Rene, I have a lot of general information on Samuel Minton Beasley's Sr. family, children, marriages, etc., but I only know that he came from Tenn. Possibly Franklin Co.Tenn. He had 11 children. one was named after him with the same middle name. I use to keep contact with a Roger and Marcia Eaton that were related to Samuel but haven't heard from them for a few years. They did a lot of research on Samuel Minton Beasley. They lived in Kansas City, MO at the time. I don't know if their email address is still active, but I will sent it and their home address that I got a regular letter from them to you. You will have to email me from your own address with the subject title of "Samuel Minton Beasley," so their address doesn't go out to the world. I will send you all the information I have on Samuel Minton Beasley his wife Nancy Croxton Bolin and family. I also wrote back and forth with a Helen Beasley from Marion Co. IL who's husband was a ggrandson through Alexander Beasley, and his first son which would be Helen's Beasley husband grandfather Lewis Alvin Beasley.Helen was a recorder for Marion co and knew about every Beasley in the southern part of IL. Maybe that makes a connection to help you within Alexander Beasley's family At the time I was writing Helen they were both in poor health, and getting up in age and I have not had contact with her for a number of years. I have never found a connection to Samuel Minton Beasley yet with my family, but I'm sure he was with my GGGrandfather Abraham Beasley as they came from north and South Carolina into Tennessee and up into Illinois Abraham was born 1811 in SC. Settled in Williamson co IL in the late 1840s and was in the 1850 Williamson co census. I am still looking for his father and mother. Keith Beasley [email protected]