This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: cowbaron1892 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.beckwith/1307/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I'm helping a friend find out who his family is. He grow up in Oklahoma, and the only family he knew was his father, Sam Beckwith, and his father's sisters, Alma Beckwith and Geneva Beckwith. They neverspoke of the father George Beckwith at all unless it was to say something bad. In doing my research, I found that his grandfather was George Ransom Beckwith, born 1853 in Westfield, Toiga county, Penn. and he is said to have died in 1910, but I know he didn't died til around 1947, give or take a year or so. He was married to Sarha Beckwith in Iowa and they came to Oklahoma during the land rush. Sometime after 1900 she and George went their different directions. She would return to Iown and live with her son Orrin til she died in 1915. George went on and he remarried, though I can't find nothing there. But in 1910 he is living with a lady named Pearl Beckwith, she is the sister and James "Mat" Lankford. I have read one family tree that says she was married to a guy named Dunn, but it is the wrong Pearl Lankford. Here is a few things I'm looking for, 1)Where is George and Pearl buried? 2)why did their children hate him so? 3) and why did some of his younger children get put into an orphanage in Ft. Smith, Ark.? There are many things that just aren't clear. but I have photo's of both families in the hands of Sam Beckwith's son. And he knew some of George's older children, they talked and cared for one another. So if you think you know something please let me know. Oh, and I have the photo's from the LAnkford side of the family too, so before anyone sends me nasty meggahes again, please take time to remember, You might have made a mistake, we are not perfect. Thank You for Your Time and God Bless Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.