Mexican War Veteran
- Another William BEADLES , was born about 1822 in Mercer Co, KY. He also lived in Fulton Co, IL and then moved to Kansas. The relationship between the two is not known.
- father Seaton BEADLES apparently from Pittsylvania Co, VA; moved to Mercer Co, KY about 1800 then to Johnson Co, IN about 1828
- mother Elizabeth WATTS from NC; First marriage to John GARSHWILER in Mercer Co, KY; Second marriage to Seaton BEADLES in Mercer Co, KY
- discrepancy in marriage in Fulton Co, IL
- marriage license shows second wife as Mrs. Nancy BEADLES who later married Abiah CLINE
- pension application and obituary shows second wife as Susan COONTZ who died about 1852
- eldest daughter Emily BEADLES raised in Johnson Co, IN by TUCKER grandparents
- apparent daughters Sarah E. & Nancy M. BEADLES raised in Fulton Co, IL by Abiah and Nancy (BEADLES) CLINE
Family Group Sheet for William BEADLES
Note: Not all of this information is from primary sources. According to his obituary, William and his last wife, Cyntha had five dau. and one son. Four dau. are listed by name, but cannot yet be correlated with the children listed in the 1880 census. Also the marriages to Mrs. Nancy Beadles and to Susan Coontz and the children Sarah and Nancy are also not well-documented.
Husband: William BEADLES
Born: 26 Nov 1821/1822 in: Danville,Mercer Co,KY
Died: 26/28 May 1906 in: Humboldt,Allen Co,KS
Buried: in: Humboldt,Allen Co,KS
Father: Seaton BEADLES
Mother: Elizabeth WATTS GARSHWILER
Wife#1: Mary Jane TUCKER
Married: 02 Sep 1839 in: Johnson Co,IN
Born: 1820?
Died: 18 Sep 1842 in: Johnson Co,IN
Father: Clark TUCKER
Mother: Unknown
Wife#2: Mrs. Nancy BEADLES, widow of Anderson BEADLES
Born: 1819? in: NY?
Married: 25 Jun 1848 in: Fulton Co,IL
Died: in:
Father: Unknown (Peleg WILCOX?)
Mother: Unknown
Wife#3: Susan COONTZ
Born:
Married: abt 1851/1852
Died: abt 1852/1854
Father:
Mother:
Wife#4: Cyntha Ann MARTIN
Married: 18 Feb 1854 in: Lewis Co,MO
Born: 12 Oct 1835 in: Quincy,MO
Died: 07 Oct 1921 in: Muskogee,OK
Father: B. F. MARTIN
Mother: Nancy Jane ______
F Child 1 Emily BEADLES
Born: 1841? in: IN
Spouse: John E. HELMS
Married: 30 Mar 1860 in: Johnson Co,IN
F Child 2? Sarah Elizabeth BEADLES
Born: 03 Oct 1848 in: Fulton Co,IL
Spouse: uncertain-maybe William C. KLINE
F Child 3? Nancy Mathena BEADLES
Born: 01 Feb 1854 in: Fulton Co, IL
F Child 4 Susan BEADLES
Born: 1857? in: MO
Spouse: Mr. WHITE
Lived in Rex, Oregon in 1906
F Child 5 Willie M. BEADLES
Born: 1871? in: MO
F Child 6 Elva BEADLES
Born: 1877? in: MO
F Child 7 Cora Gertrude BEADLES
Born: 1880? in: MO
Spouse: Mr. PARKINS
M Child 8 male BEADLES
Born: unknown
Died: Bef 1906
F Child 9 Louella BEADLES
Born: unk
Died: aft 1906
Spouse: Mr. O'BRIEN
Lived in Walcott, Wyoming in 1906
F Child 10 Eva BEADLES
Born: unk
Died: aft 1906
Spouse: Mr. WILLIAMS
Lived at Iola, Kansas in 1906
REFERENCES
- Marriage, Probate, Guardianship Records of appropriate counties
- Pension File for William BEADLES obtained from National Archives
- Federal Census Records
- DAR books for Johnson Co, IN
- Obituary of William BEADLES
TIMELINE
- Mercer Co,KY
- 1822 birth
- 1841 returned to Kentucky (briefly) (obituary)
- Johnson Co,IN
- 1830 Federal Census reported under mother Elizabeth
- 1839 marriage
- 1840 Federal Census reported under mother Elizabeth
- 1842 death of wife Mary Jane
- Fulton Co,IL
- 1846 enlisted Co. K, 4th IL Volunteers, Mexican War
- 1847 Pt. Isabel, MEXICO discharged due to disability
- 1848 marriage
- 1850 Federal Census
- Lewis Co,MO
- 1854 marriage
- 1860 Federal Census
- Marion Co,MO
- 1880 Federal Census of town of Philadelphia
- Franklin Co, KS
- 1887 military pension application in Pomona
- 1894 military pension application in Richmond
- Allen Co, KS
- 1902 pension application in Humboldt
- 1906 death in Humboldt