah until around 1885, it would certainly be possible for him to have been married before he married Adah.
Frank's middle name is Adelbert, as was the name of the 2-year-old in the census. Again, this seems to follow a family tradition. Even my father's middle name of Jay, was after his own father. Because I’ve never heard of Adelbert, I am guessing that he, and perhaps his mother Nellie, also died during that tragic week.
During a diptheria outbreak, it was normal to quarantine the ill away from those who were well. As Charles AND little John were not living in the house during this time period, it would seem possible that Frank, Nellie, the baby, Gertrude and the four youngsters were all ill (or that Frank and Gertrude, who seem to be the only ones in the household not to have succumbed, were caring for the others). And that Charles was caring for John elsewhere, in order to keep him from becoming ill.
Charles Walter lived to be 97. On his 90th birthday, the Spokane WA newspaper wrote an article in which it was stated that four of his five children had died of diptheria within a week, before he and his wife had left Wisconsin. With Martha having been listed as "dead" it seemed highly likely that the census taker had been at the home, the first day of this terrible week for Charles and Gertrude.
4. HARRIET EDNA3 BEEDLE (EMILY2BARKER, SILAS1)1 was born October 31, 1855 in Linden, Wisconsin, and died February 11, 1947 in Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington. She married EMMIT FAY CARPENTER February 09, 1873, son of IRA CARPENTER and SONOPTA.
Children of HARRIET BEEDLE and EMMIT CARPENTER are:
ii. CORA EMILY CARPENTER, b. June 19, 1878, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. April 11, 1908.
iii. NINA CARPENTER, b. April 14, 1880, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. April 15, 1880, Phillipsburg, Kansas.
iv. HARRIET EMELINE CARPENTER, b. August 27, 1881, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. March 18, 1957.
v. HERBERT ROY CARPENTER, b. February 21, 1883, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. July 03, 1964.
6. vi. CLARA LEONA CARPENTER, b. June 23, 1885, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. February 24, 1968, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington.
vii. JESSIE MYRTLE CARPENTER, b. September 23, 1885, New Lisbon, Wisconsin; d. April.
viii. SON CARPENTER, b. August 30, 1888, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. August 30, 1888, Phillipsburg, Kansas.
ix. SON CARPENTER, b. June 27, 1890, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. June 27, 1890, Phillipsburg, Kansas.
x. LOELLA GRACE CARPENTER, b. April 12, 1891, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. September 26, 1972; m. ?, June 02, 1907.
xi. CORA FAY CARPENTER, b. December 30, 1894, Phillipsburg, Kansas; d. December 09, 1979; m. ?, May 29, 1917.
xii. HUGH RALPH CARPENTER, b. June 04, 1900, Orange, Wisconsin; d. August 02, 1985; m. ?, May 16, 1948.
Notes for FRANCIS ADELBERT BEEDLE:
1920 Census shows J Earl's parents as both having been born in Wisconsin.
In the 1880 census of Juneau county, WIS, Frank Beedle (birthplace WI), age 24, had a wife Nellie, age 18, and a son Adelbert. I am in the process of finding the records for the deaths of this possible first wife and child, as it appears that the census was taken during a diptheria epidemic, and that Frank's sister-in-law Gertrude (Charles' wife) and her four children were in all likelihood quarantined with Frank and his family.
In this census, Gertrude's youngest child, Martha J. was listed as age "dead" ... Knowing that Charles & Gertrude's four children all died within a week of each other (see 1940 Spokane news clipping for Charles Walter Beedle) I am convinced that the 1880 census was taken during that week.
As I've never heard of a previous marriage of Great-Granddad, I am guessing that Nellie and the baby also died in the epidemic.
Marriage Notes for FRANCIS BEEDLE and ADAH SQUIRES:
Frank was generally considered a scalawag by his descendants ... pretty much a ne'er-do-well , and perhaps even a drinker. Adah had Juanita and Myrtle Kelly by her second husband abou t 1900, so her divorce was prior to that. It isn't known where the divorce took place.
Child of FRANCIS BEEDLE and NELLIE is:
7. iii. J EARL BEEDLE, b. February 03, 1886, Wisconsin; d. February 28, 1951, Spokane, Spokane, WA.
iv. OLIVE BEEDLE, b. March 06, 1886, Wisconsin; d. March 1978, Spokane, Spokane, WA.
Notes for OLIVE BEEDLE:
Aunt Ollie was a crusty old lady who had never married. She had once been engaged, but her husband-to-be was a minister who died in an accident, three weeks before they were to be married. Ollie had a foster child that she sent funds to, through a missionary program that I believe is the same one that is so often advertised today.
Aunt Ollie and her mother lived together for some time when they moved to Spokane. Adah did needlework (Sources are both Mary Beedle Simpson's memory and the Spokane directories), and Aunt Ollie owned a little variety shop, where they sold the items. When Aunt Ollie retired, she owned a tiny brick house with a postage-stamp yard in front that was sloped upward to the street. My sister and I used to delight in rolling down it when we visited her.
