He m/ Jan 22, 1989 to Louessie May (also buried Bogue Chitto Cem.), dau. of John W. May & Rebecca Mandy Cothern May (Bogue Chitto Cem.). They had five children. Louessie died April 11, 1903.
Murray then m/ c1905 M. Jemima Davis, and they had seven children.
Murray invented what was known as the Murray Beard Side Harrow. His daughter, Aleen Beard Thorburn, said that her father was a brilliant man, who invented the harrow when he was only 19 years of age. Later he added other plow tools to the invention. However, he never recieved a patent for his inventions.
He m/ Jan 22, 1989 to Louessie May (also buried Bogue Chitto Cem.), dau. of John W. May & Rebecca Mandy Cothern May (Bogue Chitto Cem.). They had five children. Louessie died April 11, 1903.
Murray then m/ c1905 M. Jemima Davis, and they had seven children.
Murray invented what was known as the Murray Beard Side Harrow. His daughter, Aleen Beard Thorburn, said that her father was a brilliant man, who invented the harrow when he was only 19 years of age. Later he added other plow tools to the invention. However, he never recieved a patent for his inventions.
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Walter Lee Beard Sr
1890–1960
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John Clyde Beard Jr
1894–1973
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Dewey W Beard
1898–1978
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Bessie May Beard Price
1900–1984
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Marie Beard Tate
1902–1991
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Lois Beard Morgan O'Neal
1906–1999
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Davis Maxwell Beard
1908–1984
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Infant Beard
1910–1910
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Dorothy Dean Beard
1912–1912
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Willie Beard Moore
1913–1993
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Mary Aleen Beard Thorburn
1915–1987
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James G. Beard
1919–1919
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