Phillip Tolbert Beddoe

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Philip Tolbert Beddoe was Malvina Parr Beddoe's grandfather. He was the head of the American branch of the Beddoe family. On your page, you list him as being born "before 1802" and dying "yes, unknown." He was actually born in England on 19 July 1790 and he died in 1861 in Sabinetown, Texas. He is buried in Sabinetown.

He married Catherine Parr on 10 February 1820 in Moravintown, NC. [possibly Wachovia, North Carolina, settled by Moravian around 1753]. She died in 1873. Their son, Earl Percy Beddoe was born 30 January 1822. His daughter Malvina Parr Beddoe was born 18 August 1844. She married Pedras Philip Davidson 17 September 1865.

Are you descended from these Beddoes? If so, you are descended from Welsh royalty.

Email from "Beddoe Genealogist" byddw@yahoo.com on 7-17-2007.

Virgie Speights writes that Philip Tolbert Beddoe was one of six children born in East Tennessee to Thomas Beddoe, a son of Charles Beddoe and Lydia Nash of Withypool, England, who came to America and settled first in Philadelphia, later moving to Tennessee.

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Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine Beat No. 2, PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 19 Jun 1860
Page 8, Stamped 322
60-60
P. T. Beddo 69 M Sadler 200 200 Va
C. Beddo 68 F NC

Phillip married Catherine Parr on 10 Feb 1820 in North Carolina. Catherine was born before 1802 in North Carolina; died about 1873 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbe20.html


BEDDOE, EARL PERCY (1822-1876). Earl Percy Beddoe, pioneer civil engineer, was born on January 30, 1822, in eastern Tennessee, son of Philip Tolbert and Catherine (Parr) Beddoe. He married Martha Caroline Hembree on October 12, 1843, in Tennessee, and they had nine children. In 1845, after an education in civil engineering, Beddoe moved to Texas, lived in Marshall, where he built a tanyard, then in 1850 settled in Sabinetown, where he established a saddle and harness business. He served for a while there as school principal; he was named county surveyor of Sabine County and laid out the town of Hemphill as the new county seat in 1859. Beddoe acted as a courier during the Civil War , and as a civil engineer he figured in the planning of fortifications at Sabine Pass in 1863 (see SABINE PASS, BATTLE OF ). He helped plan and execute the embankments or breastworks fortifying Sabinetown in 1864. In 1869 or early 1870 the family moved to Sabine Parish, Louisiana, but soon after 1871 they moved to Navarro County, Texas, where Beddoe died on November 27, 1876, in Chatfield.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Robert Cecil McDaniel, Sabine County, Texas (Waco: Texian, 1987). Helen Gomer Schluter and Blanche Finley Toole, 1850 Sabine County Census (Westminster, Colorado, 1979). Virgie Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County (Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson, 1983).
Helen Gomer Schluter

Virgie Speights writes, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, that he established a tan yard, taught school and put in a stagecoach inn. He was also a surveyor and surveyed the town of Hemphill in 1858, when the county seat was moved from Milam. As many people objected to this move, the surveying was begun in the middle of the night. (p. 35).


There was an article featuring a photograph of Earl Percy Beddoe in the October 2, 2013 issue of The Sabine County Reporter. The article was a story about a recent Civil War reenactment at Sabine Pass, during which the William Henry Parsons Camp #415, Sons of Confederate Veterans honored Earl Percy Beddoe, and early resident of Sabine County, whose family later moved to Chatfield, a community in Navarro County, Texas, where the Parsons Camp is located.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
31 October 1850
148-148
Earl P. Beddo 28 M Saddler and Farmer $50 Tenn
Martha C. Beddo 22 F Tenn
Malvina P 5 F Tenn
Ann E M 3 F Texas (Could this actually have been Alonzo M, age 12 in the 1860 census)
Veranah H A 1 F Tx
149-149
Philip H. Beddo 23 M Saddler and Farmer $600 Tenn
Martha Beddo 13 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas. Sabine County, Sabine Beat No. 2. PO Sabine Town
Enumerated 20 Jun 1860
Page 4
85-85
E P Beddo 38 M No occupation listed 150 150 Tenn
M C Beddo 34 F Tenn
Alonzo M Beddo 12 M Tenn
R M Beddo 11 F Tx
Philip Beddo 9 M Tx
Theophilus Beddo 5 M Tx
Dewit Beddo 2 M Tx
Joseph Beddo 4/12 M Tx
M P Beddo 15 F Tenn

