John Thomas Wesley Beckstead

Brief Life History of John Thomas Wesley

When John Thomas Wesley Beckstead was born on 25 February 1859, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Wesley Beckstead, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Marie Rose, was 23. He married Elizabeth Miranda Jensen on 1 September 1881, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Whitney Election Precinct, Franklin, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 22 February 1953, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Preston Cemetery, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Thomas Wesley Beckstead
1859–1953
Elizabeth Miranda Jensen
1864–1898
Marriage: 1 September 1881
Virginia Burnett Beckstead
1883–1936
Amos Halverson Spackman
1889–1896

Sources (26)

  • Thomas W Beckstead in household of Thomas Beckstead, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Wesley Beckstead Jr. - birth-name: Thomas Bekstead
  • John Thos Wesley Beckstead, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866

Historical Boundaries 1866: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Oneida, Idaho, United States 1913: Franklin, Idaho, United States

1884 · LDS Oneida Stake is Formed

The LDS Oneida Stake was formed at a meeting in Franklin on June 1, 1884. William C. Hendricks was the first Stake President and Solomon H. Hale and George C. Parkinson served as counselors.

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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