When Gerald Downing Beauchamp was born on 7 September 1870, in Ellis, Texas, United States, his father, Pvt Jeroboam Downing Beauchamp, was 27 and his mother, Ada Adelaide Tharp, was 16. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 3, Navarro, Texas, United States for about 30 years. He died on 30 December 1958, in Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States.