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Elizabeth M. <I>Casey</I> Beckham

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Elizabeth M. Casey Beckham

Birth
Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
Death
4 Oct 1909 (aged 84)
Walnut, Newton County, Arkansas, USA
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Elizabeth Casey born 20 March 1825 in Morgan County, TN. She married Zachariah Beckham ca. 1843. Zachariah Beckham was born 1824 in Tennessee. During the Civil War he served in Company K, Colonel Hill's Regiment. He was wounded in action at Pilot Knob, Missouri in October 1864 and was taken prisoner and moved to Alton Prison in Illinois where he died 17 December 1864. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. His wife Elizabeth applied for a Widow's pension and several men who gave depositions in support of her claim confirmed that they saw Zachariah Beckham when he was shot and carried from the battlefield at Pilot Knob. Elizabeth Beckham died 4 October 1909 and is buried in Walnut Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas. Elizabeth and Zachariah Beckham were the parents of eleven children:
John Allen Beckham (1844-1863)
Sarah Isabelle Beckham Sparks (1845-1926)
Martha Jane Beckham Robinson McAfee (1847-1885)
Rebecca Beckham Snow (1849-1937)
Lydia Caroline Beckham Stephens (1852-1891)
William B. Beckham (1854-1934)
Minerva Elizabeth Beckham Stephens (1857-1927)
Neoma Angeline Beckham Pruitt (1858-1930)
Celia Beckham Pruitt (1859-1928)
Seleta Beckham Sherfield (1861-1932)
Mary Ann Beckham McPherson (1863-1926)

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Elizabeth Casey born 20 March 1825 in Morgan County, TN. She married Zachariah Beckham ca. 1843. Zachariah Beckham was born 1824 in Tennessee. During the Civil War he served in Company K, Colonel Hill's Regiment. He was wounded in action at Pilot Knob, Missouri in October 1864 and was taken prisoner and moved to Alton Prison in Illinois where he died 17 December 1864. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Alton, Illinois. His wife Elizabeth applied for a Widow's pension and several men who gave depositions in support of her claim confirmed that they saw Zachariah Beckham when he was shot and carried from the battlefield at Pilot Knob. Elizabeth Beckham died 4 October 1909 and is buried in Walnut Cemetery in Newton County, Arkansas. Elizabeth and Zachariah Beckham were the parents of eleven children:
John Allen Beckham (1844-1863)
Sarah Isabelle Beckham Sparks (1845-1926)
Martha Jane Beckham Robinson McAfee (1847-1885)
Rebecca Beckham Snow (1849-1937)
Lydia Caroline Beckham Stephens (1852-1891)
William B. Beckham (1854-1934)
Minerva Elizabeth Beckham Stephens (1857-1927)
Neoma Angeline Beckham Pruitt (1858-1930)
Celia Beckham Pruitt (1859-1928)
Seleta Beckham Sherfield (1861-1932)
Mary Ann Beckham McPherson (1863-1926)

Bio Vonda Dihm

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