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Lela Franks

Female 1887 - 1977  (89 years)


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  • Name Lela Franks  [1, 2
    Birth 11 Sep 1887  Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Death 17 Apr 1977  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Mt. Olive Cemetery, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I34839  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family Loyd Proctor Beasley,   b. 20 Feb 1883, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1973, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 3 Oct 1904  Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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)
    Children 
     1. Derwood N. "D. N." Beasley,   b. Abt 1906, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Lavada Beasley,   b. Abt 1908, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Lawrence Paul Beasley,   b. 7 Nov 1915, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1969, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     4. V. P. Beasley,   b. Abt 1920, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     5. Lewis Weldon Beasley,   b. 27 Dec 1921, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 2016, Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
     6. Mildred Marie Beasley,   b. 15 Oct 1924, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 May 2011, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     7. Living
    Family ID F3304  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Sep 1887 - Logansport, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 3 Oct 1904 - Center, Shelby County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Apr 1977 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S564] 1930 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Containing records for approximately 123 million Americans, the 1930 United States Federal Census is the largest census released to date and is the most recent census available for public access. The census gives us a glimpse into the lives of Americans in 1930, and contains information about a household?s family members and occupants including: birthplaces, occupations, immigration, citizenship, and military service. The names of those listed in the census are linked to actual images of the 1930 Census.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 Enumerated 25 Apr 1930 ED 202-3 SD 19 Sheet 4A Stamped 26 Hemphill and Oliphint P ??ble Road 41-42 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 91 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S11] Rootsweb, San Augustine County, Texas - Births 1941.