Virda May "Vertie" Beckley was the daughter of John William Beckley and Virginia Francis Morris. The story of how their families met is told in the text: The History of Franklin Township, Marion County. "William Beckley came from Kentucky around 1832, and first lived on the David Morris farm. He later purchased his own farm from James Griffith."
Married three times, Vertie's first husband was Charles B Suite, with whom she had a son, Venes Franklin Suite. She married her second husband, Sherman Gilland, in 1896, and together they had seven children.
After her maternal grandfather, James C Morris, became a widower, he married her husband, Sherman Gilland's, grandmother (Elizabeth Newkirk David Morris) after the death of her husband, thus enabling Virda and Sherman to meet and marry.
Vertie's third spouse was William Harding, whom she married in 1925, after Sherman's death. There were no children from this union, but as a result of it, Virda's first born son, Venus Suite, met and married William's sister, Grace Harding. These grandparents, parents and four grandchildren lived together until Virda's death in 1938.
Siblings:
James William Beckley (1860-1943)
Melissa Ann Beckley (1862-1918)
Infant Beckley (1864-1864)
Ida F Beckley (1865-1944)
Mary Alice Beckley (1867 - )
Ruth Lucetta Beckley (1869-1955)
Moses Andrew Beckley (1870-1940)
John R Beckley (1871-1952)
Flora J Beckley (1874-1874)
Bertha F Beckley (1879-1879)
Married three times, Vertie's first husband was Charles B Suite, with whom she had a son, Venes Franklin Suite. She married her second husband, Sherman Gilland, in 1896, and together they had seven children.
After her maternal grandfather, James C Morris, became a widower, he married her husband, Sherman Gilland's, grandmother (Elizabeth Newkirk David Morris) after the death of her husband, thus enabling Virda and Sherman to meet and marry.
Vertie's third spouse was William Harding, whom she married in 1925, after Sherman's death. There were no children from this union, but as a result of it, Virda's first born son, Venus Suite, met and married William's sister, Grace Harding. These grandparents, parents and four grandchildren lived together until Virda's death in 1938.
Siblings:
James William Beckley (1860-1943)
Melissa Ann Beckley (1862-1918)
Infant Beckley (1864-1864)
Ida F Beckley (1865-1944)
Mary Alice Beckley (1867 - )
Ruth Lucetta Beckley (1869-1955)
Moses Andrew Beckley (1870-1940)
John R Beckley (1871-1952)
Flora J Beckley (1874-1874)
Bertha F Beckley (1879-1879)
Virda May "Vertie" Beckley was the daughter of John William Beckley and Virginia Francis Morris. The story of how their families met is told in the text: The History of Franklin Township, Marion County. "William Beckley came from Kentucky around 1832, and first lived on the David Morris farm. He later purchased his own farm from James Griffith."
Married three times, Vertie's first husband was Charles B Suite, with whom she had a son, Venes Franklin Suite. She married her second husband, Sherman Gilland, in 1896, and together they had seven children.
After her maternal grandfather, James C Morris, became a widower, he married her husband, Sherman Gilland's, grandmother (Elizabeth Newkirk David Morris) after the death of her husband, thus enabling Virda and Sherman to meet and marry.
Vertie's third spouse was William Harding, whom she married in 1925, after Sherman's death. There were no children from this union, but as a result of it, Virda's first born son, Venus Suite, met and married William's sister, Grace Harding. These grandparents, parents and four grandchildren lived together until Virda's death in 1938.
Siblings:
James William Beckley (1860-1943)
Melissa Ann Beckley (1862-1918)
Infant Beckley (1864-1864)
Ida F Beckley (1865-1944)
Mary Alice Beckley (1867 - )
Ruth Lucetta Beckley (1869-1955)
Moses Andrew Beckley (1870-1940)
John R Beckley (1871-1952)
Flora J Beckley (1874-1874)
Bertha F Beckley (1879-1879)
Married three times, Vertie's first husband was Charles B Suite, with whom she had a son, Venes Franklin Suite. She married her second husband, Sherman Gilland, in 1896, and together they had seven children.
After her maternal grandfather, James C Morris, became a widower, he married her husband, Sherman Gilland's, grandmother (Elizabeth Newkirk David Morris) after the death of her husband, thus enabling Virda and Sherman to meet and marry.
Vertie's third spouse was William Harding, whom she married in 1925, after Sherman's death. There were no children from this union, but as a result of it, Virda's first born son, Venus Suite, met and married William's sister, Grace Harding. These grandparents, parents and four grandchildren lived together until Virda's death in 1938.
Siblings:
James William Beckley (1860-1943)
Melissa Ann Beckley (1862-1918)
Infant Beckley (1864-1864)
Ida F Beckley (1865-1944)
Mary Alice Beckley (1867 - )
Ruth Lucetta Beckley (1869-1955)
Moses Andrew Beckley (1870-1940)
John R Beckley (1871-1952)
Flora J Beckley (1874-1874)
Bertha F Beckley (1879-1879)
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