Peter Beller was born 1 Nov 1800 in , Stokes Co., N.C., and died 8 May 1862. He was buried in Elmwood Cem., Boone Co., AR.. He was the son of Eli Beller and Mary "Polly" Campbell. He married Evaline Campbell. She was born 29 Jan 1812 in TN, and died 27 Aug 1888. She was buried in Elmwood Cem., Boone Co., AR..
Children of Peter and Mary:
Mary E. Beller b: 1832
Virginia A. Beller b: 1834
Lydia M. Beller b: 1837 in AR.
Manda Beller b: 1839 in AR.
Peter C. Beller b: 12 Jan 1841 in AR.
John M. Beller b: 1843 in AR.
William E. Beller b: 1845 in AR.
Lucinda Ellen Beller b: 20 Mar 1847 in AR.
James Kirkpatrick K.P. Beller b: 14 May 1849 in AR.
Malinda C. Beller b: 1851 in AR.
Arkansas Berry Beller b: 31 Jan 1853
Nancy Ellen Beller b: 14 Feb 1858 in , Boone Co.AR.
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We certainly know from historical accounts that Peter Beller had moved to Arkansas by 1833 and that in 1834 he and the Harp brothers had sent the piece of Marble from the mine near the Beller Mill, for the building of the Washington Monument in D. C. Being both a stonemason and a Mill operator, Peter Beller kept busy and obviously worked quite hard, and raised a large family too. Peter Beller had been born in 1800 in Stokes Co. NC., and his parents were Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 VA and wife Mary Polly Campbell. ( we are still researching Campbells, as some of believe they were not in Canada prior to VA and North Carolina. ) We see that Peter Beller also married in Madison Co. AL in 1829 and he and his new bride EVELINA CAMPBELL were surely the PETER BELLER family listed on the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
Files show that Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 in VA may have lived with his son PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC per their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. At least we know a man of Peter Beller's age was living with this PETER BELLER family on their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
We find that the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census listing of Peter Beller, b. 1800 NC, shows an older male between the ages of 50-60 whom we believe to be ELI BELLER, b. 1770-1780, the father of Peter b. 1800. We also believe that ELI BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA may have died in Madison Co. AL, but so far no known grave for him has been found.
The proximitiy of Lincoln Co. TN to Madison Co. AL is just over the Tennessee line from ALABAMA and some discussion of the Bellers and Campbells, moving back and forth between these two states of LINCOLN CO., TENNNESSEE and MADISON CO., ALABAMA has made more verifications possible on census data for them all. Many are still sorting out this newfound data on the Beller family, but from my own perspective of what information I have found, it appears to me that our Bellers and Campbells were in TN by 1830 and Eli Beller had married Evelina Campbell on May 30, 1829 in Madison Co. AL and had returned then to Lincoln Co. TN where he and perhaps his father PETER BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA were then on that 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. Living next door to PETER BELLER are the families of RICHARD CAMPBELL who is age of 20 and under 30 and a female of same age,( presumed to wife to Richard Campbell,) as well as several young children. Also living in Lincoln Co. TN near these Campbell's and Beller's are the families of WILLIAM C. SMITH, ADAM B. BOWMAN, WILLIAM PATTERSON and others who are all listed on same page of this 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census of our PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC who died 1862 Boone Co. Arkansas.
More research is pending on these families as there are so many other BELLERS of this same line who stayed in ALABAMBA and didn't move on into what became Boone Co. AR. But we feel sure that the PETER BELLER of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census is our PETER BELLER born in Stokes Co. NC in 1800 and died in 1862 in Boone Co. AR. who possibly had his father ELI BELLER b. 1770- 1780 VA living with him then. That would mean that ELI BELLER b. 1700-1780 VA may have died in either TENNESSEE or most likely in Madison Co. AL, and not the listings others have for him being in KENTUCKY and elsewhere.
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Per James K. P. Beller III, files in 1999 :
" Peter Beller ( Eli, Peter Jr., Peter, Peter ) was born 4 November 1800 in North Carolina and died 8 May 1862 in Harrison, Carroll Co. Arkansas. He married Evelina Campbell 30 May 1829 in Madison Co. Alabama. "
1850 Carroll Co. AR census listed Peter Beller being born in AL., but by the 1860 Carroll Co. AR. census, Peter Beller is listed born in NC, which we believe to be true as his father then resided in North Carolina in 1800. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
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The Abovementioned Peter Beller moved to Arkansas from Alabama in 1833. In 1834 (says the source below), he and the three Harp Brothers dug a 4' X 3' X 2' hunk of marble out of this hillside for the Washington Monument. The stone was hauled on a sledge by a team of twenty oxen sixty miles across the Ozark and Boston Mountains to the Arkansas River. It was sent by barge to New Orleans, and thence by sail to the Potomac Basin."
"Later, a second stone from this hillside was donated by area freemasons, who felt it was an appropriate donation to honor the fact that George Washington was himself a master mason. The article didn't say so, but I assume the stone was much the same size. Surely the architect in charge of construction would have specified acceptable dimensions."
"Some time around 1840 Beller acquired land that included nearby Marble Falls and built a mill there. Although never officially named, Beller's Mill prospered and grew until the civil war, when the men were pressed into service and their families fled to larger towns to escape attacks by bushwhackers, copperheads, scallawags and other miscellaneous bandits."
"In 1870 a man named Willcockson set up another mill here, and a town grew which bore his name. Mineral waters and healing springs contributed to the town's prosperity. Advances in medicine in the 20th century reduced the flow of visitors, and the town's star faded. Albert Raney and Sons bought the land, changed the name to Marble Falls, and diverted the cold mountain spring water into a trout hatchery, which they operated for several decades. In the late 1960's, a group of Harrison businessmen bought the trout farm and built an amusement park around it. The theme park was based on characters and locations invented and popularized by Al Capp in his daily comic strip "Li'l Abner."
"To promote the park, the name of the town was changed again, to "Dogpatch."
"In 1997, long after the park had closed its gates, remaining residents successfully petitioned the government to have the name changed back to Marble Falls, but the name Dogpatch still lingers on many maps. Check your Rand McNally for Dogpatch on highway 7 between Harrison and Jasper."
Source: Arkansas Gazette, 23 March 1969, section E, page 6, column 4.
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PETER BELLER had a grist mill at Marble Falls or Wilcockson Arkansas as it was called then. Peter nad two of his cousins Dan Johnston and one of the Harp's hand cut a slab of marble at the falls and engraved their names on it and the date and took it to Fort Smith, Ark. and shipped it by waterway to Washington D. C. where it was used in the construction of of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT. All states which had marble was urged to send some to help complete the monument which had stood unfinished for some time. PETER BELLER was born around Knoxville, Tennessee married EVELYN EVALNE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA while making his trip to the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. Peter's father had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. "
"The brothers were : PETER, ELI, GEORGE, WILLIAM ( BELLER ) "
"The sisters were : NANCY FRANCIS who md. a Mr. DICKEY; LYDIA md. FELIX WILBURN; CYNTHIA md. a Mr. KEY. "
" Evaline Campbell Beller had a half sister ELIZABETH whoh married a HOLT. Holt's brothers were : WILLIAM, GEORGE, WADE and ELI ( HOLT ). "
" WILLIAM BELLER, brother of PETER BELLER was the second Postmaster of BELLER STAND ( which is about 3 miles south of Harrison Ark. ) William was postmaster at Beller Stand from March 7, 1838 to Jan. 14, 1846." - by DOROTHY HENLEY abt. 1970's in letter to JAMES K. P. BELLER, III.
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Per Chapter II of "Boone County and It's People" pgs. 20, 21, 22, 23 etc.
"Though Carroll County was erected in 1833, a map published in 1835, failed to keep pace with the rapidly changing geography, and it showed only three counties along the North Arkansas boundary. They were Lawrence, Washington, and Izard. . ..Some of the first inhabitants of Carroll County who settled in that portion which now makes up BOONE COUNTY were Bruce Boyd, Rowland Boyd, PETER BELLER, WILLIAM BELLER, ELI BELLER, James Holt, Robert Trotter, John Trotter, John Watkins, William Watkins, Beal Gaither, Joseph Hickman, Jack Logan, Isham Blevins, John Blevins, John Estes, William Wallace, George Rowland, Samuel Slover, Samuel Hudson, John Hudson, Peter Sneed, Charles Sneed, William Sneed, and Joseph Coker. The above names are taken from the Carroll County Tax Records for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Of these families the COKERS, who resided on White River, have a very strong claim to the title of being one of the oldest families in the county, fora as mentioned before, Schoolcraft stopped with them in 1818. . . . ( pg. 25 ) "The people who passed this way were in serach of land, and when they came to the valleys along CROOKED CREEK and LONG CREEK, or the beautiful clear springs, such as the one at BELLEFONTE, some of them pulled off ( Pg. 26 ) the trail and established their homes. In this manner Carrollton, BELLEFONTE, and CROOKED CREEK were born. Among those who first came to CARROLLTON were Henderson Lafferty, the Benton Brothers, John W. Peel, Henry Keys, and John and Joel Blair. Though some of theess families settled in the level little valley near the head-waters of Long Creek in 1833, the Carrollton Post Office was not establishe until July 29, 1834. Then it was established upon the discontinueance of Liberty, Izard County. In other words, it was actually a change in name and locateion of a post office. The fact that teh office was moved from one county to another and that it's new location was a distance of some thirty miles or more meant nothing in that day of vast distances. Some of the first to settle at the beautiful spring near Mt. Pleasant, which later became BELLEFONTE, were the CHEATHAMS and Dr. James H. Robinson. Those who settled first at BELLER STAND, which later became CROOKED CREEK were the BELLER Brothers, Joseph Hickman, Beal Gaither, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer and John and Robert Trotter. This settlement is of great significance in Boone County history, for it is the beginning of Harrison. The name of the post office was changed from Crooked Creek to Harrison on Feb. 7, 1870. CROOKED CREEK, Carroll County, Arkansas was established as a post office on July 14, 1836. Joseph Hickman was the first postmaster, and the postmasters who followed him for the next twenty-five years were WILLIAM BELLER, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer, and Joseph BAINES. BAINES was postmaster in the years just preceeding, during and immediately following the CIVIL WAR; however, he took time out from his postal duties to fight with the Confederacy. He had three sons who likewise fought with the South. Members of the BAINES family moved into TEXAS and the Indian Territory where they attained positions of prominence. One of the most notable among these is Senator LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON of TEXAS, who is now majority leader in the United States senate. "
Per Judy Gladden files : " Joseph's brother, George Washington Baines, was the great grandfather of LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, 36th President of the UNITED STATES."