After retirement, Ollie worked for her church, soliciting donations or selling greeting card s and such for the church.
Aunt Ollie made beautiful scrapbooks out of old cards (birthday, Christmas, etc). She would cut off the pictures and glue them into huge scrapbooks. I assume that she sold these as well, but one year she gave Bonnie and I one, and we delighted in going through it, hour after hour, year after year.
Her back yard was somewhat larger than her front yard had been, and as I recall it, the entire thing was always in garden. She often made juices out of carrots, tomatoes, etc. Not being "into" vegetables much, when we were children, it was always a bit fearsome what we might b e offered in the way of refreshment, when we visited her.
When she had to be placed in a nursing home, she became very bitter and angry, and her last years weren't happy ones. Part of this had begun because she had signed over her home and possessions to the Woman's Temperance League, and when she went into the nursing home, they moved in and took everything and sold her home ... clothing, heirlooms, and all. When Ollie regained her health, she had no home to go to. It was very hurtful and she never recovered from it.
8. v. ERNEST BEEDLE, b. December 04, 1891, Minnesota; d. September 1964, Minnesota.
6. CLARA LEONA4CARPENTER (HARRIET EDNA3 BEEDLE, EMILY2 BARKER, SILAS1)was born June 23, 1885 in Phillipsburg, Kansas, and died February 24, 1968 in Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington. She married (1) NORMAN CARPENTER 1905, son of ALVA CARPENTER and CHARLOTTA GREEK. She married (2) BERNARD GAUSMAN October 18, 1913 in Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington.
Child of CLARA CARPENTER and NORMAN CARPENTER is:
- EDNA CHARLOTTE5 CARPENTER, b. December 29, 1908; d. July 15, 1950, Mica, Spokane Co, Washington; m. CARROLL JACKSON KEELING.
- Child of CLARA CARPENTER and BERNARD GAUSMAN
is:
i. LEONA MARY5 GAUSMAN, b. April 14, 1918, Mica, Spokane Co, Washington; m. YONDT.
Notes for J EARL BEEDLE:
J's name was not Jay. The J simply was his name. This created a great deal of confusion when he was in the armed forces. When his son was born, they spelled his middle name J A Y.
J and Rena divorced some time while Ronnie was a child. It was a bitter divorce, and both parents showed a lot of animosity toward each other through Ron's childhood, making visits with his father uncomfortable.
J lived on a farm in Colville for many years. He had a lean-to next to his "friend" Hazel's home, which was a comfortable farmhouse. Hazel's own grandchildren lived nearby, and I loved the walk through a small woods and across a "crick" to get to their home. I always loved the visits to the farm, and enjoyed seeing the animals and watching the milk be separated. Mother was aghast at the fact that he made his own breakfast each morning, in a greasy iron skillet that simply could NOT be cleaned (unless you wanted to be screamed at). Day after day, the dust would settle among the grease in the skillet.
Of course, the one thing Momma and Daddy tried never to clean out was the coffeepot. They both insisted you couldn't get a decent cup of coffee, once the coffeepot had been cleaned out.
I always thought that Grandpa worked for Hazel ... and perhaps he did. But they were more than friends. Grandpa himself never seemed either friendly, nor frightening to me. He was crabby, but I just expected it of him. My sister was somewhat less forgiving. She spent a good deal of time with him, when she was three. She claims he was just plain mean. At three, being mean meant that you wouldn’t change the radio channel to the baby’s favorite shows.
Of course, he was very ill. He was living with us during his last illness.
Marriage Notes for J BEEDLE and TINA THOMPSON:
Rena and J divorced when their children were young.
Children of J BEEDLE and TINA THOMPSON are:
i. EDWARD5 BEEDLE, b. 1914; d. Abt. 1955, Renton, Washington; m. EDITH SUHR.
ii. MARGARET BEEDLE, b. February 19, 1919, Spokane, Spokane, WA; d. 1999, Spokane, Spokane, WA; m. WILFORD LOREN BRANDT, Spokane, Spokane Co, Washington.
iii. ROLAND JAY BEEDLE, b. June 03, 1921, Spokane, Spokane, WA; d. May 1980, Spokane, Spokane, WA; m. MARY ELMETTA BRYAN, February 28, 1943, Liberal, Seward, Kansas.
8. ERNEST4 BEEDLE (FRANCIS ADELBERT3, EMILY2 BARKER, SILAS1) was born December 04, 1891 in Minnesota, and died September 1964 in Minnesota. He married CARRIE B. WARNER.
Children of ERNEST BEEDLE and CARRIE WARNER are:
i. FRANCIS5 BEEDLE, m. VAN BURKLEO.
ii. ERNEST JR. BEEDLE, b. August 31, 1933, Minnesota;
d. January 1968, Minnesota; m. FRANCIS VAN BURKLEO.
1. Beedle Family Bible.
2. Beedle Family Bible, Francis Adelbert's name is smudged and could also be Adelbirl or Adelberl. I have assumed it to be Adelbert for now, as he named his first son Adelbert.
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