Huerfano County, Colorado
Family Group Sheet

Robert Madison BEAMER

HUSBAND: Robert Madison BEAMER
BORN: 8 May 1831 Monroe County, Virginia
MARRIAGE: 11 May 1853 Monroe County, Virginia
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE: Confederate Army--Civil War
DIED: 16 September 1926
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Michael A. BEAMER Abt 1801 Died 23 March 1882, Wolf Creek, Giles, Virginia
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Jane (Jean) BALLENTYNE 25 October 1793, Scotland. Died, 3 April 1880, Second Creek, Monroe, West Virginia
NOTES: Monroe County, Virginia became part of West Virginia due to the Civil War
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WIFE: Mary Susan YOUNG
BORN 25 November 1835 Monroe County, Virginia
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED: 24 Jan 1898 Monroe County, West Virginia
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: William YOUNG JR25 December 1802 Virginia
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Jane (Jean) LYNCH 3 August 1805 Virginia
NOTES: Most of the BEAMERS, YOUNGS and LYNCHES are buried in the New Lebanon Cemetery near Union, Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 1: Isabel Belle BEAMER
SEX: FEMALE
BORN: 22 April 1855 Monroe County, Virginia
MARRIAGE: None
DIED: 24 January 1898 Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 2: Serena Catharine BEAMER
SEX: FEMALE
BORN: 16 December 1856 Monroe County, Virginia
MARRIAGE:1887 George Dotson Anderson
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 13 December 1936 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
NOTES: Serena was married to George Dotson Anderson who was an early homesteader in the Walsenburg, Huerfano, Colorado area. Both Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are buried in the Walsenburg Masonic Cemetery
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CHILD 3:William McClure BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN: 6 April 1858 Monroe County, Virginia
MARRIAGE:None
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 16 April 1933 Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 4:Hugh Alonzo BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN:11 Jan 1860 Monroe County, Virginia
MARRIAGE: 24 August 1882, Virginia A. HAWKINS
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 10 February 1945, Pawnee County, Nebraska
NOTES:Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Beamer are buried in Pawnee County, Nebraska where he was a long time farmer.
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CHILD 5: Laura Jane BEAMER
SEX: Female
BORN: 22 July 1863 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: William A. HAWKINS
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 1942 Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 6: Erastus Houston BEAMER
SEX Male
BORN: 10 October 1865 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth Caroline Baker b. 1/17/1862 and d.4/10/1944. She was both born and died in Monroe, West Virginia.
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 16 May 1911 Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 7: Orace Byrd BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN: 4 February 1867 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: 16 August 1895, La Veta, Huerfano, Colorado
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 19 Apr 1913 Globe, Gila, Arizona
NOTES:
O.B. BEAMER came west to visit his sister, Serena BEAMER ANDERSON, who was living in Walsenburg. He met and married Minnie Louise SPIELMANN of La Veta. Mr. BEAMER was working in Globe, Arizona when he was murdered. His body was returned to La Veta. He is buried in the La Veta Cemetery with his widow, Minnie Louise SPIELMANN BEAMER CARSON
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CHILD 8:Michael Walter BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN:20 April 1869 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: Bessie LYNCH
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 27 June 1934 Cincinnati, Ohio
NOTES: Walter BEAMER also lived in the La Veta area for a short period of time, before he took his family back to West Virginia, he later re located in Ohio.
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CHILD 9: Edna Land BEAMER
Sex: Female
Born: 3 October 1872 Monroe County, West Virginia
Marriage: Jacob Barnes EBY About 1936
Other Marriage: None
Military Service: None
Died: May 1941 Gettysburg, Adams, PA
NOTES: Edna and her sister, Elsie were both trained to be teachers. Edna taught at the Ritter School in Huerfano county in the early 1900's, Elsie may have also taught in Colorado before they both returned to West Virginia to help care for their elderly father
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CHILD 10: Asa Hemphill BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN: 13 August 1873 Monroe County, West Virginia
Marriage: Flora TODD
OTHER MARRIAGE: None
MILITARY SERVICE : Spanish/American War Company F 1st Colorado, Infantry, Private-
DIED: 23 April 1935, Swastika, Colfax, New Mexico
NOTES: He and his wife, Flora are buried in the Raton Cemetery. He very likely joined the service from Huerfano County. Asa may have also worked in various Huerfano or Las Animas County coal mines, as he was an electrician, worked for years at mines in the Colfax County, New Mexico area.
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CHILD 11: Elsie Louella BEAMER
SEX: Female
BORN: 11 December 1875 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: None
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 2 June 1953 Monroe County, West Virginia
NOTES: Elsie was a teacher. She and her sister, Edna lived in Huerfano County for a short time before they returned to Monroe County. Elsie taught school in Monroe County, West Virginia
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CHILD 12: Roy Stennett BEAMER
SEX: Male
BORN: 7 April 1881 Monroe County, West Virginia
MARRIAGE: Sarah (Sally) MOORE
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED:4 November 1952 Monroe County, West Virginia

NOTES: He and his wife are buried in the New Lebanon cemetery in Monroe Couty, West Virginia. Dorothy Beamer Logozzo was personally acquainted with two of Roy BEAMER's sons, prior to their deaths.
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SUBMITTED BY: Dorothy Beamer LOGOZZO
DATE: November, 2006
E-MAIL ADDRESS: dbee1932@juno.com
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ADDITIONAL NOTES: Dorothy has the BEAMER family records in her possession. She used actual data from Huerfano County records, personal knowledge, the US VA, WVA, NE, CO census, Birth, Death, Marriage Records, Monroe County, West Virginia and information given to her by BEAMER ancestors in West Virginia.

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