Would your William Samuel BEARD be a grandson of Berry BEARD b: abt 1800 and Nancy HAY b: abt 1801? They married on 29 Oct 1821 in Montgomery County, AL and had the following children: 1) James Aaron BEARD b: abt 1822 2) Isaac Lee BEARD b: 25 Nov 1823 AL, d: 01 Apr 1862 Decatur, AL (Civil War) 3) William M. BEARD b: abt 1825 4) Margaret BEARD b: abt 1829 5) Winny BEARD b: abt 1831 6) Nancy BEARD b: abt 1833 7) John T. BEARD b: abt 1842 8) Samuel C. BEARD b: abt 1845 James Aaron BEARD married (1) Mahala TODD. Children: 1) John P. BEARD b: abt 1842 2) Pamela BEARD b: abt 1844 3) James A. BEARD b: abt 1846 Then married (2) Mosley. Their children were (or at least were listed in their household for the census- will have to check my notes for the date of this census): 4) William 5) Calvin A. 6) Nancy A. 7) Rebecca 8) Tabitha 9) Thomas A. 10) Franklin A. 11) James M. 12) Josiah 13) Louis A. Isaac Lee BEARD married on 03 Mar 1848 in Caney, Marion County, AR to Elizabeth Francis MENDENHALL b: 03 Mar 1829 Conecuh, AL d: 02 Sep 1887 in Seminary, AR. She was a daughter of Thomas MENDENHALL and Mary CALDWELL. Their children were: 1) Thomas Berry BEARD b: 21 Mar 1850 2) Lucia Lee BEARD b: 28 Oct 1851 3) Nancy Demerice BEARD b: 27 Nov 1852 Nevada County, AR d: 01 May 1894, Ouachita County, AR- married Camilus Josephus HOLT b: 09 Mar 1840 Greene County, AR- son of Henry HOLT and Abigail SIMPSON. 4) William Everett BEARD b: 24 Oct 1854 5) Mary Elizabeth BEARD b: 03 Oct 1856; m: J. M. PINKARD on 17 Jan 1886 in Ouachita County, AR. 6) James Andrew BEARD b: 06 Apr 1858 After Isaac died, Elizabeth married her late sister Sarah's widower John GOSSETT. They are buried in the Old Seminary Cemetery with at least one of their three children; per cousin John Crain, who descends from Mary Ann MENDENHALL PARR- younger sister of Elizabeth. That's about all I am able to place my hands on right now. Sorry to butt in, but some of the names look familiar. Lisa McCratic Canton, GA -----Original Message----- From: KAMISD@aol.com [mailto:KAMISD@aol.com] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:20 AM To: AROUACHI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AROUACHI] Cemetery lookups (Greenwood) Robert Purifoy married Ellen Beard in Camden, Ouachita Co. AR. She was a Daughter of William Samuel Beard. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237