Per the Carroll Co. AR and Boone Co. AR history files, there may be a misstatement per the name of MARY E. BELLER being the niece of PETER BELLER which listed her as the daughter of WILLIAM BELLER. But as both William C. Beller and his wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller had died by the 1850 Carroll Co. AR census, we show no other child for them named MARY BELLER, but then their 1840 census was not enumerated with children's names then. But in the household of PETER BELLER in his 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census is a daughter MARY E. BELLER age 18, born AL. Thus in my own FTM files we have chosen to list MARY E. BELLER b. 1832 AL as the daughter of PETER BELLER and wife EVALINE CAMPBELL. This MARY E. BELLER is shown in my files having married JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES b. 1820 AL. WE may in time find that the other AR history on the WILLIAM C. BELLER having a daughter named MARY BELLER who md. JOSEPH BAINES to be correct. Further research is pending. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
Children for Peter and Evelina Campbell Beller are :
Mary E. Beller, Virginia A. Beller; Francis E. Beller; Lydain M. Beller; Maud Beller; John M. Beller; William E. Beller; Lucinda E. Beller; James K. P. Beller b. 4 May 1849 d. 17 Jan. 1908. "
Note : Dorothy Henley ( a relative from Arkansas ) also adds the following to the list of children of Peter and Evaline :
Cynthia Jane; Melina Catherine; Arkansas Berry; Nancy Allen : ( total of 14 children from both lists ).
Per Beller files in 1999 :
" PETER BELLER was born around KNOXVILLE and married EVALINE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA before they moved to ARKANSAS."
Per Beller files also stated :
" Peter Beller b. 1800 d. 1862 : Peter Beller came from around Knoxville, Tennessee ( possibly Cumberland River ) had a grist mill in Arkansas. . . . He was called "CAPT. Peter Beller . "
SINCE 1999 more has been learned on these famlies so data from Beller files will now reflect new data and revised data within this GEDCOM : - Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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From " HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY, ARKANSAS " ( Boone Co. Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. ) :
Looking back it is amazing how many names are part of this family's record: BELLER, EOFF, TAYLOR, COFFMAN, INGRAM, HENLEY, SOWELL, MCGLOTHLAN, PARKER, ANDERSON, KENDALL, HOLLAND, MILBURN, SHOPTAW, HARP, WATKINS, LEATHERMAN, PRUITT, MCNAIR, SARRAT, CHIEF JOHN ROSS, PRINCES QUODIE, RODMAN, SHADDOX, BALLARD, LEE MCLEAN, HUDSON, GLADDEN, ADAMS, DEERE AND BROWN. . . . . . . . .
" The Beller brothers homesteaded land at Elmwood. Peter had a mill and of course, ground corn and wheat for many neighbors. One interesting tidbit was that Peter was the seventh son of the seventh son and had "the power" . He foretold to his family that he had to get a casket ready to go get his son at Pea Ridge for his son had been killed in the war. He built the casket and started on his grim journey only to meet tje funeral wagon bringing the son's body home. Much "foretelling" of Peter's really came true. The General store at Elmwood owned by the Bellers. . . . . . Elondis Ingram and Vinditti Beller were married on horseback near Bellefonte, with Rev. Billie Nicholson performing the ceremony. "Lou" Ingram taught school up on the mountain., where many of his student were older and bigger than he was. His food in the winter consisted of wild game he shot, including a bear that tried to come to school, wild turkeys, squirrels, wild greens and berries. He came to Harrison and farmed 27 acres on Crooked Creek building their home on South Pine Street. He served as postmaster at Elmwood for a time. ( portion submitted by Dorothy Kendall ) .
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NORTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ( NACC ) :
Per the Article : " NACC to Recognize Beller Family "
" A pioneer family that produced several well-known physicians had the ingenuity to make North Arkansas a part of a national monument that will stand forever, and was related to a president of the United States will be honored by North Arkansas Community College this year. . .
The Peter Beller Family will be presented with the college's Boone County Pioneer Family of the Year Award . .
Peter Beller, along with his brothers, William and Eli came to Arkansas from Tennessee and Alabama in the early 1830's before Arkansas statehood. He settled at Marble Falls . . where he built a giant 36 foot waterwheel which powered a mill for grinding wheat and corn. Later he became postmaster, store keeper and stoneworker. The slab of Arkansas marble that is in the Washington Monument was prepared by Beller and two of his cousins, the Harps, who then hauled the stone to a riverport from which it was shipped to Washington. The slab may be seen today from the stairway inside the monument. Beller and his wife, Evaline Campbell Beller, had 14 children, 10 daughters and four sons. One of their sons died in infancy and is buried along with many others in the family, in the family cemetery ( ELMWOOD ) which is a short distance east and south of what is now known as Crooked Creek. Two sons did not survive the Civil War; one WILLIAM ELI was killed fighting for the Confederate Army at Pea Ridge. The only surviving son was JAMES KNOX POLK BELLER, who operated a general store and cabinet shop at Elmwood, where he was also postmaster. The BELLER daughters married into neighboring pioneer families and as did James Knox Polk Beller, produced a number of progeny who, in successive generations have participated actively and fully in social, professional and political life of the area. Several noted present and former physicians from this area are descended of PETER and EVALINE BELLER.
Dr. W. A. HUDSON , 97, the world renowned thoracic surgeon, is a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. J. G. GLADDEN was also a grandson, and his son, prominent Harrison surgeon Dr. JEAN C. GLADDEN, is a great grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. ALLEN ROBINSON, early cancer specialist and creator of the Robinson Museum at Rally Hill, was also a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. WILLIAM CANTRELL MAGNESS, who practiced medicine principally in Missouri, was a great grandson. . . In public and governmental service, Beller descendants have been active as well. In addition to serving as postmaster at Crooked Creek, now known as BELLER STAND or Caravan Springs, brother William Beller held office in Carroll County of which the old county seat was Carrollton. Peter Beller's grandson, the late J. S. ( Silby ) Johnson was sheriff of Boone County in 1920's and a great grandson, James Roy Eoff, served Boone County both as collector and county Judge in recent years.
Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON.
One of the most tragic events in the nation's history was also linked to the Beller family. From BELLER STAND in 1857 departed the ill-fated caravan of 150 men, women and children who were the victims of the MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE in UTAH. The Carvan was led by ALEX FANCHER, kinsman of J. K. FANCHER, . . . .It included many Bellers and their kin and friends. A complete list of those on the caravan, which was headed for California, can be found on the memorial erected in the Boone County Courthouse park in Harrison. . . . .Many other descendants of the Bellers, too numerous to mention, live in and around the area today." - - - Transcribed by : Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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1830 LINCOLN CO. TN CENSUS
Roll 177 pg. 228 Ancestry Image 105/206
PETER BELLER 00002001 00010
2 males age of 20 and under 30 ( one is PETER BELLER b. Nov. 4, 1800 and probably a brother of near same age, who could be Wm. C. Beller b. 1799 ? )
1 male age of 50 and under 60 (If Eli b. bet. 1770-1780 VA may be male age 50-60 perhaps ? )
1 female age of 15 and under 20 ( Mary Baker md. Peter Beller on 30 May, 1829 in Madison Co. AL ) Mary Baker b. abt. 1816 ( some listed her b. Madison Co. AL ? )
( note Richard Campbell next door neighbor to Peter Beller in 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census )
RICHARD CAMPBELL 211010 000110
2 males age under 5 years old
1 male age of 5 and under 10 years old
1 male age of 10 and under 15 years old
1 male age of 20 and under 30 years old
1 female age of 15 and under 20 years old
1 female age of 20 and under 30 years old
Also on same page of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census showing PETER BELLER household and Richard Campbell household are the families of :
WILLIAM C. SMITH
ADAM B. BOWMAN
WILLIAM PATTERSON and others.
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PER JAMES K. P. BELLER, III files :
"MADISON CO. AL Files "
" Articles bought at a store at New Market in 1831 with Prices "
" PETER BELLAR ( self ) June 4, 1831
3 bot. copel varnish $3.38
Copperas .13
1 Glue .38
"June 13 "
Madder .06
"July 21, 1831 " " PETER BELLAR"
25 # Salt $ 1.00
1 set razors 1.50
1 qr. pepper .18 3/4
June 24, 1831 ELI BELLER
10 Lb. Sugar $ 1.00
5 Lb. Coffee 1.00
10 Lb. Sugar 1.00
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1840 Carroll Co. ARKANSAS census " Crooked Creek"
Per Beller files
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census ( Crooked Creek )
A. T. BELLER 00010 000000001
1 male age 15-20 ( Allen T. Beller b. 1821 and age 19 then ).
1 female age 60-70 ( might be mother, Mary Polly Campbell Beller, as her husband Eli b. abt. 1765, so if she b. abt. 1770 be abt. 70 then ) ?
Allen T. Beller married Nancy Stuart and their first child shown b. abt. 1840. So shortly after this census is when he must have married and started his own family. ( Estimated birth date for first child, Mary Rebecca Beller might be off as much as a year or more ).
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PETER BELLER 0011010 3300100
Enumerations show :
1 male age 10-15
1 male age 15-20
1 male age 30-40 ( Peter Beller b. 1800 NC and age abt. 40 then )
3 females age under 5
3 females age 5-10
1 female age 20-30 ( Eveline Campbell Beller b. 1812 TN and abt. age 28 then )
A. T. Beller ( Allen T. Beller also s/o Eli and Mary Campbell Beller ) lived next door to Peter Beller then, ( A. T. and Peter were brothers ) and other nieghbors of these Bellers were the William Key family, Geo. Rowland Sr. family, David Nichols, William Ingram, William Eoff families. So Peter Bellers sister, FRANCIS BELLER KEY lived nearby in William Key household as his wife; and their brother A. T. Beller and their mother ( most likely ) who was Mary Polly Campbell Beller lived nearby as well. The Nichols families and the INGRAM families who also were related through marriage of William Ingram and Martha Nichols whose son James W. Ingram was father to Minnie Ingram and she married Laommi M. Beller, the grandson of PETER BELLER. Also the George Rowland family also had connections to the Bellers in various other marriages, I believe. - Tina Rogers Beller, Aug. 24, 2004.
