The Genealogy of Willis Beavers (b. 1833)

Husband: Willis Beavers

Born:	About 1833	Location:	Alabama
Died:	04 Mar 1888	Location:	Grubville, Big River Township, Missouri
Married:	21 Jun 1864	Location:	Old Mines, Washington Co., Missouri

Born:	11 Mar 1842	Location:	St. Genevieve, Missouri
Died:	Bet. 1880 - 1888	Location:	Probably Grubville, Big River Township, Missouri

Child	Sex	Birth	Location	Death	Location	Spouse
Mary Emily Beaver	F	12 May 1865	Old Mines, Missouri	18 Apr 1960	Desoto, Missouri	Steven Joshua Reynolds
Amanda Melvina Beaver	F	02 Feb 1867	Old Mines, Missouri	09 May 1942	St Louis, Missouri	Reuben Charboneau
James Harvey Beaver	M	02 May 1868	Old Mines, Missouri	22 Mar 1937	Hillsboro, Jefferson Co., Missouri	Elizabeth Nancy Rogers
Sarah Beaver	F	1872	Missouri			Edward Wideman
Jane Beaver	F	1873	Missouri
Alice Zara Beaver	F	Jun 1873	Missouri	12 Jan 1945		Larkin S. Venable
Caroline Beaver	F	1876	Missouri			Otto C. Hamel
Arlene Beaver	F	1877	Missouri

	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880
Image:	MO/Crawford/Watkins	MO/Crawford	Not Located.	MO/Washington/Kingston	MO/Jefferson/Big River
Individuals:	Living with Parents	Living with Parents		William, 37, TN	Willis, 48, MO
				Mary, 26, MO	Mary, 36, MO
				Mary, 5, MO	Mary E., 13, MO
				Amandy, 3, MO	Amanda, 11, MO
				James 2, MO	James, 12, MO
				Sarah, 6/12, MO	Sarah 8, MO
					Jane, 7, MO
					Alice, 6, MO
					Caroline, 4, MO
					Arlene, 3, MO
Others:					No family member can read/write
Notes:				Farmer	Lead Miner

Marriage Certificate - 21 Jun 1864 Location: Old Mines, Washington Co., Missouri
I have verified the Civil War information about Willis, and it does a good job about matching the Burchfield story with the exception of which side of the Civil War they fought on. Willis joined for duty on October 5th, 1862, mustered October 20th, 1862, and deserted December 7th, 1862. So as you can see, they did not even last two months.
Jefferson Democrat in Hillsboro, Jefferson, Missouri, WEDNESDAY, 7 MARCH 1888
- Willis BEAVER, of near Frumet, died last Sunday night, of pneumonia. He leaves a family of seven children, entirely destitute.
- Apparently one of his children was deceased, probably either Jane or Arlene as I have records of the others.

1833 Born in Alabama according to multiple census
1835-8 Moved to Missouri - based on the childrens birth locations as listed in census
1840: Located in 1840 Census Crawford Co., Mo., p 178 (Living w/parents)
1850: Located in 1850 Census Crawford Co., Mo., p 226A (Living w/parents)
1862: Civil War - Willis joined for duty on October 5th, 1862, mustered October 20th, 1862, and deserted December 7th, 1862.
1864: Married 21 Jun 1864 Location: Old Mines, Washington Co., Missouri
1870: Located in 1870 Census Washington Co., Mo., p 18 Kingston Townhship - listed as farmer
1880: Located in 1880 Census Jefferson Co., Mo., Big River Township p 10. - listed as lead miner
1888: Willis died March 4, 1888. The cause of death was Pneumonia. He is listed as a widow.

STORY OF THE LIFE OF RHODA ANN SECHRIST (Beavers) by Grace Alma Burchfield (1944)
- I strongly recommend that you read this wonderful story as it provides a huge amount of information on this early family and has been backed up by most of the facts that we have learned over the years in genealogy research.

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Children
Willis Beavers
Jane Beavers
Reeves Beavers
J. Beavers
Martha Beavers
Mary Beavers
Rhoda Beavers
Elizabeth Beavers
Phoeba Ruth Beavers
Harriett Beaver
Orlena Beavers