1870 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Ward Six, PO Mansfield DeSoto Parish
Enumerated 24 July 1870
Page 5 Stemped 357
31-31
Beddo, Earl P 48 M W Land Surveyor 60 200 La
Beddo, M. Caroline 42 F W Keeping House Tenn
Beddo, Philip D N?/A? 19 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Albert D 15 M W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Verona H 20 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Theophilus 18 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dewit C 11 m W Works on Farm Tx
Beddo, Dalia 7 F W At Home Tx
Beddo, Catharine 73 F W At Home NC

Earl married Martha Caroline Hembree on 12 Oct 1843 in Roane County, Tennessee. Martha was born about 1828 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said to have come to Texas circa 1844. His occupation on the 1850 census was shown as saddler & farmer. He was living next to his brother.

Ancestry.com shows that he was a Confederate Soldier, enlisting as a Private in Company K, Nineteenth Regiment of Texas. His Texas Muster Roll Index card showed that he enlisted in January 1863 in San Augustine. His estimated year of birth was 1825.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 31 October 1850
148-148
Earl P. Beddo 28 M Saddler and Farmer $50 Tenn
Martha C. Beddo 22 F Tenn
Malvina P 5 F Tenn
Ann E M 3 F Texas
Veranah H A 1 F Tx
149-149
Philip H. Beddo 23 M Saddler and Farmer $600 Tenn
Martha Beddo 13 F Tx

1860 Census
Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, PO Natchitoches
Enumerated 24 Oct 1860
Page 160
1262-1363
P.H. Beddoe 34 M Saddler 800 200 Miss
Martha Beddoe 22 F Tx
Malina C Beddoe 8 F La
Albert Beddoe 6 M Tx
Elizabeth Beddoe 4 F La
Robert L. Beddoe 2 M La

Phillip married Martha Clark about 1850 in Sabine County, Texas. Martha (daughter of Elijah Clark and Unknown First Wife Of Elijah Clark) was born about 1837 in Republic Of Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Malvina married Pedras Phillip Davidson on 17 Sep 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Pedras (son of Solomon Davidson and Christina Crawford) was born about 1844 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Not listed with the family on the 1860 census.

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Not listed with the family on the 1860 census, but is present again in 1870, shown as Verona H.

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Virgie Speights wrote, in OLD-TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS (p. 83) that "Dr. A. F. Beddoe spent 40 years tracing family records and putting them into a book in which he tells how each generation of the (Beddoe) family in England and Wales appointed an historian and kept accurate records, a custom to which is still adhered to.....Dr. Beddoe, who was born at Sabinetown, grew up there and went to Dallas to help found Baylor Medical School, to marry Miss Addie Buckner, daughter of R. C. Buckner, found of Buckner's Orphan Home, wrote letters to these British relatives, and then visited them."

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JFQ1-5HG
Name: Dr. Albert ... Beddoe
Death Date: 27 Jan 1932
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Male
Race:
Death Age: 78 years 5 months 11 days
Estimated Birth Date: 1854
Birth Date:
Birthplace:
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Addie Beddoe
Father's Name: E. P. Beddoe
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Martha C. Hembree
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation:
Place of Residence:
Cemetery:
Burial Place:
Burial Date:
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2135736
Digital Film Number: 4163646
Image Number: 1386
Reference Number: 1269
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

(Research):Not listed with the family on the 1860 census, but present in 1870.

Family/Spouse: Addie Buckner. Addie was born on 5 Oct 1862 in Paris, Lamar County, Texas; died on 25 Oct 1930 in Dallas County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Shown as Joseph, M in 1860 and Josephine, F, in 1870 and 1880.