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Per Tina Rogers Beller files :
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census at Crooked Creek shows :
WILLIAM KEY 3200010 02002010
Enumerations show :
3 males under age 5
2 males 5-10
1 male age 30-40 ( probably William Key )
2 females 5-10
2 females 20-30
1 female age 40-50 ( Francis Beller Key b. 1798 d/o Eli & Mary Campbell Beller. Francis is sister of Peter Beller nearby. Francis d. 1850 )
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1850 CARROLL CO. AR CENSUS for
PETER BELLER age 49 yrs b. AL
Evaline " 38 b. AL
Mary E. " 18 b. AL
Virginia A. " 16 b. AR
Frances E. " 14 b. AR
Lydia M. " 12 b. AR
Manda " 11 b. AR
John M. " 7 b. AR ( b. 1843 per his 1870 BCAR Census )
William E. " 5 b. AR ( Henry )
Lucinda E. " 3 b. AR
James K. P. " 1 b. AR
( Per this census, Mary E. Beller is listed in household of Peter Beller and wife Evaline, though some history was written that Mary Beller who md. Joseph Benjamin Baines was the daughter of William Beller and the niece to Peter Beller. William Beller died in 1850 and his wife had died in 1849, so it is possible that perhaps Peter Beller took in his niece Mary E. Beller per this census data. )
The BAINES family history listed JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES having married MARY FRANCIS BELLER but we do not find that name as one of the children either to William Beller and his wife. However both names of Mary E. and Frances E. Beller appeared on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN Census for PETER BELLER listed above. Also note that MANDA BELLER age 11 is listed who would have been born abt. 1839 when the child of William Beller named AMANDA E. BELLER was born March 07, 1839 AR. Could this then be a mixed household of children of both Peter Beller and his brother William C. Beller ( dec'd. ) on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN census for PETER and Evaline Campbell BELLER ? I have only 13 children listed for WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA L. WILBURN BELLER and as the Boone Co. AR History book listed William C. Beller with 14 surviving children at time of his death in 1850, it might be then that MARY E. BELLER age 18 b. AL is the child of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA LOVINA WILBURN BELLER shown living with her uncle PETER BELLER in 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census.
Per other ARKANSAS articles on the BELLER/ BAINES families this is stated pertaining to Mary Beller being the actual daughter of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller. :
" Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON."
per other files in JKPB III files are :
" William C. Beller died Feb. 26, 1850 of smallpox and Lovina Martha Wilburn Beller died Dec. 27, 1849 after the birth of her youngest. Fourteen children survived them, ranging in age from 2 months old to 27 yrs old. "
1860 Carroll Co. AR Census :
Peter Beller 59 b. NC
Evaline 48 b. TN
Lydia M. 23 b. AR
Manda 21 b. AR
John M. 17 b. AR
William E. 15 b. AR
Lucinda E. 13 b. AR
James P. 11 b. AR
Malinda 9 b. AR
Arkansas 6 b. AR
Nancy A. 2 b. AR.
Purchased 160 acres in 1843 Boone Co. AR.
1870 Boone Co. AR Census of Evaline Beller ( now widowed )
Evaline Beller 57 b. TN
James P. " 20 b. AR
Sarah " 19 b. AR
Malinda " 18 b. AR
Nancy A. " 12 b. AR
John Loyd " 24 b. TN ( cabinet maker )
Lucinda 22 b. AR
( living next to John M. Beller )
Father: Eli BELLER b: BET. 1770 - 1780 in Virginia
Mother: Mary Polly CAMPBELL b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Evaline A. CAMPBELL b: 29 JAN 1812 in Tennessee
Married: 30 MAY 1829 in Madison County, Alabama
Children
Cynthia Jane BELLER b: 4 NOV 1830
Mary Elizabeth BELLER b: ABT. 1832 in Alabama
Virginia Ann BELLER b: 15 APR 1834 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Frances Eveline BELLER b: 1836 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lydia Moore BELLER b: 1837 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Mandany BELLER b: 7 MAR 1839 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Peter C. BELLER b: 12 JAN 1841 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
John MiltonMelton BELLER b: ABT. 1843 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
William Eli BELLER b: 1845 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lucinda Ellen BELLER b: 20 MAR 1847 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
James Knox Polk BELLER b: 4 MAY 1849 in H. Jefferson Twnship. Carroll County, Arkansas
Melinda Catherine BELLER b: 1852 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Arkansas Berry BELLER b: 31 JAN 1853 in Boone County, Arkansas
Nancy Allen BELLER b: 14 FEB 1858 in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
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The Mountain Meadow Massacre in Utah (which is now a National Monument). The
wagon train was led by Captain John Twitty Baker AND Alexander Fancher. It is
known historically as the Baker-Fancher train. This was Captain Baker's 3rd
trip to CA. Captain Baker's son was married to Manerva Ann Beller 1832-1857
(both killed at Mountain Meadow). Their 7 year old daughter, Mary Lovina Baker
was also killed. Their 3 other children, Martha Elizabeth, Sarah Frances and
infant William Twitty survived; although, it took two years to reclaim their
from Mormon families and only after a ransom was paid to the LDS church. The
wagon train was robbed and slaughtered by Mormons dressed up as Paiute Indians.
Not until the 20th century did the LDS church acknowledge participation in the
slaughter at a memorial service in 1990 in Cedar City.
George and Manerva Baker had adopted Manerva's younger brother and sister,
Melissa Ann Beller (b: 1843) and David W. Beller (b: 1845) after their parents
died during possible flu or TB outbreak. These two children 14 and 12 years old
were also slaughtered at Mountain Meadow. (from Catherine Baker, descendant of
John Twitty Baker via his younger brother, Peter Skidmore).
Also, just FYI for Beller family... the 3 month old infant son of Melissa
Anna Baker (1816-1854) and Eli Campbell Beller (1809-1850) whose name was James
A. Beller (b: 2 JAN 1845 d: 2 MAY 1845) is buried at the Baker cemetery with his
maternal grandparents, William Baker (1775) and Hannah Edwards (1775) in New
Market, Madison County AL.
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Mary E. (Elizabeth) Beller b. 27 Feb. 1832 in Alabama, daughter of Peter and Evaline Beller, married Benjamin Franklin Ramsey. They are buried in the Bald Knob Cemetery, Everton, Arkansas ID25198015. Together Mary and Benjamin Ramsey had
Issue: Charles Ramsey 1852-1925
Frances P Ramsey 1854-1942 m. Henry N. Gladden 1864-1955
Benjamin F. Ramsey, Jr.? 3 yrs on Census 1860, Jefferson Township, Carroll County, AR
Martha Jane Ramsey 1858-1922 m. James Mack Robinson, father of Dr. G. Allen Robinson
John William Ramsey 1860-1924 m. Anna Robinson Ramsey 1871-1922
Benjamin Franklin Ramsey (above) married 2nd Lydia Moore Beller, sister of Mary Elizabeth (nee Beller) Ramsey
Issue: Samuel Ramsey 1865-1938) m. 1st Lee Akin, 2nd Florence McDougal, 3rd Mary L. Jones
Mary Alice Ramsey (1863-1933) married Sterling Price Gladden
From the notes of Dr. G. Allen Robinson, grandfather of James Mack Robinson, II
Mary E. Beller who married a Baines was most likely a niece since his daughter married a Ramsey.
Contributor: Anonymous
Children of Peter and Mary:
Mary E. Beller b: 1832
Virginia A. Beller b: 1834
Lydia M. Beller b: 1837 in AR.
Manda Beller b: 1839 in AR.
Peter C. Beller b: 12 Jan 1841 in AR.
John M. Beller b: 1843 in AR.
William E. Beller b: 1845 in AR.
Lucinda Ellen Beller b: 20 Mar 1847 in AR.
James Kirkpatrick K.P. Beller b: 14 May 1849 in AR.
Malinda C. Beller b: 1851 in AR.
Arkansas Berry Beller b: 31 Jan 1853
Nancy Ellen Beller b: 14 Feb 1858 in , Boone Co.AR.
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We certainly know from historical accounts that Peter Beller had moved to Arkansas by 1833 and that in 1834 he and the Harp brothers had sent the piece of Marble from the mine near the Beller Mill, for the building of the Washington Monument in D. C. Being both a stonemason and a Mill operator, Peter Beller kept busy and obviously worked quite hard, and raised a large family too. Peter Beller had been born in 1800 in Stokes Co. NC., and his parents were Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 VA and wife Mary Polly Campbell. ( we are still researching Campbells, as some of believe they were not in Canada prior to VA and North Carolina. ) We see that Peter Beller also married in Madison Co. AL in 1829 and he and his new bride EVELINA CAMPBELL were surely the PETER BELLER family listed on the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
Files show that Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 in VA may have lived with his son PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC per their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. At least we know a man of Peter Beller's age was living with this PETER BELLER family on their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
We find that the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census listing of Peter Beller, b. 1800 NC, shows an older male between the ages of 50-60 whom we believe to be ELI BELLER, b. 1770-1780, the father of Peter b. 1800. We also believe that ELI BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA may have died in Madison Co. AL, but so far no known grave for him has been found.
The proximitiy of Lincoln Co. TN to Madison Co. AL is just over the Tennessee line from ALABAMA and some discussion of the Bellers and Campbells, moving back and forth between these two states of LINCOLN CO., TENNNESSEE and MADISON CO., ALABAMA has made more verifications possible on census data for them all. Many are still sorting out this newfound data on the Beller family, but from my own perspective of what information I have found, it appears to me that our Bellers and Campbells were in TN by 1830 and Eli Beller had married Evelina Campbell on May 30, 1829 in Madison Co. AL and had returned then to Lincoln Co. TN where he and perhaps his father PETER BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA were then on that 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. Living next door to PETER BELLER are the families of RICHARD CAMPBELL who is age of 20 and under 30 and a female of same age,( presumed to wife to Richard Campbell,) as well as several young children. Also living in Lincoln Co. TN near these Campbell's and Beller's are the families of WILLIAM C. SMITH, ADAM B. BOWMAN, WILLIAM PATTERSON and others who are all listed on same page of this 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census of our PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC who died 1862 Boone Co. Arkansas.
More research is pending on these families as there are so many other BELLERS of this same line who stayed in ALABAMBA and didn't move on into what became Boone Co. AR. But we feel sure that the PETER BELLER of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census is our PETER BELLER born in Stokes Co. NC in 1800 and died in 1862 in Boone Co. AR. who possibly had his father ELI BELLER b. 1770- 1780 VA living with him then. That would mean that ELI BELLER b. 1700-1780 VA may have died in either TENNESSEE or most likely in Madison Co. AL, and not the listings others have for him being in KENTUCKY and elsewhere.
