Born in Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of [father unknown] and Allie Jane (Tanner) Beamer
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 88
in Jay, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Mar 2021
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Biography
Emma was Cherokee.
Emma was born in 1931. She was the daughter of Jim Beamer and Allie Tanner.
She was married to Johnnie Lee Spade.[1]
She was later married to L.P. Baker.
She had been a foster grandparent in the Jay Public Schools and a member of Piney Baptist Church.
She was a signer of the Cherokee Speaker Roll, a record of the names of the last living Cherokees who are able to speak the language with fluency.
She passed away in 2020. She is buried at Piney Cemetery in Jay, Oklahoma.
Sources
- ↑ "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N97D-BYY : 9 March 2021), Emma Jane Beamer in entry for Johnnie Lee Spade, 20 May 1950; citing Marriage, Benton, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,994,614.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBJB-P6X : 5 January 2021), Emma Jane Beamer in household of Jim Beamer, Township 4, Delaware, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-10, sheet 12A, line 24, family 243, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3290.
- Jim Beamer Head Male 40 Oklahoma
- Allie Jane Beamer Wife Female 28 Oklahoma
- Emma Jane Beamer Daughter Female 8 Oklahoma
- Will Rogers Beamer Son Male 4 Oklahoma
- Charlie Lee Beamer Son Male 1 Oklahoma
- Find a Grave, database and images, accessed 23 March 2021), memorial page for Emma Jane Beamer Baker (16 Jun 1931–13 Apr 2020), Find A Grave: Memorial #209226885, citing Piney Cemetery, Jay, Delaware County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by A Tribute to Memories (contributor 46608475) .
- 2020 Cherokee Speakers Lost Tribute Video
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