When Dr. James Barbee Beckett was born on 11 May 1860, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, his father, Simeon Conway Beckett, was 34 and his mother, Annis Shoemaker, was 32. He married Amelia R Perkins on 26 June 1884, in Bracken, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1920 and Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States in 1920. He died on 11 September 1920, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell, Kentucky, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1867: Campbell, Kentucky. United States Fort Thomas was incorporated by the Commonwealth of Kentucky on 27 February 1867.
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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.
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