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Per James K. P. Beller III, files in 1999 :
" Peter Beller ( Eli, Peter Jr., Peter, Peter ) was born 4 November 1800 in North Carolina and died 8 May 1862 in Harrison, Carroll Co. Arkansas. He married Evelina Campbell 30 May 1829 in Madison Co. Alabama. "
1850 Carroll Co. AR census listed Peter Beller being born in AL., but by the 1860 Carroll Co. AR. census, Peter Beller is listed born in NC, which we believe to be true as his father then resided in North Carolina in 1800. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
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The Abovementioned Peter Beller moved to Arkansas from Alabama in 1833. In 1834 (says the source below), he and the three Harp Brothers dug a 4' X 3' X 2' hunk of marble out of this hillside for the Washington Monument. The stone was hauled on a sledge by a team of twenty oxen sixty miles across the Ozark and Boston Mountains to the Arkansas River. It was sent by barge to New Orleans, and thence by sail to the Potomac Basin."
"Later, a second stone from this hillside was donated by area freemasons, who felt it was an appropriate donation to honor the fact that George Washington was himself a master mason. The article didn't say so, but I assume the stone was much the same size. Surely the architect in charge of construction would have specified acceptable dimensions."
"Some time around 1840 Beller acquired land that included nearby Marble Falls and built a mill there. Although never officially named, Beller's Mill prospered and grew until the civil war, when the men were pressed into service and their families fled to larger towns to escape attacks by bushwhackers, copperheads, scallawags and other miscellaneous bandits."
"In 1870 a man named Willcockson set up another mill here, and a town grew which bore his name. Mineral waters and healing springs contributed to the town's prosperity. Advances in medicine in the 20th century reduced the flow of visitors, and the town's star faded. Albert Raney and Sons bought the land, changed the name to Marble Falls, and diverted the cold mountain spring water into a trout hatchery, which they operated for several decades. In the late 1960's, a group of Harrison businessmen bought the trout farm and built an amusement park around it. The theme park was based on characters and locations invented and popularized by Al Capp in his daily comic strip "Li'l Abner."
"To promote the park, the name of the town was changed again, to "Dogpatch."
"In 1997, long after the park had closed its gates, remaining residents successfully petitioned the government to have the name changed back to Marble Falls, but the name Dogpatch still lingers on many maps. Check your Rand McNally for Dogpatch on highway 7 between Harrison and Jasper."
Source: Arkansas Gazette, 23 March 1969, section E, page 6, column 4.
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PETER BELLER had a grist mill at Marble Falls or Wilcockson Arkansas as it was called then. Peter nad two of his cousins Dan Johnston and one of the Harp's hand cut a slab of marble at the falls and engraved their names on it and the date and took it to Fort Smith, Ark. and shipped it by waterway to Washington D. C. where it was used in the construction of of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT. All states which had marble was urged to send some to help complete the monument which had stood unfinished for some time. PETER BELLER was born around Knoxville, Tennessee married EVELYN EVALNE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA while making his trip to the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. Peter's father had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. "
"The brothers were : PETER, ELI, GEORGE, WILLIAM ( BELLER ) "
"The sisters were : NANCY FRANCIS who md. a Mr. DICKEY; LYDIA md. FELIX WILBURN; CYNTHIA md. a Mr. KEY. "
" Evaline Campbell Beller had a half sister ELIZABETH whoh married a HOLT. Holt's brothers were : WILLIAM, GEORGE, WADE and ELI ( HOLT ). "
" WILLIAM BELLER, brother of PETER BELLER was the second Postmaster of BELLER STAND ( which is about 3 miles south of Harrison Ark. ) William was postmaster at Beller Stand from March 7, 1838 to Jan. 14, 1846." - by DOROTHY HENLEY abt. 1970's in letter to JAMES K. P. BELLER, III.
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Per Chapter II of "Boone County and It's People" pgs. 20, 21, 22, 23 etc.
"Though Carroll County was erected in 1833, a map published in 1835, failed to keep pace with the rapidly changing geography, and it showed only three counties along the North Arkansas boundary. They were Lawrence, Washington, and Izard. . ..Some of the first inhabitants of Carroll County who settled in that portion which now makes up BOONE COUNTY were Bruce Boyd, Rowland Boyd, PETER BELLER, WILLIAM BELLER, ELI BELLER, James Holt, Robert Trotter, John Trotter, John Watkins, William Watkins, Beal Gaither, Joseph Hickman, Jack Logan, Isham Blevins, John Blevins, John Estes, William Wallace, George Rowland, Samuel Slover, Samuel Hudson, John Hudson, Peter Sneed, Charles Sneed, William Sneed, and Joseph Coker. The above names are taken from the Carroll County Tax Records for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Of these families the COKERS, who resided on White River, have a very strong claim to the title of being one of the oldest families in the county, fora as mentioned before, Schoolcraft stopped with them in 1818. . . . ( pg. 25 ) "The people who passed this way were in serach of land, and when they came to the valleys along CROOKED CREEK and LONG CREEK, or the beautiful clear springs, such as the one at BELLEFONTE, some of them pulled off ( Pg. 26 ) the trail and established their homes. In this manner Carrollton, BELLEFONTE, and CROOKED CREEK were born. Among those who first came to CARROLLTON were Henderson Lafferty, the Benton Brothers, John W. Peel, Henry Keys, and John and Joel Blair. Though some of theess families settled in the level little valley near the head-waters of Long Creek in 1833, the Carrollton Post Office was not establishe until July 29, 1834. Then it was established upon the discontinueance of Liberty, Izard County. In other words, it was actually a change in name and locateion of a post office. The fact that teh office was moved from one county to another and that it's new location was a distance of some thirty miles or more meant nothing in that day of vast distances. Some of the first to settle at the beautiful spring near Mt. Pleasant, which later became BELLEFONTE, were the CHEATHAMS and Dr. James H. Robinson. Those who settled first at BELLER STAND, which later became CROOKED CREEK were the BELLER Brothers, Joseph Hickman, Beal Gaither, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer and John and Robert Trotter. This settlement is of great significance in Boone County history, for it is the beginning of Harrison. The name of the post office was changed from Crooked Creek to Harrison on Feb. 7, 1870. CROOKED CREEK, Carroll County, Arkansas was established as a post office on July 14, 1836. Joseph Hickman was the first postmaster, and the postmasters who followed him for the next twenty-five years were WILLIAM BELLER, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer, and Joseph BAINES. BAINES was postmaster in the years just preceeding, during and immediately following the CIVIL WAR; however, he took time out from his postal duties to fight with the Confederacy. He had three sons who likewise fought with the South. Members of the BAINES family moved into TEXAS and the Indian Territory where they attained positions of prominence. One of the most notable among these is Senator LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON of TEXAS, who is now majority leader in the United States senate. "
Per Judy Gladden files : " Joseph's brother, George Washington Baines, was the great grandfather of LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, 36th President of the UNITED STATES."
Per the Carroll Co. AR and Boone Co. AR history files, there may be a misstatement per the name of MARY E. BELLER being the niece of PETER BELLER which listed her as the daughter of WILLIAM BELLER. But as both William C. Beller and his wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller had died by the 1850 Carroll Co. AR census, we show no other child for them named MARY BELLER, but then their 1840 census was not enumerated with children's names then. But in the household of PETER BELLER in his 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census is a daughter MARY E. BELLER age 18, born AL. Thus in my own FTM files we have chosen to list MARY E. BELLER b. 1832 AL as the daughter of PETER BELLER and wife EVALINE CAMPBELL. This MARY E. BELLER is shown in my files having married JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES b. 1820 AL. WE may in time find that the other AR history on the WILLIAM C. BELLER having a daughter named MARY BELLER who md. JOSEPH BAINES to be correct. Further research is pending. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
Children for Peter and Evelina Campbell Beller are :
Mary E. Beller, Virginia A. Beller; Francis E. Beller; Lydain M. Beller; Maud Beller; John M. Beller; William E. Beller; Lucinda E. Beller; James K. P. Beller b. 4 May 1849 d. 17 Jan. 1908. "
Note : Dorothy Henley ( a relative from Arkansas ) also adds the following to the list of children of Peter and Evaline :
Cynthia Jane; Melina Catherine; Arkansas Berry; Nancy Allen : ( total of 14 children from both lists ).
Per Beller files in 1999 :
" PETER BELLER was born around KNOXVILLE and married EVALINE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA before they moved to ARKANSAS."
Per Beller files also stated :
" Peter Beller b. 1800 d. 1862 : Peter Beller came from around Knoxville, Tennessee ( possibly Cumberland River ) had a grist mill in Arkansas. . . . He was called "CAPT. Peter Beller . "
SINCE 1999 more has been learned on these famlies so data from Beller files will now reflect new data and revised data within this GEDCOM : - Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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From " HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY, ARKANSAS " ( Boone Co. Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. ) :
Looking back it is amazing how many names are part of this family's record: BELLER, EOFF, TAYLOR, COFFMAN, INGRAM, HENLEY, SOWELL, MCGLOTHLAN, PARKER, ANDERSON, KENDALL, HOLLAND, MILBURN, SHOPTAW, HARP, WATKINS, LEATHERMAN, PRUITT, MCNAIR, SARRAT, CHIEF JOHN ROSS, PRINCES QUODIE, RODMAN, SHADDOX, BALLARD, LEE MCLEAN, HUDSON, GLADDEN, ADAMS, DEERE AND BROWN. . . . . . . . .
" The Beller brothers homesteaded land at Elmwood. Peter had a mill and of course, ground corn and wheat for many neighbors. One interesting tidbit was that Peter was the seventh son of the seventh son and had "the power" . He foretold to his family that he had to get a casket ready to go get his son at Pea Ridge for his son had been killed in the war. He built the casket and started on his grim journey only to meet tje funeral wagon bringing the son's body home. Much "foretelling" of Peter's really came true. The General store at Elmwood owned by the Bellers. . . . . . Elondis Ingram and Vinditti Beller were married on horseback near Bellefonte, with Rev. Billie Nicholson performing the ceremony. "Lou" Ingram taught school up on the mountain., where many of his student were older and bigger than he was. His food in the winter consisted of wild game he shot, including a bear that tried to come to school, wild turkeys, squirrels, wild greens and berries. He came to Harrison and farmed 27 acres on Crooked Creek building their home on South Pine Street. He served as postmaster at Elmwood for a time. ( portion submitted by Dorothy Kendall ) .
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NORTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ( NACC ) :
Per the Article : " NACC to Recognize Beller Family "
" A pioneer family that produced several well-known physicians had the ingenuity to make North Arkansas a part of a national monument that will stand forever, and was related to a president of the United States will be honored by North Arkansas Community College this year. . .
