Brief Life History of Silas Nelson
When Silas Nelson Beckett was born on 6 January 1850, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Simeon Conway Beckett, was 24 and his mother, Annis Shoemaker, was 22. He married Sarah Catherine Martin on 10 February 1874, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 January 1923, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Silas N Bickett in household of Simon C Bickett, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Silas Nelson Beckett - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 6 January 1850; Pendleton, Henry, Kentucky, United States
- Silus N. Becket, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1850–1923 Male
1851–1939 Female
Children (3)
1877–1898 Female
1879–1958 Female
1882–1959 Male
Parents and Siblings
1825–1884 Male
1827–1906 Female
Siblings (5)
1850–1923 Male
1852–1884 Male
1854–1854 Male
1856–1927 Male
1860–1920 Male
World Events (8)
1861
Age 11
1863
Age 13
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 20
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French, Middle English beket ‘small beak’ (a diminutive of Old French bec ‘beak or mouth’), perhaps with reference to someone with a small beak-like mouth or a prominent nose (compare Beck 4), though the Middle English word appears to have had a wide range of applications denoting ‘pointed objects’, including ‘corbel, kind of arrow, kind of bird’, and ‘kind of fish’. This surname is also found in Ireland, especially in Antrim.
English: habitational name from any of the places called Beckett in Berkshire and Devon. The former is named with Old English bēo ‘bee’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’; the latter has as its first element the Old English personal name Bicca.
Altered form of Bequette , a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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