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Hi Linda, et al.
The family in that south central part of Kentucky is still unraveling. Can anyone straighten me out on Elijah's 2nd cousins? Who would their parents have been? Possibly a brother to Robert Brashears, who m. Elizabeth Whitten?
Here is some data:
_______ Brashears/Beshears; m. Patty _______ ,
a.1x. Elizabeth C. Beshears, b. June 1830; m. Caswell Mills,
a.2x. James Anderson Beshears, b. 23 Oct 1835, IN, d. 27 Sep 1883; m.1. Mary
Francis Green, (no record of children); m.2. 11 Mar 1863 in Daviess Co,
MO (a notation says he lived in Grundy Co, MO at the time), Millie
Frances Roberts, b. 25 Apr 1843, MO, d. 5 Aug 1899,
from Dolly (Baker) Mills,
949 S. R. 77,
Clovis, NM 88101
505-762-7807
jmills@3lefties.com
Elizabeth C. Beshears, (d/o ______ Beshears and Patty ______), b. June 1830 (just past
15 at time of marriage), d. Nov-Dec, c1902, possibly Yell Co, AR; m. 10 Oct 1845,
probably Clay Co, TN, Caswell Mills, b. 1828, d. 3 May 1895,
▸ Caswell and Elizabeth (Beshears) Mills were in Green County, IL, in 1850. (US
Census);
▸ in 1860, in Harrison County, MO., (US Census);
▸ in 1870, in Douglas Co, MO, (US Census and land records);
▸ in 1880 in Cedar Co, MO, (US Census);
▸ between 1880-1889, in Dade CO, MO, when they left and went into Hopkins Co,
TX, where Caswell died 3 May, 1895. (Civil War Pension Records).
▸ In 1902, Elizabeth was in Yell County, Arkansas. On 27 May 1902, Elizabeth C.
Mills applied for a pension on her deceased husband's Civil War service.
Elizabeth received a pension and died in Nov or Dec, 1902, probably in Arkansas.
Her deposition contained these facts: her middle initial was "C" which we hadn't known.
▸ Elizabeth names one brother, James A. Beshears and his wife Milley Francis. All
her brothers are dead, she says, and she has no sisters.
▸ She remembers two second cousins, William and Anderson Beshears, of
Madisonville. (I heard from Linda M. Seevers whose ggggrandfather, Elijah
Beshears, was a brother to William and Anderson. In addition there was a sister
Pauline and other brothers James W. and Jackson. These were the children of
Robert and Elizabeth (Whitton) Beshears.) If these were second cousins of
Elizabeth, it seems reasonable to me that Elizabeth C. (Beshears) Mills and Robert Brashears would have been
cousins. At that time, I am not certain that they were cousins "once removed" in
counting the generations as we do today.
▸ Elizabeth and Caswell ran away and were married somewhere in northern
Tennessee, could be Clay County. He was just past 17 and she was 15 as of
June, before their marriage on 10 Oct. 1845. She said Caswell lived in
Cumberland County, KY, near Albany. (Albany is now in Clinton County, KY), but
not far from the line.
▸ She mentions that she lived in Garrard County, KY, near what was then known
as Old Town.
▸ She also said she and her mother Patty Beshears were visiting cousins in
Cumberland County when she met Caswell. The cousins names, as far as I could
make out from the writing, you know what trying to read old documents is like,
were J---Asbury, Lindsey Asbury and another name I could not decipher.
▸ Elizabeth said "Our home was near Illinois, Sharpsburg, or Madisonville, Garrard
Co., KY. I was raised there". She also mentions knowing some folks in Mt.
Sterling, KY.
▸ Elizabeth mentions "Tom Kenndey my uncle Jim Fletcher near Madisonville or
Sharpsburg" (no punctuation, so which one is her uncle??) She knew these folks.
JAMES ANDERSON BESHEARS
and MILLIE FRANCIS ROBERTS
a.x. James Anderson Beshears, b. 23 Oct 1835, IN, d. 27 Sep 1883; m.1. Mary Francis
Green, (no record of children); m.2. 11 Mar 1863 in Daviess Co, MO (a notation says he
lived in Grundy Co, MO at the time), Millie Frances Roberts, b. 25 Apr 1843, MO, d. 5
Aug 1899, per their gravestones in Beshears Cem, west side of Long Creek, Taney Co,
MO, which was moved to Bowman’s Cem, Stone Co, MO, when Table Rock Dam was
constructed. Milly Frances was d/o James E. and Nancy Roberts, according to Paula B.
Christiansen <cajunchil@earthlink.net> (Other data from Cynthia (Tinnon) Beshears,
wife of Sanford L. Beshears Jr. Addr (1991) Box 487, Rison, AR 71665)
b.1. Harvey S. Beshear, b. 1863, bur Catoosa, OK; m. in Boone Co, AR, (Book C, p.109),
Louisa P. Watts,
b.2. William “Bill” Riley Beshears, b. 11 Aug 1864, MO; lived in Henderson Co, TX; d.
