Derwood N. "D. N." Beasley

Abt 1906 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Derwood N. "D. N." Beasley  [1, 2]
  Nickname	D. N.
  Birth	Abt 1906	Shelby County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	The Longview Morning Journal, in January 1976, had an article describing the Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative, which in 1938 helped turn electricity into a reality to hunderes of East Texans in the rural areas of the Piney Woods. On December 16 the first lines were energized. President Roosevelt had promised America "electricity so cheap that it would not be above the means of even the most common family." East Texans, especially R. N. Stripling, T. A. Hargis, and D. N. BEASLEY jumped aboard that drame and were determined to place the rural East Texas family in an enlightened world.....the first pole was set near the first Methodist Church in Shelby County at Shelbyville, Texas in July, 1938. (From the book by Newton County Historical Committee, , "Glimpses of Newton County History," (Nortex Press, Burnet, Texas, c. 1982), pp. 185-186).
  Person ID	I41611	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Loyd Proctor Beasley,   b. 20 Feb 1883, Shelby County, Texas d. 1 May 1973, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Lela Franks,   b. 11 Sep 1887, Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana d. 17 Apr 1977, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1904	Center, Shelby County, Texas   [2]
  	Robert Cecil McDaniel writes that he and his wife lived in the Six Mile Community of Sabine County, and that they were the parents of 6 children. "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas" by Virgie Collier Speights October 3, 1968 Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Beasley of Hemphill were honored with an open house in celebration of their Sixty-Fourth wedding anniversary, on Sunday, September 29, 1968 at their home. Calling hours were 2 to 5 pm. Hosting the event were their seven children, assisted by wives and husbands, and grandchildren. They are D. N. Beasley and Weldon Beasley of San Augustine, V. P Beasley of Shreveport, Louisiana, Paul Beasley of Nacogdoches, Harold Beasely of Nederland, Mrs. Mildred Travis of Mauriceville, and Mrs. Lavada Carroll of Pasedena. There are 17 grandchildren, 15 great granchildren and two great great grandchildren, most of whom were here for the happy occasion. [The couple was] married on October 3, 1904 at Center, Shelby County, Texas by Rev. B. Champiion. They were married in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rainwater. Their attendants were Charlie Strong and Miss Mary Cooper. The young couple lived in Shelby County, then San Augustine County and moved to Sabine County in 1914. (Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2012)
  Family ID	F3304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Shelby County, JP 8 Enumerated 19 Apr 1910 SD 3 ED 156 Sheet 2A 28-28 (Reliability: 3). [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 91 (Reliability: 3).