Zillah, whose name was sometimes spelled Zillie or Zella or Zily, married Hugh A. Beachum (1806-1861), a son of Alexander Beachum and his wife Elizabeth Shelton. Zillie's sister, Phereba O'Neal (1818-1888) married Hugh's brother, Isaiah Beachum (1812-1894). Hugh and Zillie had seven children. Zillie lost her husband, 2 sons and a daughter during the War between the States. Two other sons served in the Confederate army, but survived the War.
The children of Hugh and Zillie O'Neal Beachum were: Jeremiah Washington Beachum (1830-1910, married 3 times, his first wife Mary Jane Taylor was mother to all 14 of his children), Joseph J. Beachum (c.1832/3-1865, never married), Harriet Jane Beachum (1834-1872, Mrs. James B. Dees), James Thomas Beachum (1837-1907, m. Margaret Adeline Sikes), William Henry Beachum (c.1840-1862, m. Miss McIntire), Daniel K. Beachum (1847-1923, m. twice, Tabitha Dean & Annie E. Simmons) and Christina Clementine Beachum (1854-1862, died of diptheria at age 8).
Note: There may have been two more children. There was an Allen Beachum, age 9, and a Mary A. Beachum, age 7, listed on the 1850 Anson Co. mortality schedule. They died in June of 1849, of "sore throat" (probably diptheria). I don't know if they were Hugh and Zillie's children, or Isaiah and Phereba's.
Zillah, whose name was sometimes spelled Zillie or Zella or Zily, married Hugh A. Beachum (1806-1861), a son of Alexander Beachum and his wife Elizabeth Shelton. Zillie's sister, Phereba O'Neal (1818-1888) married Hugh's brother, Isaiah Beachum (1812-1894). Hugh and Zillie had seven children. Zillie lost her husband, 2 sons and a daughter during the War between the States. Two other sons served in the Confederate army, but survived the War.
The children of Hugh and Zillie O'Neal Beachum were: Jeremiah Washington Beachum (1830-1910, married 3 times, his first wife Mary Jane Taylor was mother to all 14 of his children), Joseph J. Beachum (c.1832/3-1865, never married), Harriet Jane Beachum (1834-1872, Mrs. James B. Dees), James Thomas Beachum (1837-1907, m. Margaret Adeline Sikes), William Henry Beachum (c.1840-1862, m. Miss McIntire), Daniel K. Beachum (1847-1923, m. twice, Tabitha Dean & Annie E. Simmons) and Christina Clementine Beachum (1854-1862, died of diptheria at age 8).
Note: There may have been two more children. There was an Allen Beachum, age 9, and a Mary A. Beachum, age 7, listed on the 1850 Anson Co. mortality schedule. They died in June of 1849, of "sore throat" (probably diptheria). I don't know if they were Hugh and Zillie's children, or Isaiah and Phereba's.
Family Members
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Millie O'Neal Caddell
1812–1889
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Lucinda O'Neal Kiker
1814–1851
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Spear M. O'Neal
1816–1850
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Phereba Ellen O'Neal Beachum
1818–1888
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Zina O'Neal Hartsell
1823 – unknown
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Elizabeth O'Neal Gregory
1824 – unknown
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Mary O'Neal Bowers
1826–1905
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Nancy Ellen O'Neal Beachum
1828–1885
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Martin S. O'Neal
1830–1850
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Lina O'Neal Dunahoe
1832 – unknown
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