Earl Percy Beddoe

1822 - 1876  (54 years)

• Name	Earl Percy Beddoe  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	30 Jan 1822	Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1876	Navarro County, Texas   [2]
  Notes	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. (Research): 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
  Person ID	I24036	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Phillip Tolbert Beddoe,   b. 19 Jul 1790, England, United Kingdom d. Abt 1861, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Catherine Parr,   b. Bef 1802, North Carolina d. Abt 1873, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1820	North Carolina   [4]
  Family ID	F8043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Caroline Hembree,   b. Abt 1828, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	12 Oct 1843	Roane County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Malvina Parr Beddoe,   b. 18 Aug 1844, Tennessee d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ann Eliza Beddoe,   b. Abt 1847, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   3. Alonzo M. Beddoe,   b. Abt 1848, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Veronica H. Adaline Beddoe,   b. Abt 1849, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Philip Beddoe,   b. Abt 1851, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   6. Dr. Albert Beddoe,   b. Abt 1854, Sabine County, Texas d. 27 Jan 1932, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 78 years)   7. Theophilus Beddoe,   b. Abt 1855, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   8. Dewit Beddoe,   b. Abt 1858, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   9. Josephine C. Beddoe,   b. Abt 1860, Sabine County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   10. Julia E. Beddoe,   b. 6 Sep 1864, Texas d. 24 Oct 1956, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F8044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Jan 1822 - Tennessee Marriage - 12 Oct 1843 - Roane County, Tennessee Death - 27 Nov 1876 - Navarro County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Beddoe, Earl Percy Photo reproduction and article about the Sons of the Confederate Veterans honoring Earl Percy Beddoe, an early resident of Sabine County. He was honored for his part in the Confederate Victory at Sabine Pass in September, 1863

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Schluter & Toole, "1850 Sabine County, Texas Census with Added Family Information and Corrections" c. 1979. [S673] Handbook of Texas Online; http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/. [S56] Ancestry.com - Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database online]. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 35 (Reliability: 3).