The Peter Beller Family will be presented with the college's Boone County Pioneer Family of the Year Award . .
Peter Beller, along with his brothers, William and Eli came to Arkansas from Tennessee and Alabama in the early 1830's before Arkansas statehood. He settled at Marble Falls . . where he built a giant 36 foot waterwheel which powered a mill for grinding wheat and corn. Later he became postmaster, store keeper and stoneworker. The slab of Arkansas marble that is in the Washington Monument was prepared by Beller and two of his cousins, the Harps, who then hauled the stone to a riverport from which it was shipped to Washington. The slab may be seen today from the stairway inside the monument. Beller and his wife, Evaline Campbell Beller, had 14 children, 10 daughters and four sons. One of their sons died in infancy and is buried along with many others in the family, in the family cemetery ( ELMWOOD ) which is a short distance east and south of what is now known as Crooked Creek. Two sons did not survive the Civil War; one WILLIAM ELI was killed fighting for the Confederate Army at Pea Ridge. The only surviving son was JAMES KNOX POLK BELLER, who operated a general store and cabinet shop at Elmwood, where he was also postmaster. The BELLER daughters married into neighboring pioneer families and as did James Knox Polk Beller, produced a number of progeny who, in successive generations have participated actively and fully in social, professional and political life of the area. Several noted present and former physicians from this area are descended of PETER and EVALINE BELLER.
Dr. W. A. HUDSON , 97, the world renowned thoracic surgeon, is a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. J. G. GLADDEN was also a grandson, and his son, prominent Harrison surgeon Dr. JEAN C. GLADDEN, is a great grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. ALLEN ROBINSON, early cancer specialist and creator of the Robinson Museum at Rally Hill, was also a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. WILLIAM CANTRELL MAGNESS, who practiced medicine principally in Missouri, was a great grandson. . . In public and governmental service, Beller descendants have been active as well. In addition to serving as postmaster at Crooked Creek, now known as BELLER STAND or Caravan Springs, brother William Beller held office in Carroll County of which the old county seat was Carrollton. Peter Beller's grandson, the late J. S. ( Silby ) Johnson was sheriff of Boone County in 1920's and a great grandson, James Roy Eoff, served Boone County both as collector and county Judge in recent years.
Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON.
One of the most tragic events in the nation's history was also linked to the Beller family. From BELLER STAND in 1857 departed the ill-fated caravan of 150 men, women and children who were the victims of the MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE in UTAH. The Carvan was led by ALEX FANCHER, kinsman of J. K. FANCHER, . . . .It included many Bellers and their kin and friends. A complete list of those on the caravan, which was headed for California, can be found on the memorial erected in the Boone County Courthouse park in Harrison. . . . .Many other descendants of the Bellers, too numerous to mention, live in and around the area today." - - - Transcribed by : Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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1830 LINCOLN CO. TN CENSUS
Roll 177 pg. 228 Ancestry Image 105/206
PETER BELLER 00002001 00010
2 males age of 20 and under 30 ( one is PETER BELLER b. Nov. 4, 1800 and probably a brother of near same age, who could be Wm. C. Beller b. 1799 ? )
1 male age of 50 and under 60 (If Eli b. bet. 1770-1780 VA may be male age 50-60 perhaps ? )
1 female age of 15 and under 20 ( Mary Baker md. Peter Beller on 30 May, 1829 in Madison Co. AL ) Mary Baker b. abt. 1816 ( some listed her b. Madison Co. AL ? )
( note Richard Campbell next door neighbor to Peter Beller in 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census )
RICHARD CAMPBELL 211010 000110
2 males age under 5 years old
1 male age of 5 and under 10 years old
1 male age of 10 and under 15 years old
1 male age of 20 and under 30 years old
1 female age of 15 and under 20 years old
1 female age of 20 and under 30 years old
Also on same page of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census showing PETER BELLER household and Richard Campbell household are the families of :
WILLIAM C. SMITH
ADAM B. BOWMAN
WILLIAM PATTERSON and others.
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PER JAMES K. P. BELLER, III files :
"MADISON CO. AL Files "
" Articles bought at a store at New Market in 1831 with Prices "
" PETER BELLAR ( self ) June 4, 1831
3 bot. copel varnish $3.38
Copperas .13
1 Glue .38
"June 13 "
Madder .06
"July 21, 1831 " " PETER BELLAR"
25 # Salt $ 1.00
1 set razors 1.50
1 qr. pepper .18 3/4
June 24, 1831 ELI BELLER
10 Lb. Sugar $ 1.00
5 Lb. Coffee 1.00
10 Lb. Sugar 1.00
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1840 Carroll Co. ARKANSAS census " Crooked Creek"
Per Beller files
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census ( Crooked Creek )
A. T. BELLER 00010 000000001
1 male age 15-20 ( Allen T. Beller b. 1821 and age 19 then ).
1 female age 60-70 ( might be mother, Mary Polly Campbell Beller, as her husband Eli b. abt. 1765, so if she b. abt. 1770 be abt. 70 then ) ?
Allen T. Beller married Nancy Stuart and their first child shown b. abt. 1840. So shortly after this census is when he must have married and started his own family. ( Estimated birth date for first child, Mary Rebecca Beller might be off as much as a year or more ).
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PETER BELLER 0011010 3300100
Enumerations show :
1 male age 10-15
1 male age 15-20
1 male age 30-40 ( Peter Beller b. 1800 NC and age abt. 40 then )
3 females age under 5
3 females age 5-10
1 female age 20-30 ( Eveline Campbell Beller b. 1812 TN and abt. age 28 then )
A. T. Beller ( Allen T. Beller also s/o Eli and Mary Campbell Beller ) lived next door to Peter Beller then, ( A. T. and Peter were brothers ) and other nieghbors of these Bellers were the William Key family, Geo. Rowland Sr. family, David Nichols, William Ingram, William Eoff families. So Peter Bellers sister, FRANCIS BELLER KEY lived nearby in William Key household as his wife; and their brother A. T. Beller and their mother ( most likely ) who was Mary Polly Campbell Beller lived nearby as well. The Nichols families and the INGRAM families who also were related through marriage of William Ingram and Martha Nichols whose son James W. Ingram was father to Minnie Ingram and she married Laommi M. Beller, the grandson of PETER BELLER. Also the George Rowland family also had connections to the Bellers in various other marriages, I believe. - Tina Rogers Beller, Aug. 24, 2004.
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Per Tina Rogers Beller files :
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census at Crooked Creek shows :
WILLIAM KEY 3200010 02002010
Enumerations show :
3 males under age 5
2 males 5-10
1 male age 30-40 ( probably William Key )
2 females 5-10
2 females 20-30
1 female age 40-50 ( Francis Beller Key b. 1798 d/o Eli & Mary Campbell Beller. Francis is sister of Peter Beller nearby. Francis d. 1850 )
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1850 CARROLL CO. AR CENSUS for
PETER BELLER age 49 yrs b. AL
Evaline " 38 b. AL
Mary E. " 18 b. AL
Virginia A. " 16 b. AR
Frances E. " 14 b. AR
Lydia M. " 12 b. AR
Manda " 11 b. AR
John M. " 7 b. AR ( b. 1843 per his 1870 BCAR Census )
William E. " 5 b. AR ( Henry )
Lucinda E. " 3 b. AR
James K. P. " 1 b. AR
( Per this census, Mary E. Beller is listed in household of Peter Beller and wife Evaline, though some history was written that Mary Beller who md. Joseph Benjamin Baines was the daughter of William Beller and the niece to Peter Beller. William Beller died in 1850 and his wife had died in 1849, so it is possible that perhaps Peter Beller took in his niece Mary E. Beller per this census data. )
The BAINES family history listed JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES having married MARY FRANCIS BELLER but we do not find that name as one of the children either to William Beller and his wife. However both names of Mary E. and Frances E. Beller appeared on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN Census for PETER BELLER listed above. Also note that MANDA BELLER age 11 is listed who would have been born abt. 1839 when the child of William Beller named AMANDA E. BELLER was born March 07, 1839 AR. Could this then be a mixed household of children of both Peter Beller and his brother William C. Beller ( dec'd. ) on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN census for PETER and Evaline Campbell BELLER ? I have only 13 children listed for WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA L. WILBURN BELLER and as the Boone Co. AR History book listed William C. Beller with 14 surviving children at time of his death in 1850, it might be then that MARY E. BELLER age 18 b. AL is the child of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA LOVINA WILBURN BELLER shown living with her uncle PETER BELLER in 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census.
Per other ARKANSAS articles on the BELLER/ BAINES families this is stated pertaining to Mary Beller being the actual daughter of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller. :
" Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON."
per other files in JKPB III files are :
" William C. Beller died Feb. 26, 1850 of smallpox and Lovina Martha Wilburn Beller died Dec. 27, 1849 after the birth of her youngest. Fourteen children survived them, ranging in age from 2 months old to 27 yrs old. "
1860 Carroll Co. AR Census :
Peter Beller 59 b. NC
Evaline 48 b. TN
Lydia M. 23 b. AR
Manda 21 b. AR
John M. 17 b. AR
William E. 15 b. AR
Lucinda E. 13 b. AR
James P. 11 b. AR
Malinda 9 b. AR
Arkansas 6 b. AR
Nancy A. 2 b. AR.
Purchased 160 acres in 1843 Boone Co. AR.
1870 Boone Co. AR Census of Evaline Beller ( now widowed )
Evaline Beller 57 b. TN
James P. " 20 b. AR
Sarah " 19 b. AR
Malinda " 18 b. AR
Nancy A. " 12 b. AR
John Loyd " 24 b. TN ( cabinet maker )
Lucinda 22 b. AR
( living next to John M. Beller )
Father: Eli BELLER b: BET. 1770 - 1780 in Virginia
Mother: Mary Polly CAMPBELL b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Evaline A. CAMPBELL b: 29 JAN 1812 in Tennessee
Married: 30 MAY 1829 in Madison County, Alabama
Children
Cynthia Jane BELLER b: 4 NOV 1830
Mary Elizabeth BELLER b: ABT. 1832 in Alabama
Virginia Ann BELLER b: 15 APR 1834 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Frances Eveline BELLER b: 1836 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lydia Moore BELLER b: 1837 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Mandany BELLER b: 7 MAR 1839 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Peter C. BELLER b: 12 JAN 1841 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
John MiltonMelton BELLER b: ABT. 1843 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
William Eli BELLER b: 1845 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lucinda Ellen BELLER b: 20 MAR 1847 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
James Knox Polk BELLER b: 4 MAY 1849 in H. Jefferson Twnship. Carroll County, Arkansas
Melinda Catherine BELLER b: 1852 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Arkansas Berry BELLER b: 31 JAN 1853 in Boone County, Arkansas
Nancy Allen BELLER b: 14 FEB 1858 in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
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The Mountain Meadow Massacre in Utah (which is now a National Monument). The
wagon train was led by Captain John Twitty Baker AND Alexander Fancher. It is
known historically as the Baker-Fancher train. This was Captain Baker's 3rd
trip to CA. Captain Baker's son was married to Manerva Ann Beller 1832-1857
(both killed at Mountain Meadow). Their 7 year old daughter, Mary Lovina Baker
was also killed. Their 3 other children, Martha Elizabeth, Sarah Frances and
infant William Twitty survived; although, it took two years to reclaim their
from Mormon families and only after a ransom was paid to the LDS church. The
wagon train was robbed and slaughtered by Mormons dressed up as Paiute Indians.
