Texas Family Group Sheet for the James Lafayette Beach Family *********************************************** Copyright © Helen Joyce Battleson. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Helen Joyce Battleson Email address: hewick@sbcglobal.net Husband: James Lafayette Beach #2 Birthdate: 21 Oct 1831 Birthplace: Upson, GA Death date: 29 Jul 1911 Place of death: Burkburnett, Wichita, TX Burial: Sadler Cem, Grayson, TX Father: Thomas Green Beach Mother: Sarah Woods Hammill Marriage date: 15 Jan 1824 Marriage place: Wilkes, GA Wife: Harriet Matilda Dawson Birthdate: 22 Aug 1836 Birthplace: Wilkes, GA Death date: 25 Aug 1886 Place of death: Sadler, Grayson, TX Burial: Sadler Cem, Grayson, TX Father: Robert Toombs Dawson Mother: Sarah Anne Formby CHILDREN Child No. 1: Thomas Dawson Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 06 Apr 1857 Birthplace: Talbot, GA Death date: 07 Apr 1912 Place of death: TX Burial: TX Marriage date: Abt. 1879 Marriage place: prob, Sadler, Grayson, TX Spouse's name: Mollie Hunter Child No. 2: William Benjamin Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 14 Sep 1859 Birthplace: Talbot, GA Death date: 10 Jul 1938 Place of death: Hereford, TX Burial: TX Marriage date: 25 Sep 1879 Marriage place: Sadler, Grayson, TX Spouse's name: Zelida Amanda Hodges Child No. 3: James Sidney Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 06 Apr 1862 Birthplace: Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, LA Death date: 26 Nov 1930 Place of death: Hedley, Donley, TX Burial: Rowe Cem., Hedley, Donley, TX Marriage date: Christmas Eve 24 Dec 1885 Marriage place: Whitesboro, Grayson, TX Spouse's name: Martha Jane Kinslow Child No. 4: Toombs Henry Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 10 Jun 1862 Birthplace: Lisbon, Claiborne Parish, LA Death date: 18 Jul 1950 Place of death: TX Burial: TX Marriage date: 02 Apr 1891 Marriage place: prob, Sadler, Grayson, TX Spouse's name: Julie Ann Eggleston Child No. 5: Homer Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 12 Feb 1868 Birthplace: Lisbon, Claiborne Par., LA Death date: Place of death: prob TX Marriage date: Abt. 1893 Burial: Marriage place: TX Spouse's name: Lula Richardson Child No. 6: Lillian Essie Beach Sex: F Birthdate: 27 Dec 1869 Birthplace: prob, Lisbon, Claiborne Par., LA Death date: 22 Jan 1872 Place of death: Sadler, Grayson, TX Burial: Sadler Cem., Grayson, TX Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 7: Earley Beach Sex: M Birthdate: 28 Jul 1873 Birthplace: prob Sadler, Grayson, TX Death date: Place of death: prob, Quanah, TX Burial: Marriage date: 1898 Marriage place: Weatherford, Parker, TX Spouse's name: Sarah June Blackerby (Blackabee) Child No. 8: Nancy Eva Beach Sex: F Birthdate: 28 Apr 1877 Birthplace: Sadler, Grayson, TX Death date: Place of death: Eldorado, Jackson, Oklahoma Burial: Marriage date: 24 Dec 1903 Marriage place: Deaf Smith, TX Spouse's name: Grant West Documentation: Ancestors and Descendants, Grayson Co., TX (US/CHN) 976.4557 D2a; James Lafayette Beach The James Lafayette Beach family moved to Texas from Claeborn Parrish (sic), LA in 1880 and settled in Sadler, Grayson County. The first account of the BEACH family in America was in 1638 in Delaware. A.E. Beach (I am certain this is really James, and perhaps the other letters faded in the bible or family record) was born in 1770 and married Katherine WALLER, born in 1772, and the family moved to Georgia in 1794. Their first son, Thomas was born in Georgia in 1797 and married Sarah W. Hannil (sic, Hammil), They had five boys and four girls. The fifth child was James Lafayette, who was born in 1831 and died in 1911. James L. married Harriet DAWSON in 1885 and they had six boys and two girls. Harriet died in 1886 and is buried in Sadler. After Harriet's death, James L. married her sister, Mrs. Nancy Dawson McClendon. The children of Harriet and James L. are: Thomas Dawson who md Mollie Hunter, William who md Zelida Hodges, James Sidney who md Mollie (sic) Kinslow, Tombs (sic, Toombs) who md Julia Eggleston, Homer md Lula Richardson, Lillian Essie died very young, Early md Sarah Blackabee (sic, Blackerby) and Nannie Eva md Grant West. Several grandchildren of these families still live in Grayson Co.