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James Beavers

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
1862 (aged 51–52)
Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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James Beavers, born in Sumter County, Alabama married Elizabeth Steven (or Stevens) on December 11, 1837. Elizabeth Beavers was born in 1813 in North Carolina. The known children from this marriage were:

Harry W. Beavers, born in 1843 in Alabama.

Alvois E. Beavers was born in 1844 and became a farmer in that state. He married Susan (Unknown) and they were the parents of three children at the time of the 1870 Alabama Census. The children were Martha A. (1861), James A. (1868) and Saphonia E. Beavers (1869).
Martha A. Beavers was born in 1845.

Sarah E. Beavers, born in 1846, married George W. McElroy and they had one child, Floyd (1869), according to the 1870 Census.

Washington Lafayette Beavers was born in 1847 (See W. L. Beavers family below).

Abner or (Alvins) Beavers was born in 1848.

All six of the children were born in Alabama. The mother of James Beavers may have been Gensy Thorn (or some similar sounding name), based on family tradition. James Beavers taught school in Gaston, Alabama, before the Civil War.

His will was probated in Sumter County, Alabama after his death in 1862, but his burial site is not known.
James Beavers, born in Sumter County, Alabama married Elizabeth Steven (or Stevens) on December 11, 1837. Elizabeth Beavers was born in 1813 in North Carolina. The known children from this marriage were:

Harry W. Beavers, born in 1843 in Alabama.

Alvois E. Beavers was born in 1844 and became a farmer in that state. He married Susan (Unknown) and they were the parents of three children at the time of the 1870 Alabama Census. The children were Martha A. (1861), James A. (1868) and Saphonia E. Beavers (1869).
Martha A. Beavers was born in 1845.

Sarah E. Beavers, born in 1846, married George W. McElroy and they had one child, Floyd (1869), according to the 1870 Census.

Washington Lafayette Beavers was born in 1847 (See W. L. Beavers family below).

Abner or (Alvins) Beavers was born in 1848.

All six of the children were born in Alabama. The mother of James Beavers may have been Gensy Thorn (or some similar sounding name), based on family tradition. James Beavers taught school in Gaston, Alabama, before the Civil War.

His will was probated in Sumter County, Alabama after his death in 1862, but his burial site is not known.


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