Not until the 20th century did the LDS church acknowledge participation in the
slaughter at a memorial service in 1990 in Cedar City.
George and Manerva Baker had adopted Manerva's younger brother and sister,
Melissa Ann Beller (b: 1843) and David W. Beller (b: 1845) after their parents
died during possible flu or TB outbreak. These two children 14 and 12 years old
were also slaughtered at Mountain Meadow. (from Catherine Baker, descendant of
John Twitty Baker via his younger brother, Peter Skidmore).
Also, just FYI for Beller family... the 3 month old infant son of Melissa
Anna Baker (1816-1854) and Eli Campbell Beller (1809-1850) whose name was James
A. Beller (b: 2 JAN 1845 d: 2 MAY 1845) is buried at the Baker cemetery with his
maternal grandparents, William Baker (1775) and Hannah Edwards (1775) in New
Market, Madison County AL.
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Mary E. (Elizabeth) Beller b. 27 Feb. 1832 in Alabama, daughter of Peter and Evaline Beller, married Benjamin Franklin Ramsey. They are buried in the Bald Knob Cemetery, Everton, Arkansas ID25198015. Together Mary and Benjamin Ramsey had
Issue: Charles Ramsey 1852-1925
Frances P Ramsey 1854-1942 m. Henry N. Gladden 1864-1955
Benjamin F. Ramsey, Jr.? 3 yrs on Census 1860, Jefferson Township, Carroll County, AR
Martha Jane Ramsey 1858-1922 m. James Mack Robinson, father of Dr. G. Allen Robinson
John William Ramsey 1860-1924 m. Anna Robinson Ramsey 1871-1922
Benjamin Franklin Ramsey (above) married 2nd Lydia Moore Beller, sister of Mary Elizabeth (nee Beller) Ramsey
Issue: Samuel Ramsey 1865-1938) m. 1st Lee Akin, 2nd Florence McDougal, 3rd Mary L. Jones
Mary Alice Ramsey (1863-1933) married Sterling Price Gladden
From the notes of Dr. G. Allen Robinson, grandfather of James Mack Robinson, II
Mary E. Beller who married a Baines was most likely a niece since his daughter married a Ramsey.
Contributor: Anonymous
Peter Beller was born 1 Nov 1800 in , Stokes Co., N.C., and died 8 May 1862. He was buried in Elmwood Cem., Boone Co., AR.. He was the son of Eli Beller and Mary "Polly" Campbell. He married Evaline Campbell. She was born 29 Jan 1812 in TN, and died 27 Aug 1888. She was buried in Elmwood Cem., Boone Co., AR..
Children of Peter and Mary:
Mary E. Beller b: 1832
Virginia A. Beller b: 1834
Lydia M. Beller b: 1837 in AR.
Manda Beller b: 1839 in AR.
Peter C. Beller b: 12 Jan 1841 in AR.
John M. Beller b: 1843 in AR.
William E. Beller b: 1845 in AR.
Lucinda Ellen Beller b: 20 Mar 1847 in AR.
James Kirkpatrick K.P. Beller b: 14 May 1849 in AR.
Malinda C. Beller b: 1851 in AR.
Arkansas Berry Beller b: 31 Jan 1853
Nancy Ellen Beller b: 14 Feb 1858 in , Boone Co.AR.
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We certainly know from historical accounts that Peter Beller had moved to Arkansas by 1833 and that in 1834 he and the Harp brothers had sent the piece of Marble from the mine near the Beller Mill, for the building of the Washington Monument in D. C. Being both a stonemason and a Mill operator, Peter Beller kept busy and obviously worked quite hard, and raised a large family too. Peter Beller had been born in 1800 in Stokes Co. NC., and his parents were Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 VA and wife Mary Polly Campbell. ( we are still researching Campbells, as some of believe they were not in Canada prior to VA and North Carolina. ) We see that Peter Beller also married in Madison Co. AL in 1829 and he and his new bride EVELINA CAMPBELL were surely the PETER BELLER family listed on the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
Files show that Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 in VA may have lived with his son PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC per their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. At least we know a man of Peter Beller's age was living with this PETER BELLER family on their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
We find that the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census listing of Peter Beller, b. 1800 NC, shows an older male between the ages of 50-60 whom we believe to be ELI BELLER, b. 1770-1780, the father of Peter b. 1800. We also believe that ELI BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA may have died in Madison Co. AL, but so far no known grave for him has been found.
The proximitiy of Lincoln Co. TN to Madison Co. AL is just over the Tennessee line from ALABAMA and some discussion of the Bellers and Campbells, moving back and forth between these two states of LINCOLN CO., TENNNESSEE and MADISON CO., ALABAMA has made more verifications possible on census data for them all. Many are still sorting out this newfound data on the Beller family, but from my own perspective of what information I have found, it appears to me that our Bellers and Campbells were in TN by 1830 and Eli Beller had married Evelina Campbell on May 30, 1829 in Madison Co. AL and had returned then to Lincoln Co. TN where he and perhaps his father PETER BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA were then on that 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. Living next door to PETER BELLER are the families of RICHARD CAMPBELL who is age of 20 and under 30 and a female of same age,( presumed to wife to Richard Campbell,) as well as several young children. Also living in Lincoln Co. TN near these Campbell's and Beller's are the families of WILLIAM C. SMITH, ADAM B. BOWMAN, WILLIAM PATTERSON and others who are all listed on same page of this 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census of our PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC who died 1862 Boone Co. Arkansas.
More research is pending on these families as there are so many other BELLERS of this same line who stayed in ALABAMBA and didn't move on into what became Boone Co. AR. But we feel sure that the PETER BELLER of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census is our PETER BELLER born in Stokes Co. NC in 1800 and died in 1862 in Boone Co. AR. who possibly had his father ELI BELLER b. 1770- 1780 VA living with him then. That would mean that ELI BELLER b. 1700-1780 VA may have died in either TENNESSEE or most likely in Madison Co. AL, and not the listings others have for him being in KENTUCKY and elsewhere.
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Per James K. P. Beller III, files in 1999 :
" Peter Beller ( Eli, Peter Jr., Peter, Peter ) was born 4 November 1800 in North Carolina and died 8 May 1862 in Harrison, Carroll Co. Arkansas. He married Evelina Campbell 30 May 1829 in Madison Co. Alabama. "
1850 Carroll Co. AR census listed Peter Beller being born in AL., but by the 1860 Carroll Co. AR. census, Peter Beller is listed born in NC, which we believe to be true as his father then resided in North Carolina in 1800. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
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The Abovementioned Peter Beller moved to Arkansas from Alabama in 1833. In 1834 (says the source below), he and the three Harp Brothers dug a 4' X 3' X 2' hunk of marble out of this hillside for the Washington Monument. The stone was hauled on a sledge by a team of twenty oxen sixty miles across the Ozark and Boston Mountains to the Arkansas River. It was sent by barge to New Orleans, and thence by sail to the Potomac Basin."
"Later, a second stone from this hillside was donated by area freemasons, who felt it was an appropriate donation to honor the fact that George Washington was himself a master mason. The article didn't say so, but I assume the stone was much the same size. Surely the architect in charge of construction would have specified acceptable dimensions."
"Some time around 1840 Beller acquired land that included nearby Marble Falls and built a mill there. Although never officially named, Beller's Mill prospered and grew until the civil war, when the men were pressed into service and their families fled to larger towns to escape attacks by bushwhackers, copperheads, scallawags and other miscellaneous bandits."
"In 1870 a man named Willcockson set up another mill here, and a town grew which bore his name. Mineral waters and healing springs contributed to the town's prosperity. Advances in medicine in the 20th century reduced the flow of visitors, and the town's star faded. Albert Raney and Sons bought the land, changed the name to Marble Falls, and diverted the cold mountain spring water into a trout hatchery, which they operated for several decades. In the late 1960's, a group of Harrison businessmen bought the trout farm and built an amusement park around it. The theme park was based on characters and locations invented and popularized by Al Capp in his daily comic strip "Li'l Abner."
"To promote the park, the name of the town was changed again, to "Dogpatch."
"In 1997, long after the park had closed its gates, remaining residents successfully petitioned the government to have the name changed back to Marble Falls, but the name Dogpatch still lingers on many maps. Check your Rand McNally for Dogpatch on highway 7 between Harrison and Jasper."
Source: Arkansas Gazette, 23 March 1969, section E, page 6, column 4.
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PETER BELLER had a grist mill at Marble Falls or Wilcockson Arkansas as it was called then. Peter nad two of his cousins Dan Johnston and one of the Harp's hand cut a slab of marble at the falls and engraved their names on it and the date and took it to Fort Smith, Ark. and shipped it by waterway to Washington D. C. where it was used in the construction of of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT. All states which had marble was urged to send some to help complete the monument which had stood unfinished for some time. PETER BELLER was born around Knoxville, Tennessee married EVELYN EVALNE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA while making his trip to the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. Peter's father had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. "
"The brothers were : PETER, ELI, GEORGE, WILLIAM ( BELLER ) "
"The sisters were : NANCY FRANCIS who md. a Mr. DICKEY; LYDIA md. FELIX WILBURN; CYNTHIA md. a Mr. KEY. "
" Evaline Campbell Beller had a half sister ELIZABETH whoh married a HOLT. Holt's brothers were : WILLIAM, GEORGE, WADE and ELI ( HOLT ). "
" WILLIAM BELLER, brother of PETER BELLER was the second Postmaster of BELLER STAND ( which is about 3 miles south of Harrison Ark. ) William was postmaster at Beller Stand from March 7, 1838 to Jan. 14, 1846." - by DOROTHY HENLEY abt. 1970's in letter to JAMES K. P. BELLER, III.
