Daniel Monroe Beeker
(1854-1940)
Helen Lunda Cornelison
(1851-1932)
Preston Jerome Leonard
(1850-1925)
Julia Ann McCrary
(1851-1891)
Albert Erastus Beeker
(1875-1958)
Jennie Lou Leonard
(1873-1949)
Harvey Pierce Beeker
(1903-1987)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Eva Mae Greene

Harvey Pierce Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

  • Born: 1 May 1903, , Davidson, NC, USA 1 3 4 8 12
  • Marriage (1): Eva Mae Greene on 3 May 1923 1
  • Died: 24 May 1987, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA at age 84 3 4
  • Buried: 27 May 1987, Welcome: Center United Methodist Church Cemetery, Davidson, NC, USA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: 9S2Y-CV1.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA. 16 The 1910 census recorded in Lexington Township at 298 Clemmonsville Road: Albert E. Becker, farmer, 35, living with wife Jennie, 36; son Guilford, farmer, 15; daughter Ida, 13; and sons Preston, 9; Harvey, 6; and George, 2. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. Albert and Jennie were married for 16 years and she had birthed 5 children by 1910, all alive that year.

2. Census in 1920 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC, USA. 17 The 1920 census recorded Albert E. Beeker, farmer, 45, living with wife Jennie, 46; Guilford, farm laborer, 25; Harry, 16; George, 12; and Bula, 9. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Census in 1940 in Lexington Township, Davidson, NC, USA. 18 The 1940 census recorded 3 Beeker households living on Arnold Road in Lexington Township.

Owning a $1500 house was Ras Beeker, farmer, 64, living with his wife Jennie, 66; and daughter Buelah, 29, single.

Owning a $1000 home was Gilford Beeker, carpenter, 44, living with wife Dora, 42; and daughter Lela M., 9.

Owning a $1000 house was Harvey P. Beeker, construction engineer, 36, with his wife Mae, 38; daughter Imogene, 16; son Boyd, 11; daughter Ann, 9; daughter Martha, 7; and son Billie, 1.
Everyone was born in North Carolina and they lived in the same place in 1935.
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4. Residence: on 18 Mar 1949 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, NC, USA. 15

5. Census in 1950 in Belton, Anderson, SC. 19 The 1950 census recorded Harvey P. Beeker, crane operator for Duke Power Co., 46, living with wife May, 48; William R., 10; and Cynthia, 8. They were born in North Carolina.

6. Residence: on 4 Jan 1951 in Welcome, Davidson, NC, USA. 14

7. Residence: Route 8, Lexington, NC on 13 Mar 1958 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA. 7

8. Residence: Center Church Rd, Lexington, NC in 1982 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA. 8

9. Residence: on 10 Dec 1984 in Welcome, Davidson, NC, USA. 9

10. Occupation: crane operatior, elec. light on 24 May 1987 in Welcome, Davidson, NC, USA. 4

11. Obituary: The Dispatch: Obituary of Harvey Pierce Beeker on 25 May 1987 in Lexington, Davidson, NC, USA. 1 Harvey Pierce Beeker
WELCOME -- Harvey Pierce Beeker, 84, of Welcome, died Sunday morning in North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, after a week's serious illness.
The funeral will be a 11 A.M. Wednesday in Center United Methodist Church in Welcome by the Rev. William Blanton. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Beeker was born May 1, 1903, in Davidson County, to Albert Erastus Beeker and Jenny Leonard Beeker. He was retired in 1965 from Duke Power Company where he was a crane operator, and was a member of the Center United Methodist Church. He was a member of Lexington Masonic Lodge 473 for 50 years.
Surviving are his wife, Mate Greene Beeker of Davidson Nursing Center in Thomasville, to whom he was married May 3, 1923; a son, Boyd Beeker of Center Church Road; four daughters, Mrs. D.C. Crisman of Alexandria, Va., Mr.s Jerry Hollified of Wilmington, Mrs. George Williams of Edgewater, Md., and Mrs. Charles Blankenship of Dallas, Texas; 17 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchidlren; a brother, George Beeker of Lexington, and two sisters, Mrs. Harvey H. Miller fo Brevard and Beulah Beeker of Albemarle.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 P.M. Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, mermorials may be directed to Center United Methodist Church, Welcome, or to the donor's choice.


Harvey married Eva Mae Greene, daughter of William Samuel Greene and Daisy Attison Charles, on 3 May 1923.1 (Eva Mae Greene was born on 13 May 1901 in Waxhaw, Union, NC, USA,20 21 died on 27 Sep 1987 in Thomasville, Davidson, NC, USA 20 22 and was buried on 29 Sep 1987 in Welcome: Center United Methodist Church Cemetery, Davidson, NC, USA 20 22.)


Sources


1 "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), 25 May 1987, page 7. Obituary of Harvey Pierce Beeker.

2 Davidson Funeral Home (301 North Main Street, Lexington, North Carolina 27292. http://www.davidsonfuneralhome.net/), Obituary of Boyd Beeker, http://www.davidsonfuneralhome.net/home/index.cfm?action=public%3Aobituaries.view&id=498520&fh_id=10540.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14587584.

4 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGVQ-Q6X Harvey Pierce Beeker, 24 May 1987; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, Vol 20A, cn 20234.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHVY-6GY Martha Lou Beeker, 22 Feb 1933 citing vol. 20, p. 764, Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

6 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHV1-FFX Cynthia Gaynelle Beeker, 03 Aug 1941 citing vol. 28, p. 381, Davidson, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

7 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 14 Mar 1958, page 4. Obituary of Albert Beeker.

8 The Heritage of Davidson County 1982 (Lexington, North Carolina : Genealogical Society of Davidson County, c1982, 794 p. ISBN 0894591827), Albert Erastus and Jennie Lou Beeker 154.

9 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 10 Dec 1984, page 17. Obituary of William Erastus Beeker.

10 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC35-6DH Julia Elizabeth Ann Beeker citing vol. 19, p. 1273, Rowan, North Carolina.

11 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC35-6D2 Walter Boyden Beeker, 28 Apr 1929 citing vol. 17, p. 1380, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

12 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC4T-LBV Harvey Pierce Beeker, 01 May 1903 citing vol. 6, p. 247, Davidson, North Carolina.

13 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FG4K-1BW William Erastus Beeker, 09 Dec 1984; citing Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, v 48A cn 48067, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,985,127.

14 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 4 Jan 1951, page 8. Obituary of Guilford W. Beeker.

15 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 20 Mar 1949, obituary of Mrs. Jennie Leonard Beeker.

16 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLMY-23C Albert E Becker, Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 29, sheet 18A.

17 1920 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKY-WKG Albert E. Beeker.

18 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWSH-B5W Gilford Becker, Lexington Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29-22A, sheet 15A, family 267.

19 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7F-LYG3 Harvey P. Beeker Belton SC.

20 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14587589.

21 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VC3J-VZX Eva May Greene, 1901, citing vol. D-10, p. 82, Union, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

22 "The Dispatch (Lexington, NC)" (Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina), 28 Sep 1987, page 7. Obituary of Mae Greene Beeker.



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