Brief Life History of William Andrew
When William Andrew Beckstead was born on 23 October 1868, in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Wesley Beckstead, was 35 and his mother, Lydia Marie Rose, was 33. He married Sadie Ellen Ellsworth on 25 February 1891, in Oneida, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Fairview Election Precinct, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1950. He died on 27 January 1953, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.
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- William A Beckstead, "United States 1950 Census"
- Andrew Beckstead, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1962"
- William Andrew Beckstead, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1869
Historical Boundaries 1869: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Oneida, Idaho, United States 1913: Franklin, Idaho, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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