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Per Chapter II of "Boone County and It's People" pgs. 20, 21, 22, 23 etc.
"Though Carroll County was erected in 1833, a map published in 1835, failed to keep pace with the rapidly changing geography, and it showed only three counties along the North Arkansas boundary. They were Lawrence, Washington, and Izard. . ..Some of the first inhabitants of Carroll County who settled in that portion which now makes up BOONE COUNTY were Bruce Boyd, Rowland Boyd, PETER BELLER, WILLIAM BELLER, ELI BELLER, James Holt, Robert Trotter, John Trotter, John Watkins, William Watkins, Beal Gaither, Joseph Hickman, Jack Logan, Isham Blevins, John Blevins, John Estes, William Wallace, George Rowland, Samuel Slover, Samuel Hudson, John Hudson, Peter Sneed, Charles Sneed, William Sneed, and Joseph Coker. The above names are taken from the Carroll County Tax Records for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Of these families the COKERS, who resided on White River, have a very strong claim to the title of being one of the oldest families in the county, fora as mentioned before, Schoolcraft stopped with them in 1818. . . . ( pg. 25 ) "The people who passed this way were in serach of land, and when they came to the valleys along CROOKED CREEK and LONG CREEK, or the beautiful clear springs, such as the one at BELLEFONTE, some of them pulled off ( Pg. 26 ) the trail and established their homes. In this manner Carrollton, BELLEFONTE, and CROOKED CREEK were born. Among those who first came to CARROLLTON were Henderson Lafferty, the Benton Brothers, John W. Peel, Henry Keys, and John and Joel Blair. Though some of theess families settled in the level little valley near the head-waters of Long Creek in 1833, the Carrollton Post Office was not establishe until July 29, 1834. Then it was established upon the discontinueance of Liberty, Izard County. In other words, it was actually a change in name and locateion of a post office. The fact that teh office was moved from one county to another and that it's new location was a distance of some thirty miles or more meant nothing in that day of vast distances. Some of the first to settle at the beautiful spring near Mt. Pleasant, which later became BELLEFONTE, were the CHEATHAMS and Dr. James H. Robinson. Those who settled first at BELLER STAND, which later became CROOKED CREEK were the BELLER Brothers, Joseph Hickman, Beal Gaither, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer and John and Robert Trotter. This settlement is of great significance in Boone County history, for it is the beginning of Harrison. The name of the post office was changed from Crooked Creek to Harrison on Feb. 7, 1870. CROOKED CREEK, Carroll County, Arkansas was established as a post office on July 14, 1836. Joseph Hickman was the first postmaster, and the postmasters who followed him for the next twenty-five years were WILLIAM BELLER, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer, and Joseph BAINES. BAINES was postmaster in the years just preceeding, during and immediately following the CIVIL WAR; however, he took time out from his postal duties to fight with the Confederacy. He had three sons who likewise fought with the South. Members of the BAINES family moved into TEXAS and the Indian Territory where they attained positions of prominence. One of the most notable among these is Senator LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON of TEXAS, who is now majority leader in the United States senate. "
Per Judy Gladden files : " Joseph's brother, George Washington Baines, was the great grandfather of LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, 36th President of the UNITED STATES."
Per the Carroll Co. AR and Boone Co. AR history files, there may be a misstatement per the name of MARY E. BELLER being the niece of PETER BELLER which listed her as the daughter of WILLIAM BELLER. But as both William C. Beller and his wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller had died by the 1850 Carroll Co. AR census, we show no other child for them named MARY BELLER, but then their 1840 census was not enumerated with children's names then. But in the household of PETER BELLER in his 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census is a daughter MARY E. BELLER age 18, born AL. Thus in my own FTM files we have chosen to list MARY E. BELLER b. 1832 AL as the daughter of PETER BELLER and wife EVALINE CAMPBELL. This MARY E. BELLER is shown in my files having married JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES b. 1820 AL. WE may in time find that the other AR history on the WILLIAM C. BELLER having a daughter named MARY BELLER who md. JOSEPH BAINES to be correct. Further research is pending. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
Children for Peter and Evelina Campbell Beller are :
Mary E. Beller, Virginia A. Beller; Francis E. Beller; Lydain M. Beller; Maud Beller; John M. Beller; William E. Beller; Lucinda E. Beller; James K. P. Beller b. 4 May 1849 d. 17 Jan. 1908. "
Note : Dorothy Henley ( a relative from Arkansas ) also adds the following to the list of children of Peter and Evaline :
Cynthia Jane; Melina Catherine; Arkansas Berry; Nancy Allen : ( total of 14 children from both lists ).
Per Beller files in 1999 :
" PETER BELLER was born around KNOXVILLE and married EVALINE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA before they moved to ARKANSAS."
Per Beller files also stated :
" Peter Beller b. 1800 d. 1862 : Peter Beller came from around Knoxville, Tennessee ( possibly Cumberland River ) had a grist mill in Arkansas. . . . He was called "CAPT. Peter Beller . "
SINCE 1999 more has been learned on these famlies so data from Beller files will now reflect new data and revised data within this GEDCOM : - Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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From " HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY, ARKANSAS " ( Boone Co. Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. ) :
Looking back it is amazing how many names are part of this family's record: BELLER, EOFF, TAYLOR, COFFMAN, INGRAM, HENLEY, SOWELL, MCGLOTHLAN, PARKER, ANDERSON, KENDALL, HOLLAND, MILBURN, SHOPTAW, HARP, WATKINS, LEATHERMAN, PRUITT, MCNAIR, SARRAT, CHIEF JOHN ROSS, PRINCES QUODIE, RODMAN, SHADDOX, BALLARD, LEE MCLEAN, HUDSON, GLADDEN, ADAMS, DEERE AND BROWN. . . . . . . . .
" The Beller brothers homesteaded land at Elmwood. Peter had a mill and of course, ground corn and wheat for many neighbors. One interesting tidbit was that Peter was the seventh son of the seventh son and had "the power" . He foretold to his family that he had to get a casket ready to go get his son at Pea Ridge for his son had been killed in the war. He built the casket and started on his grim journey only to meet tje funeral wagon bringing the son's body home. Much "foretelling" of Peter's really came true. The General store at Elmwood owned by the Bellers. . . . . . Elondis Ingram and Vinditti Beller were married on horseback near Bellefonte, with Rev. Billie Nicholson performing the ceremony. "Lou" Ingram taught school up on the mountain., where many of his student were older and bigger than he was. His food in the winter consisted of wild game he shot, including a bear that tried to come to school, wild turkeys, squirrels, wild greens and berries. He came to Harrison and farmed 27 acres on Crooked Creek building their home on South Pine Street. He served as postmaster at Elmwood for a time. ( portion submitted by Dorothy Kendall ) .
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NORTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ( NACC ) :
Per the Article : " NACC to Recognize Beller Family "
" A pioneer family that produced several well-known physicians had the ingenuity to make North Arkansas a part of a national monument that will stand forever, and was related to a president of the United States will be honored by North Arkansas Community College this year. . .
The Peter Beller Family will be presented with the college's Boone County Pioneer Family of the Year Award . .
Peter Beller, along with his brothers, William and Eli came to Arkansas from Tennessee and Alabama in the early 1830's before Arkansas statehood. He settled at Marble Falls . . where he built a giant 36 foot waterwheel which powered a mill for grinding wheat and corn. Later he became postmaster, store keeper and stoneworker. The slab of Arkansas marble that is in the Washington Monument was prepared by Beller and two of his cousins, the Harps, who then hauled the stone to a riverport from which it was shipped to Washington. The slab may be seen today from the stairway inside the monument. Beller and his wife, Evaline Campbell Beller, had 14 children, 10 daughters and four sons. One of their sons died in infancy and is buried along with many others in the family, in the family cemetery ( ELMWOOD ) which is a short distance east and south of what is now known as Crooked Creek. Two sons did not survive the Civil War; one WILLIAM ELI was killed fighting for the Confederate Army at Pea Ridge. The only surviving son was JAMES KNOX POLK BELLER, who operated a general store and cabinet shop at Elmwood, where he was also postmaster. The BELLER daughters married into neighboring pioneer families and as did James Knox Polk Beller, produced a number of progeny who, in successive generations have participated actively and fully in social, professional and political life of the area. Several noted present and former physicians from this area are descended of PETER and EVALINE BELLER.
Dr. W. A. HUDSON , 97, the world renowned thoracic surgeon, is a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. J. G. GLADDEN was also a grandson, and his son, prominent Harrison surgeon Dr. JEAN C. GLADDEN, is a great grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. ALLEN ROBINSON, early cancer specialist and creator of the Robinson Museum at Rally Hill, was also a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. WILLIAM CANTRELL MAGNESS, who practiced medicine principally in Missouri, was a great grandson. . . In public and governmental service, Beller descendants have been active as well. In addition to serving as postmaster at Crooked Creek, now known as BELLER STAND or Caravan Springs, brother William Beller held office in Carroll County of which the old county seat was Carrollton. Peter Beller's grandson, the late J. S. ( Silby ) Johnson was sheriff of Boone County in 1920's and a great grandson, James Roy Eoff, served Boone County both as collector and county Judge in recent years.
Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON.
One of the most tragic events in the nation's history was also linked to the Beller family. From BELLER STAND in 1857 departed the ill-fated caravan of 150 men, women and children who were the victims of the MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE in UTAH. The Carvan was led by ALEX FANCHER, kinsman of J. K. FANCHER, . . . .It included many Bellers and their kin and friends. A complete list of those on the caravan, which was headed for California, can be found on the memorial erected in the Boone County Courthouse park in Harrison. . . . .Many other descendants of the Bellers, too numerous to mention, live in and around the area today." - - - Transcribed by : Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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1830 LINCOLN CO. TN CENSUS
Roll 177 pg. 228 Ancestry Image 105/206
PETER BELLER 00002001 00010
2 males age of 20 and under 30 ( one is PETER BELLER b. Nov. 4, 1800 and probably a brother of near same age, who could be Wm. C. Beller b. 1799 ? )
1 male age of 50 and under 60 (If Eli b. bet. 1770-1780 VA may be male age 50-60 perhaps ? )
1 female age of 15 and under 20 ( Mary Baker md. Peter Beller on 30 May, 1829 in Madison Co. AL ) Mary Baker b. abt. 1816 ( some listed her b. Madison Co. AL ? )
( note Richard Campbell next door neighbor to Peter Beller in 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census )
RICHARD CAMPBELL 211010 000110
2 males age under 5 years old
1 male age of 5 and under 10 years old
1 male age of 10 and under 15 years old
1 male age of 20 and under 30 years old
1 female age of 15 and under 20 years old
1 female age of 20 and under 30 years old
Also on same page of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census showing PETER BELLER household and Richard Campbell household are the families of :
WILLIAM C. SMITH
ADAM B. BOWMAN
WILLIAM PATTERSON and others.
