Robert Beckwith was first found in the census in 1850 with wife Elenor Jane Nile bn 1832 d1912 , d/o John and Jane (Starkey) Nile of Jefferson Co. OH. Robert was bn @1812 and died 12-13-1889 in Salineville, OH. He had been a farmer and a miner by trade. His death record states that he was bn in Salineville, yet I can find no trace of his parentage or his existence there before 1848. There is a marriage record for a Robert and Nancy (McCoy) Beckwith in Columbiana Co. and I have contradicting dates, one being 1843 and the other being 1853. I do not know anything about this Nancy except she is buried in Columbiana Co. Might she be a first wife? Might she be a stepmother? Robert and Elenor had the following children: 1. John M. bn 11-18-1849 (a mystery here..John married Emma Sanderson in 1887, but apparently they divorced as she was also the wife of his brother, William and John had a John Jr. bn & d 5-15-1897, but his 2nd wife is unknown. 2. Matilda Jane "Tilly" bn 1853 d 1947 never married 3. Robert Jr. bn 2-13-1856 d. 8-13-1873 4. William "Wid" bn 12-1859 mar Ada "Emma" Anderson who was bn 1868 in Wintersville, Jeff Co OH d/o Richard Sanderson and Emily Fisher. They had 2 sons and divorced @ the turn of the century and she married her 3rd husband, Ross Manning and Had a son, Ross bn 1903 and a Daughter, Ida Jane bn 1906. Ross Jr married and had a son named Ted and a daughter Leona. Leona married a man last name of Young. Family has said that Leona is still alive, but I have not found her. Ida married George "Buck" Fernavol and they had a daughter named Olive. In 1944 Buck and Ida lived in Greensboro, NC William died after the divorce in a drowning accident. The year and place of his death is unknown. Family has it that he died after slipping in a mining reservoir and drowning. He and Emma had two son's. 1. Robert bn 1890 who married Sarah Wolf, and is the forefather of the Beckwith's who still live in Columbiana Co , OH (E. Liverpool). 2. George was bn 1892 and married first Florence Beatrice Tyrrell, d/o Noble Miles and Edith (Beam) Tyrrell who settled in Muskegon, Muskegon Co MI. Here is where George and Florence were married in 1920. They were the parents of my father, Donald Edwin Beckwith 1933-1999. George had a 2nd marriage to Mrs. Margaret Miller, and he and Margaret are buried in Manistee, MI. 5. Frank bn 1-29-1864 Salineville, d 4-11-1944 mar Ida Strauss and had atleast 3 children, 1. Roy bn 10-20-1898 mar Georgia Brown. no children. 2 Mary bn 1890 d 1985. 3. Earnest bn 1910 d 1914 6. Elmira Jane bn 1865 mar Robert Anderson and had son Charles. Charles mar. a Goddard and they had a daughter, Martha who married a Boyd. Martha still lives in Salineville and is the owner of the original Nile farm. 7. Charles bn 1871-1952 never married 8. Norman bn 1874-1952 never married There was an Enoch Beckwith listed in the naturalizations of Columbiana Co. OH. He came from England in June of 1879 and was naturalized at the age of 29 on 1-2-1885. No one knows how he fits in to the Beckwith family or even if he does. So if anyone has an Enoch, let me know. Jane Starkey was the d/o of Levi and Rebecca Merrick. I would appreciate it if someone would send me the entire genealogy of Levi, and anything they have on the Merrick family. Also I am looking for someone name of Sue/Susan Kimball/Lloyd. (Susan, please e-mail me if you get this. We may have connecting cousins through your Kimball line.) Warm Regards, June