Arthur Clyde Beard (1888 - 1956)

Born 23 Dec 1888 in Union Church, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lottie Mae (Walters) Beard — married [date unknown] in Mississippi, United States

Biography

Arthur was the son of Calvin C. Beard and Matilda Morse Beard.

Arthur registered for the draft for WWI in 1917. At that time he was married to Lottie Mae Walters and had two children. On his form, he stated that he worked for Standard Oil Company in Louisiana. His physical description was tall and slender with gray eyes and black hair.^[1]

In 1930 he and his family were making their home in Smackover, Union County, Arkansas^[2] during the South Arkansas "Oil Boom."^[3]

Arthur passed away in 1956. He is interred in Cane Ridge Cemetery in Lorman, Jefferson, Mississippi.^[4]

Notes

While I was working on this, I found what seems to be census records for three different Arthur Beards born 1886-1889 in southern US States. Please be careful when making additions to this profile.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3R7-368 : 13 March 2018), Arthur Clyde Beard, 1917-1918; citing Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,682,929.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMG2-2MV : accessed 2 May 2018), Arthur C Beard, Smackover, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 12B, line 60, family 285, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 96; FHL microfilm 2,339,831.
3. ↑ “First Arkansas Oil Wells.” American Oil and Gas Historical Society, aoghs.org/petroleum-pioneers/arkansas-oil-and-gas-boom-towns/. Retrieved December 12, 2018. History of the development of the oil and gas industry in Union County, Arkansas, focusing on El Dorado and Smackover.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2X-J574 : 13 December 2015), Arthur Clyde Beard, 1956; Burial, Lorman, Jefferson, Mississippi, United States of America, Cane Ridge Cemetery; citing Find A Grave: Memorial #66852252, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9X4-Z47 : accessed 2 May 2018), Arthur Beard in household of Calvin Beard, Beat 1 (part of) Union Church P.O., Jefferson, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80, sheet 13B, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,812.