TX Family Group Sheet for the Israel Folsom BEARD Family *********************************************** Copyright © Daniel Bode. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml *********************************************** Submitted by: Daniel Bode Email address: danielbode@prodigy.net Husband: Israel Folsom BEARD Birthdate: February 15, 1807 Birthplace: North Carolina Death date: July 30, 1879 Place of death: Hortense, Polk County, Texas Burial: Beard Cemetery, Hortense, Polk County, Texas Father: William BEARD Mother: Mary FOLSOM Marriage date: February 23, 1832 Marriage place: Leon County, Florida Wife: Ann "Nancy" BURNEY Birthdate: June 30, 1811 Birthplace: Georgia Death date: September 23, 1867 Place of death: Hortense, Polk County, Texas Burial: Beard Cemetery, Hortense, Polk County, Texas Father: Arthur BURNEY Mother: Sarah Catherine BLOUNT CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mary Ann BEARD Sex: F Birthdate: October 28, 1833 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: December 7, 1899 Place of death: Buffalo, Leon County, Texas Burial: Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Texas Marriage date: January 4, 1866 Marriage place: Polk County, Texas Spouse's name: Henry MCDANIEL Child No. 2: John C. BEARD Sex: M Birthdate: Abt. 1835 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: September 19, 1863 Place of death: The Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia Burial: Marietta Confederate Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Amanda Louisa BEARD Sex: F Birthdate: March 15, 1838 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: November 5, 1918 Place of death: Livingston, Polk County, Texas Burial: Center Grove Cemetery, Polk County, Texas Marriage date: February 20, 1856 Marriage place: Leon County, Florida Spouse's name: Robert Taylor CANON Child No. 4: Sarah Elizabeth BEARD Sex: F Birthdate: June 3, 1839 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: January 21, 1869 Place of death: Hortense, Polk County, Texas Burial: Beard Cemetery, Hortense, Polk County, Texas Marriage date: December 7, 1865 Marriage place: Polk County, Texas Spouse's name: Joshua A. DAVID Child No. 5: Nancy Jane BEARD Sex: F Birthdate: December 28, 1840 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: July 21, 1916 Place of death: Gibtown, Jack County, Texas Marriage date: June 27, 1865 Burial: Gibtown Community Cemetery, Gibtown, Texas Marriage place: Polk County, Texas Spouse's name: John Porter SMITH Child No. 6: Susannah J. BEARD Sex: F Birthdate: Abt. 1846 Birthplace: Leon County, Florida Death date: July 23, 1886 Place of death: Liberty County, Texas Burial: Marriage date: December 15, 1869 Marriage place: Polk County, Texas Spouse's name: Charles W. COPE Documentation: Polk County Courthouse, Livingston, Texas; Leon County, Florida courthouse; Federal Census Records; Tombstone Inscriptions; Family Bible of Robert and Amanda Beard Canon; There Were Never Such Men Before by Miss Ruth Peebles. Note: After the death of Ann "Nancy" Burney Beard in 1867, Israel F. Beard married a young widow, Mrs. Emily Jane Josey, on October 21, 1869, in Polk County. Emily was born June 19, 1836, and she died April 16, 1920, in Livingston, Texas. She is buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Livingston.