Philip Sparks Beeker
(1830-1862)
Jane Elizabeth Owens
(Abt 1836-)
William Franklin Hill
(1847-1930)
Nancy Caroline Carrick
(1843-1926)
John Henry Osborn Beeker
(1861-1931)
Annie Evangeline Hill
(1871-1948)
Thomas Lee Beeker
(1893-1969)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Jennie Ida Smith

Thomas Lee Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Born: 8 Sep 1893, Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA 2 3 4 5 8
  • Marriage (1): Jennie Ida Smith on 26 Mar 1928 in Troy, Montgomery, NC, USA 1
  • Died: 28 Mar 1969, Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA at age 75 3 4 5 8
  • Buried: 30 Mar 1969, Burlington: Pine Hill Cemetery, Alamance, NC, USA 3 4 5 8

   FamilySearch ID: KLGM-DZR.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1910 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA. The 1910 census recorded J. H. Beeker (handwriting on census is poor and is indexed online was W S Baker), farmer, no age listed, living with wife Annie, 39; son W. S., farm laborer, 19; son J. C., farm laborer, 18; son James, farm laborer, 16; son Thomas, farm laborer, 16; son Gus, farm laborer, 14; daughter B. May, farm laborer, 12; daughter Blanche I., 8; daughter A. B., 5; daughter M. R., 0, and son H. H., 0. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina. J.H. and Annie were married for 20 years and she had birthed 10 children by 1910, all alive that year.

2. Occupation: builder of high tension lines for power company on 5 Jun 1917 in Salisbury, Rowan, NC, USA. 11

3. He was described as tall, slender, blye eyes, light hair on 5 Jun 1917 in Barber, Rowan, NC, USA. 11

4. Residence: Barber Route 2, Barber NC on 5 Jun 1917 in Barber, Rowan, NC, USA. 11

5. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA. 12 The 1930 census recorded Thomas L. Becker [indexed wrong, handwriting poor], farmer, 36, living with wife Jennie L, 26. They and their parents were born in North Carolina.

6. Census in 1940 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 13 The 1940 census recorded renting at 249 Holly Street: Thomas L. Becker [indexed wrong, handwriting unclear], operator in power plant, 45, living with wife Jennie T., 32; and son Ray L, 6. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

7. Residence: 812 Rainey Street, Burlington, NC on 9 Jun 1946 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 6 7

8. Census in 1950 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 14 The 1950 census recorded at 312 Rainey Street: Thomas L. Beeker, planter operator at city power plant, living with wife Jennie I., 46; and son Eddie B., 5. Everyone was born in North Carolina.

9. Residence: on 3 Dec 1964 in Glenhaven, Cumberland, NC, USA. 15

10. Cause of Death: Thomas died at Memorial Hospital of Alamance County from cardiac insuffiency, arterio sclerotic heart disease, hypertensive cardio vascular disease, 28 Mar 1969, Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 4

11. Occupation: Retired Duke Power employee on 28 Mar 1969 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 4

12. Residence: 139 Taylor Mobile Home Park, Burlington, NC on 28 Mar 1969 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 4

13. Obituary: Daily Times-News: obituary of Thomas Lee Beeker on 29 Mar 1969 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA. 5 Thomas Lee Beeker
Thomas Lee Beeker, 75, of 139 Taylor Mobile Home Park died Friday morning at 10:10 o'clock in a local hospital, following six and one-half years of declining health and two weeks of critical illness.
A native of Rowan County, Mr. Beeker was the son of the late John Henry and Annie Hill Beeker. He was the husband of Mrs. Jennie Smith Beeker of the home, who survives, and was a retired Duke Power substation operator. He was a member of Piedmont Presbyterian Church.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include one son, Eddie Beeker of Richmond, Va; four brothers, Will Beeker, John Beeker and Gus Beeker all of Cleveland, and Henry Beeker of Durham; five sisters, Mrs. Mae Childress of Mooresville, Mrs. Ernest Kendrick of Charlotte, Mrs. Harold Porter of Salisbury, Mrs. Ben Lentz of Rockwell, and Mrs. Clyde Hartman of Kannapolis; and one grandson.
Final rites will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at Rich and Thompson Chapel in Burlington. The Rev. John Eliason, pastor of Piedmont Presbyterian Church, will conduct the service. Burial will be in Pine Hill Cemetery.
The body will remain at Rich and Thompson Mortuary in Burlington through the service. The family will be at the mortuary tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock.


Thomas married Jennie Ida Smith, daughter of James Culpeper Smith and Bettie Thomas Andrews, on 26 Mar 1928 in Troy, Montgomery, NC, USA.1 (Jennie Ida Smith was born on 10 Jun 1903 in , Montgomery, NC,3 16 17 died on 3 May 2001 in Burlington, Alamance, NC, USA 3 16 17 and was buried on 5 May 2001 in Burlington: Pine Hill Cemetery, Alamance, NC, USA 3 17.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8HL-L2Z T. L. Beeker and Jennie Smith, 26 Mar 1928; citing Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina.

2 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCW6-JH6 Thomas Lee Beeker, 08 Sep 1893 citing vol. 902, p. 306, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

3 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81560568.

4 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Certificate 8192. Thomas Lee Beeker. Father John Henry Beeker. Mother Annie Hill. Spouse Jennie Smith Beeker.

5 The Daily Times-News (Burlington, North Carolina) (Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina), 29 Mar 1969, page 19. Obituary of Thomas Lee Beeker.

6 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976 (North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.), Ray Lee Beeker. Father Thomas Lee Beeker. Mother Jennie Smith.

7 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 11 Jun 1946, page 10. Alamance Youth Drowns in Lake.

8 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FP9K-BM9 Thomas Lee Beeker, 28 Mar 1969; citing Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, v 8A cn 8192.

9 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPZV-BPT Ray Lee Beeker, 09 Jun 1946; citing Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, v 11A cn 11143.

10 Hightower Funeral Home (Bremen, GA) (https://www.hightowerfuneralhome.com/), 29 Sep 2018, obituary of Eddie Burl Beeker.

11 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD8-51F Thomas Lee Beeker b. 8 Sep 1893 Barber NC.

12 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Q1-87F Thomas L Becker, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2A, line 46, family 25.

13 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW97-DL8 Thomas L Becker, Township 12 Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1-28, sheet 15A, line 28, family 249.

14 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FMH-D9F8 Thomas L Beeker Burlington NC.

15 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 5 Dec 1964, page 19. Obituary of James Elmer Beeker.

16 Ancestry.com, North Carolina, U.S., Death Indexes, 1908-2004 (Original data: North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics), SSN 240-22-5453 Jennie Ida Beeker.

17 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 4 May 2001, obituary of Jennie Smith Beeker.



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