31 Jul 1948, at a Wichita Falls Hospital, Wichita Co, TX, bur Oakwood Cem,
Jacksboro, TX, s/o James Anderson Beshear and Willie Frances Robert; m. Mary
Elizabeth Whorton, b. 6 Mar 1868, Whorton Creek, Madison Co, AR, d. 5 Jun
1894, Hollister, MO, d/o Miranda Clinton Whorton and Susan Catherine
Bollinger: m.2. Delilah Purtle; m.3. Alice _____. ...?from his obit: Mr. Beshear
was living in Quinton, OK. Survived by two sons, four daughters, 2 sisters, 21 gr-
ch and 10 gr-gr-ch:
Family of William Riley Beshears and Mary E. Whorton:
c.1. George Beshears,
c.2. Martha Beshears, m.1. 9 Oct 1903, L.P. Logan, m.2. William A. Green, of
Spencer, OK
c.3. Luster Clarence “Buster” Beshears, b. Oct 1893, Kirbyville, Taney Co, MO,
d. May 1960, Winthrop, Little River Co, AR; m. 5 Jun 1914, N. Miami, OK,
Letha Gladys Felkins, b. 5 Feb 1897, Joplin, MO, d. 14 Apr 1974,
enroute to a hospital in Dallas, TX.
d.1. Irvin Cecil Beshears, b. 4 July 1917, Jopelin, Jasper Co, MO, d. 4
dec 1972, d. 4 Dec 1972. San Francisco, CA; m. 24 Dec 1935, at
Winthrop, Little River Co, AR, Alma Copelin, d/o James Larkin
Copelin and Alice Audna Alford. They had 4 ch.
d.2. unknown, (next child listed on birth certificate as third in family)
d.3. Sanford L. Beshears Sr, b. 5 Jul 1921, Blockner, Pittsburg Co, OK
(he added the “L” to his name when enlisting in the Army in WWII);
m. 25 Jun 1942, Elco, NV, Lydia Geraldine Bollinger, b. 10 Apr
1922, Carrogordo, Little River Co, AR, d/o Devoe Bollinger and
Edna Earle Brasil.
e.x. Sanford L. Beshears Jr, b. 23 Apr 1944, DeQueen, Sevier Co,
AR; m. 6 Jul 1983, Mountain Home, AR, Cynthia Ann
“Cindy” Tinnon, b. 29 Nov 1942, Vernon, Willbarger Co,
TX.
d.4. Lee Iris Beshears, b. 10 Feb 1930, Foreman, Little River Co, AR; m.
21 Aug 1948, James Talley. 4 ch.
c.4. Edna Beshears, m. Jobe Southard, of Quinton, OK
c.5. Esther Beshears, m. Charles Southard, of Chandler, AZ
c.6. Eva Beshears, m. ________ Hicks,
c.7. Erma Beshears, m.1. Carl Brown, m.2. Ted Malone, of Tulsa, OK
c.8. Ernest Beshears, of Jacksboro, OK; m. 12 Nov 1930, Etta Lou Brown,
d.1. Ernest Beshears Jr,
d.2. Donald Beshears,
d.3. Jerry Beshears,
d.4. Sharon Beshears, m. Gerald Henry
c.9. Elvin Beshears, d. in his teens.
b.3. Benjamin “Dick” “Benny Dick” Beshear, b. 25 Dec 1869, Boone Co, MO, d. 5 Jun
1934, Pittsburgh, OK, bur Ash Creek Cem, Pittsburgh, OK, as “Dick Beshear,” the
name the family knew him by. According to Cynthia Tinnon Beshears, listed in
one US Census as Bengon D. Beshear, “deformed.” Benny Dick m. c1890-92,
(according to Ben Chester Beshear and Boone Co, AR, Book D, p.269), Mary Alice
“Allie” Gilbert, b. 5 Jul 1873, Taney Co, MO, d. 18 Dec 1961, McAlester,
Pittsburgh Co, OK, bur Ash Creek Cem, youngest d/o Moses Gilbert, who was
half-indian, and his second wife, Mahala _______ . Moses Gilbert, b. TN, c1820,
prob Roane Co, moved to MO c1844, was in Lawrence Co, MO, in 1850 with 1st
wife and several children. First wife d. c1856 and Moses m.2. 1857, Mahala; they
had 3 daus. Moses & Mahala in Taney Co, MO, in 1860, until after 1900. Moses
bur Omaha, NE. Margaret Jane Gilbert, b. 1862; m. Francis Marion Youngblood,
lived in Boone Co, AR (ancestor of Vicki Huffman, who posted this info 25 April
2000 on Beshears GenForum); Martha Gilbert; m. _______ Davis, lived near
Pilcher, OK; Mary Alice “Allie” Gilbert, m. Benny Dick Beshear and lived in
McAlester, OK. (Data from Gaytha Beshear Wallace <Ajquaid@aol.com> from
interview with Ben Chester Beshear, 1978; Arthur Beshear obit; vital stats
obtained from headstones at Ashcreek Cemetery, Pittsburgh Co, OK. Note: notice
attempt to name children with same beginning letter. Appears to be something
of a family tradition!)
