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CPT James Madison Beckett

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CPT James Madison Beckett

Birth
Death
8 Mar 1897 (aged 68–69)
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Per Mary Jane Haley, James was prone to bouts of pneumonia and not very strong. He was a storekeeper but did maintain the farm with the help of his sons. The ladies played croquet in the shade of the apple trees on her grandmother's lawn. He was a stone mason. He is son of Thomas Beckett and Elizabeth Wheeler of Putnam Co and grandson of James Beckett and Margret Peden of Cabell Co

CENSUS: 1850 Putnam Co, VA
Thomas Becket 43, Elizabeth 43,
James 22, Eliza 17, William 13, Thomas 10, Albert 8, Elizabeth 4.
(next door was a Joseph Wheeler 58)

CENSUS: 1860 can't find.

CENSUS: 1870 Kanawha Co, WV.
James M. Beckett 41 carpenter, Rachel D 36,
Robert H. 12, Ida F. 10, Eliza E. 6, Laura B. 4, Charles W. 2, Samuel J. 6/12, Elizabeth Beckett 25.

CENSUS: 1880 Kanawha Co, WV
James M. Beckett 50 carpenter, Rachel D. 46,
Robert H. 21, Ida F. 20, Alice H. 18, Ellen 16, Laura Belle 14, Charles W. 12, Samuel S. 10, James E. 9, John W. 7, Ufa Blanche 5, Susan Kate 3, Yancy D. 1

Died of Heart Disease. Charleston WV March 8, Capt. J.M. Beckett, a prominent businessman of this city, died suddenly to-day of heart disease. The Wheeling Register Tuesday, Mar 09, 1897 Wheeling, WV Vol:35 Issue:240 Page:3
Per Mary Jane Haley, James was prone to bouts of pneumonia and not very strong. He was a storekeeper but did maintain the farm with the help of his sons. The ladies played croquet in the shade of the apple trees on her grandmother's lawn. He was a stone mason. He is son of Thomas Beckett and Elizabeth Wheeler of Putnam Co and grandson of James Beckett and Margret Peden of Cabell Co

CENSUS: 1850 Putnam Co, VA
Thomas Becket 43, Elizabeth 43,
James 22, Eliza 17, William 13, Thomas 10, Albert 8, Elizabeth 4.
(next door was a Joseph Wheeler 58)

CENSUS: 1860 can't find.

CENSUS: 1870 Kanawha Co, WV.
James M. Beckett 41 carpenter, Rachel D 36,
Robert H. 12, Ida F. 10, Eliza E. 6, Laura B. 4, Charles W. 2, Samuel J. 6/12, Elizabeth Beckett 25.

CENSUS: 1880 Kanawha Co, WV
James M. Beckett 50 carpenter, Rachel D. 46,
Robert H. 21, Ida F. 20, Alice H. 18, Ellen 16, Laura Belle 14, Charles W. 12, Samuel S. 10, James E. 9, John W. 7, Ufa Blanche 5, Susan Kate 3, Yancy D. 1

Died of Heart Disease. Charleston WV March 8, Capt. J.M. Beckett, a prominent businessman of this city, died suddenly to-day of heart disease. The Wheeling Register Tuesday, Mar 09, 1897 Wheeling, WV Vol:35 Issue:240 Page:3


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