Brief Life History of John Clarence
When John Clarence Beasley was born on 5 September 1897, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, his father, Robert Franklin Beasley, was 33 and his mother, Virginia Belle Allen, was 30. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Daisy Etta Peterson. He lived in Archer City, Archer, Texas, United States in 1930 and Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 2 June 1955, in Coleman, Coleman, Texas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Iowa Park, Wichita, Texas, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Jno C Beasley in entry for Beasley, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- John Beasley, "United States Census, 1940"
- John C Beasley in entry for Rocca John Bianca and Theresa Belle Beasley, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1897–1955 Male
1904–1980 Female
Children (5)
1922– Male
1924–2007 Female
1926– Female
1929–1965 Female
1938–1983 Male
Parents and Siblings
1864–1935 Male
1867–1925 Female
Siblings (9)
1887–1948 Male
1889–1962 Female
1891–1951 Male
1895–1961 Male
1897–1955 Male
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 1
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Age 4
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 16
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Bisley, a habitational name from any of the places called Bisley in Gloucestershire and Surrey (the former named with the Old English personal name Bisa + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, the later named with either a personal name or Old English bysce ‘copse, bushes’ + lēah), or Bisseley (a lost place in Coventry, Warwickshire).
habitational name from a place in Lancashire named Beesley, probably named with Old English bēos ‘bent grass’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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