Allie (Watson) Beasley
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Allie Ray (Watson) Beasley (1888 - 1976)

Allie Ray Beasley formerly Watson
Born in Butler, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , and
Wife of — married 1 Oct 1909 (to 7 Apr 1958) in Butler, Alabama, United Statesmap
Mother of , , , and
Died at age 88 in Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Early Life

Allie was born on August 1, 1889 [1] in Butler, Alabama.[2] She was the daughter of William Watson and Drucilla Burkett.
In 1900, her family lived in Georgiana, Butler, Alabama. [3] They have had 8 children, but only 6 were still living. They owned their own farm and employed a 16-year-old orphan, David Boyd, to help the family run the farm. [4]

Education

  • Allie had a 5th grade education. [5]

Marriage and Family

On 3 Oct 1909, in Butler, Alabama, Jacob Beasley and Allie Ray Watson marry at her family home. [6][7]
In 1910, the following year, the couple lived in McKenzie, Butler, Alabama on a rented farm. [8] and they welcome their first daughter in July. [9]
In both 1912 and 1916, the couple had two unnamed stillborn children - a boy and a girl. [10][11]
In 1920, Allie and her daughter, Mary, live with her parents in rented a house on River Road in Brewton Alabama. Her father worked in a sawmill. Her brother, Obin, still lived at home and worked in a sash factory. Her sister, Shirley Alma, and her husband and daughter also lived with them. Shirley's husband, Ed, worked as a chauffeur. However, Jacob Beasley didn't live with them [12] He lived in Milton, Florida working as a millright. [13] [14]
In 1923 and 1925 they welcome a son and a daughter, both born in Brewton in Escambia County, Alabama. In 1930, they own a house in a East Brewton. Elijah drives a truck for a wholesale grocer. [15]
In 1933, she lost her young, 28-year-old brother in a night-time hunting accident. [16]
In 1940, the family still lived in the same place, but Elijah worked as a machinist in a box factory. [5]
In 1950, the couple lived in East Brewton, Alabama on Williamson Street. He still worked as a machinist and was employed by the T. R. Miller’s sawmill in Brewton, Alabama. [17]
In May 1954, her husband retired and filed a Social Security application. [18]
Sadly, their marriage ended when Jacob took his own life in April 1958. [19]

Community Involvement

Allie was a member of United Methodist Church in Brewton, Alabama. [2]

Death and Burial

At 88 years old, on 29 Aug 1976 she passed away in a nursing home in Brewton, Alabama [2] She is buried in Fort Crawford Cemetery in East Brewton, Escambia County, Alabama. [20]

Conflict

On the 1900 Census, the census taker made several mistakes. He misspelled family names, and marked Allie, as a boy named Allan. [3]. However, no other mention of an Allan is ever made in family records. And Allie is mentioned in the 1910 census.

Mentions in Children's Records

  1. Allie Ray Watson in entry for Carl Thomas Mckeel and Allie Mae Beasley, 29 Apr 1950 [21]
  2. Allie Watson mentioned in the obituary of Miss Allie Mae Beasley Mckeel. [22]
  3. Beasley, "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930" [23]
  4. Beasley, [24]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J5MD-NMZ : 20 May 2014), Allie Beasley, Aug 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Obituary for Allie R. BEASLEY (Aged 88) The Pensacola News Pensacola, Florida 30 Aug 1976, Mon • Page 17
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZY-W6W : accessed 28 April 2020), Allan Watson in household of Gib Watsen, Precinct 14 Georgiana Georgiana city, Butler, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 9B, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,005.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZY-W6S : accessed 14 February 2019), Gib Watsen, Precinct 14 Georgiana Georgiana city, Butler, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 9A, family 185, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,005
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1G7-TJM : 28 February 2020), Allie Beasley in household of J Eliza Beasley, East Brewton, Election Precinct 3, Escambia, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 27-5, sheet 4A, line 26, family 59, 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 29.
  6. ↑ "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQS2-KWP : 13 February 2020), Allie Watson in entry for J. L. Beesley, 1909.
  7. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9HV-3DJX?cc=1743384&wc=3LJG-HZ9%3A1586966801 : 13 November 2017), 007316934 > image 442 of 641; County Probate Courts, Alabama.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK3P-56R : accessed 28 April 2020), Allie Beesley in household of Elizah Beesley, Mckenzie, Butler, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 8A, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 3; FHL microfilm 1,374,016.
  9. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VVY-LST2 : 10 March 2020), Watson Beasley in entry for Beasley, 1910.
  10. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VVY-XMN2 : 10 March 2020), Beasley, 1912.
  11. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VVB-7T2M : 10 March 2020), Beasley, 1916.
  12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXZN-X7Z : accessed 15 February 2019), William G Watson, Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, United States; citing ED 88, sheet 30B, line 83, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 13; FHL microfilm 1,820,013.
  13. ↑ Lige visits sister News of Wallace The Pine Belt News Brewton, Alabama 23 Sep 1909, Thu • Page 1]
  14. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNBZ-JGW : 1 February 2021), Jacob E Beasley, 1920.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3FWY-RW2 : accessed 28 April 2020), Allie R Beasley in household of Eliza J Beasley, East Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 5B, line 70, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 15; FHL microfilm 2,339,750.
  16. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49784043/abner-watson-fatally-shot-tuesday-night/
  17. ↑ 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census", United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: East Brewton, Escambia, Alabama; Roll: 4753; Sheet Number: 14; Enumeration District: 27-11, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
    Ancestry Record 62308 #99542628 (subscription required, accessed 1 October 2022), Allie Beasley (63), wife, in household of J E Beasley (63) in East Brewton, Escambia, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.
  18. ↑ Ancestry Record 60901 #5785089
    • Name: Jacob Eliga Beasley
    • Birth Date: 13 Dec 1887
    • Claim Date: 6 May 1954
    • SSN: 418098403
    • Notes: 04 May 1954: Name listed as JACOB ELIGA BEASLEY Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015
  19. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49785570/funeral-held-for-retired-machinist/
  20. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #71007647
  21. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZVN-24S : 23 September 2017), Allie Ray Watson in entry for Carl Thomas Mckeel and Allie Mae Beasley, 29 Apr 1950; citing Jefferson, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 2,407,059.
  22. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK5F-1JBB : accessed 28 April 2020), Allie Watson in entry for Miss Allie Mae Beasley Mckeel, Alabama, United States, 17 Nov 2005; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Birmingham News, born-digital text.
  23. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VVY-XMN2 : 10 March 2020), Beasley, 1912.
  24. ↑ "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930" "Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4VVB-7T2M : 10 March 2020), Beasley, 1916.




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