William Beshears Genealogy

Record modified: 2009-11-02

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William Carl Beshears |
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Born: 1824-00-00 Tennessee USA
Died: (unknown)
Marriages:
1. Mary Jane Hinds
Children of William Beshears and Mary Hinds:
Nancy Caldonia "Dona" Beshears b. 1847-02-00
Martha Myrtle Beshears b. 1849-01-23
Lumus Wesley Beshears b. 1850-00-00
George Washington Beshears b. 1855-04-30
Ama Caroline Beshears b. 1857-10-05
William Columbus "Lum" Beshears b. 1860-04-02
Eliza Jane Brashears b. 1863-03-07
Caroline Brashears b. 1864-00-00

Notes:

Our family lore says his name was Carter Carl Beshears, but I can't find any evidence for such a person.
I find him on the 1870 census as Carl Brashear, living next to Mary Jane's brother James.
Following the family backwards to the 1860 and 1850 censuses, I find him listed as William C Beshears. William always lived near my Hinds family, and his children from the 1860 census match Carl's children from 1870.
I now think that he was William Carl Beshears. My wild, completely unfounded theory is that an early genealogist found a record where the "l" of Carl looked like a "t", so they recorded his name as "Cart or Carl" Beshears. Then a later genealogist may have mis-read this entry as "Carter Carl", thus starting my family's record of his name.

Some RootsWeb entries show the wife of William C Brashears as Mary Wood, but none has any proof or further information on her.

Since William always lived near my Hinds family, and the census for Carl matches the census for William, I conclude that they were the same person.

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The death certificate for William Columbus Beshears says William's parents were Carter Beshears + Mary Ann Hines.

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1880 census Sebastian Co AR p693c
W C Beshears 53 TN/NC/TN

He is marked as a widower, but wife Mary is in Barry Co MO.
Next door is son Lumus.
Hinds Site: Genealogy of Ken Hinds -- page 3533
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