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https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JF3W-Y4R
Name: Julia E. Todd
Death Date: 24 Oct 1956
Death Place: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: white
Death Age: 92 years 1 month 8 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 06 Sep 1864
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Earl Percy Beddoe
Father's Birthplace: Unknown
Mother's Name: Caroline Hembree
Mother's Birthplace: Unknown
Occupation: Housewife
Place of Residence: Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Cemetery: Oakland Cemetery
Burial Place: Dallas, Texas
Burial Date: 26 Oct 1956
Additional Relatives:
Film Number: 2114935
Digital Film Number: 4167327
Image Number: 1216
Reference Number: 52387
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

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(Research):John W. Clark shows that he was married, and had one son, George Beddoe.

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(Research):Not listed by John W. Clark.

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(Research):John W. Clark shows that she married Jeff DAVIS Jr, in 1878, and that they had six children, all born in Elmwood, La.

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(Research):John W. Clark shows that he married Susan HILLIARD in 1880, and that they had four sons born in Hallsville, Texas.

Family/Spouse: James Jefferson McGown. James (son of George W. McGown and Margaret "Peggy" Sartain) was born about 1836 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Census Information:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Precinct 4
Enumerated 30 April 1910 by Reginald G. Goodrich
SD 2 ED 134 Sheet 9A Stamped 159
158-132
Davidson, Calvin B Hd M W M1 14 Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Davidson, Mary I Wf F W 39 M1 14 6/6 Tx Ark Ark
Davidson, Lula A Dtr F W 12 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Davidson, Effie M Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Davidson, Horace C Son M W 10 S Tx Tx Tx Farm Labor
Davidson, Iva E Dtr F W 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Albert F Son M W 5 Tx Tx Tx
Davidson, Calvin B Jr. Son M W 3 S Tx Tx Tx

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated 16 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 171 Sheet 10B
197-199
Davidson, Calvin B Hd M W 50 M Tx Tx TUS Farmer
Davidson, Mary I Wf F W 49 M Ark Ala Ga
Davidson, Lela A Dtr F W 22 S Tx Tx Ark Teacher
Davidson, Effie E Dtr F W 21 S Tx Tx Ark
Davidson, Horace C Son m W 20 S Tx Tx Ark
Davidson, Ivy E Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Ark
Davidson, Albert F Son M W 16 S Tx Tx Ark
Davidson, Calvin B Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Ark
Davidson, James R Son M W 8 S Tx Tx Arl
Davidson, Emid?/Erma M Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx F W 5 S Tx Tx Ark

1930 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 4
Enumerated April 19, 1930
ED 202-6 SD 19 Sheet 6B
125-140
Davidson, Calvin B Hd M W 60 M 26 Tx Tx Tn Farmer
Davidson, Mary A Wf F W 59 M 25 Tx Ala Ga
Davidson, Erma M Dtr F W 16 S Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Mary Idella "Della" Henderson. Mary was born about 1871 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Virgie Speights writes that she was brough up in Milam where she went to school. Her parents were in the Mercantile business in Milam, where her only brother surviving [as of 1963] still lived. She married Lee P. GANDY in 1895, and moved to East Pendeleton, where their two children, Lula Marie and Pedras Perry Gandy were born. Lula died at age 5. The Gandy's moved to Runnels County, Texas, where they lived until forced to come home because of the drought in 1912. (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 35).

Mattie married Leroy "Lee" Gandy about 1895. Leroy was born about 1877 in Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A digital image of his actual Texas Death certificate is viewable online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. At the time of his death he was married and a resident of the Goff Nursing Home. His occupation was shown as retired farmer, and he was listed as the son of P. P. Davidson and Malvina Parr Beddoe. The informant was Lee Davidson, relationship not indicated. He was buried at the King Cemetery in Milam, Texas.



(Medical):See attached sources.

David married Mary Jane Smith on 23 Dec 1915. Mary (daughter of Thomas J. Smith and Pattie Fleta Mason) was born before 1895; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]