c.1. Aubry Beshear, b. 1892, d. 1927, Pittsburgh Co, OK, per stone in Ash Creek
Cem, Pittsburgh Co, OK
c.2. Arie Beshear, b. ?
c.3. Arney M. Beshear, b. 31 Aug 1895, d. 21 Feb 1965; m. Grace _____, b. 18
Nov 1898, per stone in Ash Creek Cem, Pittsburgh Co, OK
c.4. Audra Beshear, b. 1898, d. 1925, per stone in Ash Creek Cem, Pittsburgh
Co, OK; m. Alfred Lee
d.x. Venie Mae Lee, b. 23 Feb 1919, d. 11 Mar 1919, d/o Audra Beshear
Lee and Alfred Lee
c.5. Ben Chester Beshear, b. 12 Mar 1902 Fairland, OK (born in covered wagon;
it is not known if family was moving from AR to OK, or returning to AR
from OK, or merely visiting), d. 29 Apr 1982 McAlester, Pittsburgh Co, OK,
bur Oak Hill Cemetery, McAlester, OK; m. Audie Faye Elizabeth Rodden.
Ben Chester worked as a coal miner in Pittsburgh Co, OK area.
d.x. Lillie Faye Beshears; m. Homer Leon House,
e.x. Joyce House; m. _______ Hewitt (Joyceh3036@aol.com), lives
near Sulphur Springs, TX
c.6. Arthur "Doc" Leon Beshear, b. 15 Mar 1905, Rogers, AR, d. 28 May 1974
McAlester, Pittsburgh Co, OK; m. 27 Sept 1924, at Crowder, OK, Ruby
Short. Arthur worked as a coal miner in Pittsburgh Co, OK area.
c.7. Elmer Beshear, b. 9 Aug 1907, Siloam Springs, AR
d.x. Elmer Beshear, Jr, b. Krebs, OK
e.x. Leanne Beshears, m. _______ McKnight (leighannemc@att.net)
c.8. Alma Beshear, b. Siloam Springs, AR
c.9. Roy Beshears, b. 10 Feb 1910, Siloam Springs, AR, d. Tulare, CA; m. Ernest
_____. Roy Beshears was the only son to use "s" at the end of Beshear.
d.x. Troy Cleo Beshears, b. 3 Oct 1933 (twin), d. 3 Oct 1933, bur Ash
Creek Cem
d.y. Roy Leo Beshears, b. 3 Oct 1933 (twin), d. 4 Oct 1933, bur Ash Creek
Cem
c.10. Troy Beshear, b. 8 Jan 1913.
c.11. Alta Beshear,
b.4. Ira B. Beshear, b. 1870, reported by Gaytha Beshears; no further data
b.5. Alice Beshears, b. 25 Aug 1874, d. 12 Sep 1878, “d/o J.A. & M.F.” Beshears Cem,
Stone Co, MO
b.6. infant Beshears, b. 5 Jan 1878, d. 7 Jan 1878, “s/o J.A. & M.F.” moved to
Bowman’s Cem, Stone Co, MO
b.7. James H. “Jim” Beshear, b. 1879, living in 1916
b.8. Richard “Dick” Beshear,
b.9. Millie Francis Beshear, (sister to W.R. Beshears) b. 13 Oct 1881, d. 17 Nov 1969,
McAlester, Pittsburg Co, OK; m. Alexander Wilbur “Dick” Whorton, of
Haywood, OK, brother to wife of William Riley Beshear.
c.x. ch: Oscar, Austin, Alford, Sylvester, Orville, Clifford, Della, Lula, twins Fay
and Jay, Beulah, and Ruby Whorton.
b.10. Thursday (or Tuesday) Beshears, (fem) b. 1883, Taney Co, MO
b.11. Etta Beshear, (sister to W.R. Beshears), b. March 1884; m. _______ Long, of Joplin,
MO
Other Burials in Ash Creek-Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Ash Creek, Pittsburg Co,
OK, recorded by Gaytha Beshear Wallace <Ajquaid@aol.com>, 1978:
Benny Harrison Beshear, b. 25 Oct 1921, d. 21 Jan 1970, OK. PFC Co. C 602 Engr
CBT BN WWII
Leon Beshear no dates
Ruby Beshear 12 Sep 1919-31Oct1921
Artie Beshear 16 Jan 1939-1 Feb 1939
Geraldene Harris Jan. 1927-1927
Earlene Harris Jan. 1927-1927
George Beshear no dates
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