Solomon G. was named for James Beckham's father Solomon Beckham, a Revolutionary War Soldier who died in Pike County in 1838. There is quite a lot of informtion in a posting on the Pike County USGenWeb Site concerning him. Solomon G. Beckham did have a son born in 1853, but he was not the Solomon G. Beckham in Early County. Rather, he was Solomon Cicero Beckham. He also ended up in Texas with his family and is buried in Shelby Co., TX