Brief Life History of Enoch Simpson
Enoch Simpson Beard was born about 1815, in Kentucky, United States. He married Sarah Elizabeth Lovell on 8 December 1837. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in New Salem Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Pleasant Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died in 1877, in Smithfield, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 63.
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Sources (10)
- Enoch Beard, "United States Census, 1850"
- Simpson Beard in entry for Julia A Phillips, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- E S Beard, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1815–1877 Male
1816–1881 Female
Children (14)
1835–1907 Male
1835–1910 Female
1837– Male
1840–1920 Female
1843– Female
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1818
Age 3
1818 · Jackson Purchase
Age 3
1832 · Black Hawk War
Age 17
Name Meaning
English:
nickname for a bearded man (from Middle English berd, Old English beard). To be clean-shaven was the norm in non-Jewish communities in northwestern Europe from the 12th to the 16th century, the crucial period for surname formation. There is a placename and other evidence to show that this word was used as a byname in the Old English period, when beards were the norm; in this period the byname would have referred to a large or noticeable beard. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates and equivalents in other languages, in particular German Barth 1.
habitational name from a place called Beard in Derbyshire (now represented by Beard Hall and Beardwood Farms in New Mills parish), which derives its name by dissimilation from Old English brerd ‘rim, bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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