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)
Betty "Bessie" Mae Beeker
(1897-1992)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Clark Arnold "Bard" Childers Sr.

2. Jonas Webster Huffman

Betty "Bessie" Mae Beeker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

  • Born: 23 Dec 1897, Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA 4 7
  • Marriage (1): Clark Arnold "Bard" Childers Sr.
  • Marriage (2): Jonas Webster Huffman on 8 Jan 1919 in , Rowan, NC 1
  • Died: 3 Dec 1992, Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA at age 94 3 4
  • Buried: 5 Dec 1992, Cleveland: Cleveland First Baptist Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC, USA 3 4

   FamilySearch ID: 9KMJ-HTD.

  Noted events in her 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. Residence: on 8 Jan 1919 in Barber, Rowan, NC, USA. 1

3. Census in 1920 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC, USA. 11 The 1920 census recorded J. W. Huffman, fireman in flour mill, 21, living with wife May, 21. They and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1930 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA. 12 The 1930 census recorded Bard Childers, farmer, 44, living with wife May, 31; and May's children by her first marriage: son Ellmer H., 9; and daughter hellen M., 6. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

5. Residence: on 3 Dec 1964 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 13

6. Residence: on 28 Mar 1969 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 2

7. Residence: on 21 Oct 1973 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 14

8. Residence: on 9 Jun 1977 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 8

9. Residence: on 18 Aug 1978 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 15

10. Residence: on 9 Aug 1988 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 9

11. Obituary: Charlotte Observer: Obituary of Mrs. Betty M. Beeker Childers on 4 Dec 1992 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, NC. 3 Mooresville -- Mrs. Betty M. Beeker Childers, 94, textile retiree, died Dec. 3, 1992, at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center. Funeral is 11 a.m. Saturday at Cleveland (N.C.) Baptist Church cemetery. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Cavin Funeral Home. Survivors are her son, Clark Childers of Owasso, Okla., Mrs. Annie Smith of Cleveland, N.C.; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

12. Residence: on 17 Oct 2011 in Mooresville, Iredell, NC, USA. 10


Betty married Clark Arnold "Bard" Childers Sr. (Clark Arnold "Bard" Childers Sr. was born on 3 May 1884 in , Alexander, NC, USA,16 died on 1 Nov 1946 in Litaker Township, Rowan, NC, USA 16 and was buried on 3 Nov 1946 in Concord: Oakwood Cemetery, Cabarrus, NC, USA 16.)


Betty next married Jonas Webster Huffman, son of Manuel E. Huffman and Euphenia Demmons Johnson, on 8 Jan 1919 in , Rowan, NC.1 (Jonas Webster Huffman was born on 2 Aug 1898 in , Iredell, NC, USA,17 18 died on 1 Jan 1926 in Cleveland, Rowan, NC, USA 18 and was buried in Mooresville: Triplett United Methodist Church Cemetery, Iredell, NC, USA.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJ8B-KL6V Jonas W Huffman and Bessie May Beeker, 08 Jan 1919; citing Rowan, North Carolina.

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

3 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC) (Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina), 4 Dec 1992, obituary of Mrs. Betty M. Beeker Childers.

4 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104485262.

5 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCWX-MLW Clark Arnold Childers Jr., 08 Mar 1935 citing vol. 902, p. 439, Rowan, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.

6 Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.), Helen Mae Myers, father Jonas W. Huffman, mother Bessie M. Beeker.

7 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VCWX-9RB Betty Mae Beeker, 23 Dec 1897 citing vol. 902, p. 284, Rowan, North Carolina.

8 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 11 Jun 1977, page 18. Obituary of William S. Beeker.

9 Greensboro News & Record (Greensboro, NC), 12 Aug 1988, page 18. Obituary of Augustus Beeker.

10 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 17 Oct 1981, page 8. Obituary of Mrs. Annie Porter.

11 1920 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJP-3LN J W Huffman, Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 119, sheet 5B, line 70, family 86.

12 1930 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3Q1-V3K Bard Childers, Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 2B, line 90, family 30.

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

14 Statesville Record & Landmark (Statesville, NC), 22 Oct 1973, page 3. Obituary of John Calvin Beeker.

15 Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), 20 Aug 1978, obituary of Ruth Beeker Lentz.

16 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 24285. C. A. (Baird) Childers. Father W. A. Childers. Mother not determined. Widowed. Informant C. A. Childers Jr.

17 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZD8-X5D Jonas Webster Huffman.

18 FamilySearch.org, North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38B-7N1 Jonas Webster Huffman, 01 Jan 1926; citing Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, reference fn 998 cn cn 318, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,894,034.


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