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PER JAMES K. P. BELLER, III files :
"MADISON CO. AL Files "
" Articles bought at a store at New Market in 1831 with Prices "
" PETER BELLAR ( self ) June 4, 1831
3 bot. copel varnish $3.38
Copperas .13
1 Glue .38
"June 13 "
Madder .06
"July 21, 1831 " " PETER BELLAR"
25 # Salt $ 1.00
1 set razors 1.50
1 qr. pepper .18 3/4
June 24, 1831 ELI BELLER
10 Lb. Sugar $ 1.00
5 Lb. Coffee 1.00
10 Lb. Sugar 1.00
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1840 Carroll Co. ARKANSAS census " Crooked Creek"
Per Beller files
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census ( Crooked Creek )
A. T. BELLER 00010 000000001
1 male age 15-20 ( Allen T. Beller b. 1821 and age 19 then ).
1 female age 60-70 ( might be mother, Mary Polly Campbell Beller, as her husband Eli b. abt. 1765, so if she b. abt. 1770 be abt. 70 then ) ?
Allen T. Beller married Nancy Stuart and their first child shown b. abt. 1840. So shortly after this census is when he must have married and started his own family. ( Estimated birth date for first child, Mary Rebecca Beller might be off as much as a year or more ).
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PETER BELLER 0011010 3300100
Enumerations show :
1 male age 10-15
1 male age 15-20
1 male age 30-40 ( Peter Beller b. 1800 NC and age abt. 40 then )
3 females age under 5
3 females age 5-10
1 female age 20-30 ( Eveline Campbell Beller b. 1812 TN and abt. age 28 then )
A. T. Beller ( Allen T. Beller also s/o Eli and Mary Campbell Beller ) lived next door to Peter Beller then, ( A. T. and Peter were brothers ) and other nieghbors of these Bellers were the William Key family, Geo. Rowland Sr. family, David Nichols, William Ingram, William Eoff families. So Peter Bellers sister, FRANCIS BELLER KEY lived nearby in William Key household as his wife; and their brother A. T. Beller and their mother ( most likely ) who was Mary Polly Campbell Beller lived nearby as well. The Nichols families and the INGRAM families who also were related through marriage of William Ingram and Martha Nichols whose son James W. Ingram was father to Minnie Ingram and she married Laommi M. Beller, the grandson of PETER BELLER. Also the George Rowland family also had connections to the Bellers in various other marriages, I believe. - Tina Rogers Beller, Aug. 24, 2004.
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Per Tina Rogers Beller files :
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census at Crooked Creek shows :
WILLIAM KEY 3200010 02002010
Enumerations show :
3 males under age 5
2 males 5-10
1 male age 30-40 ( probably William Key )
2 females 5-10
2 females 20-30
1 female age 40-50 ( Francis Beller Key b. 1798 d/o Eli & Mary Campbell Beller. Francis is sister of Peter Beller nearby. Francis d. 1850 )
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1850 CARROLL CO. AR CENSUS for
PETER BELLER age 49 yrs b. AL
Evaline " 38 b. AL
Mary E. " 18 b. AL
Virginia A. " 16 b. AR
Frances E. " 14 b. AR
Lydia M. " 12 b. AR
Manda " 11 b. AR
John M. " 7 b. AR ( b. 1843 per his 1870 BCAR Census )
William E. " 5 b. AR ( Henry )
Lucinda E. " 3 b. AR
James K. P. " 1 b. AR
( Per this census, Mary E. Beller is listed in household of Peter Beller and wife Evaline, though some history was written that Mary Beller who md. Joseph Benjamin Baines was the daughter of William Beller and the niece to Peter Beller. William Beller died in 1850 and his wife had died in 1849, so it is possible that perhaps Peter Beller took in his niece Mary E. Beller per this census data. )
The BAINES family history listed JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES having married MARY FRANCIS BELLER but we do not find that name as one of the children either to William Beller and his wife. However both names of Mary E. and Frances E. Beller appeared on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN Census for PETER BELLER listed above. Also note that MANDA BELLER age 11 is listed who would have been born abt. 1839 when the child of William Beller named AMANDA E. BELLER was born March 07, 1839 AR. Could this then be a mixed household of children of both Peter Beller and his brother William C. Beller ( dec'd. ) on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN census for PETER and Evaline Campbell BELLER ? I have only 13 children listed for WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA L. WILBURN BELLER and as the Boone Co. AR History book listed William C. Beller with 14 surviving children at time of his death in 1850, it might be then that MARY E. BELLER age 18 b. AL is the child of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA LOVINA WILBURN BELLER shown living with her uncle PETER BELLER in 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census.
Per other ARKANSAS articles on the BELLER/ BAINES families this is stated pertaining to Mary Beller being the actual daughter of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller. :
" Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON."
per other files in JKPB III files are :
" William C. Beller died Feb. 26, 1850 of smallpox and Lovina Martha Wilburn Beller died Dec. 27, 1849 after the birth of her youngest. Fourteen children survived them, ranging in age from 2 months old to 27 yrs old. "
1860 Carroll Co. AR Census :
Peter Beller 59 b. NC
Evaline 48 b. TN
Lydia M. 23 b. AR
Manda 21 b. AR
John M. 17 b. AR
William E. 15 b. AR
Lucinda E. 13 b. AR
James P. 11 b. AR
Malinda 9 b. AR
Arkansas 6 b. AR
Nancy A. 2 b. AR.
Purchased 160 acres in 1843 Boone Co. AR.
1870 Boone Co. AR Census of Evaline Beller ( now widowed )
Evaline Beller 57 b. TN
James P. " 20 b. AR
Sarah " 19 b. AR
Malinda " 18 b. AR
Nancy A. " 12 b. AR
John Loyd " 24 b. TN ( cabinet maker )
Lucinda 22 b. AR
( living next to John M. Beller )
Father: Eli BELLER b: BET. 1770 - 1780 in Virginia
Mother: Mary Polly CAMPBELL b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Evaline A. CAMPBELL b: 29 JAN 1812 in Tennessee
Married: 30 MAY 1829 in Madison County, Alabama
Children
Cynthia Jane BELLER b: 4 NOV 1830
Mary Elizabeth BELLER b: ABT. 1832 in Alabama
Virginia Ann BELLER b: 15 APR 1834 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Frances Eveline BELLER b: 1836 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lydia Moore BELLER b: 1837 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Mandany BELLER b: 7 MAR 1839 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Peter C. BELLER b: 12 JAN 1841 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
John MiltonMelton BELLER b: ABT. 1843 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
William Eli BELLER b: 1845 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lucinda Ellen BELLER b: 20 MAR 1847 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
James Knox Polk BELLER b: 4 MAY 1849 in H. Jefferson Twnship. Carroll County, Arkansas
Melinda Catherine BELLER b: 1852 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Arkansas Berry BELLER b: 31 JAN 1853 in Boone County, Arkansas
Nancy Allen BELLER b: 14 FEB 1858 in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
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The Mountain Meadow Massacre in Utah (which is now a National Monument). The
wagon train was led by Captain John Twitty Baker AND Alexander Fancher. It is
known historically as the Baker-Fancher train. This was Captain Baker's 3rd
trip to CA. Captain Baker's son was married to Manerva Ann Beller 1832-1857
(both killed at Mountain Meadow). Their 7 year old daughter, Mary Lovina Baker
was also killed. Their 3 other children, Martha Elizabeth, Sarah Frances and
infant William Twitty survived; although, it took two years to reclaim their
from Mormon families and only after a ransom was paid to the LDS church. The
wagon train was robbed and slaughtered by Mormons dressed up as Paiute Indians.
Not until the 20th century did the LDS church acknowledge participation in the
slaughter at a memorial service in 1990 in Cedar City.
George and Manerva Baker had adopted Manerva's younger brother and sister,
Melissa Ann Beller (b: 1843) and David W. Beller (b: 1845) after their parents
died during possible flu or TB outbreak. These two children 14 and 12 years old
were also slaughtered at Mountain Meadow. (from Catherine Baker, descendant of
John Twitty Baker via his younger brother, Peter Skidmore).
Also, just FYI for Beller family... the 3 month old infant son of Melissa
Anna Baker (1816-1854) and Eli Campbell Beller (1809-1850) whose name was James
A. Beller (b: 2 JAN 1845 d: 2 MAY 1845) is buried at the Baker cemetery with his
maternal grandparents, William Baker (1775) and Hannah Edwards (1775) in New
Market, Madison County AL.
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Mary E. (Elizabeth) Beller b. 27 Feb. 1832 in Alabama, daughter of Peter and Evaline Beller, married Benjamin Franklin Ramsey. They are buried in the Bald Knob Cemetery, Everton, Arkansas ID25198015. Together Mary and Benjamin Ramsey had
Issue: Charles Ramsey 1852-1925
Frances P Ramsey 1854-1942 m. Henry N. Gladden 1864-1955
Benjamin F. Ramsey, Jr.? 3 yrs on Census 1860, Jefferson Township, Carroll County, AR
Martha Jane Ramsey 1858-1922 m. James Mack Robinson, father of Dr. G. Allen Robinson
John William Ramsey 1860-1924 m. Anna Robinson Ramsey 1871-1922
Benjamin Franklin Ramsey (above) married 2nd Lydia Moore Beller, sister of Mary Elizabeth (nee Beller) Ramsey
Issue: Samuel Ramsey 1865-1938) m. 1st Lee Akin, 2nd Florence McDougal, 3rd Mary L. Jones
Mary Alice Ramsey (1863-1933) married Sterling Price Gladden
From the notes of Dr. G. Allen Robinson, grandfather of James Mack Robinson, II
Mary E. Beller who married a Baines was most likely a niece since his daughter married a Ramsey.
Contributor: Anonymous
Children of Peter and Mary:
Mary E. Beller b: 1832
Virginia A. Beller b: 1834
Lydia M. Beller b: 1837 in AR.
Manda Beller b: 1839 in AR.
Peter C. Beller b: 12 Jan 1841 in AR.
John M. Beller b: 1843 in AR.
William E. Beller b: 1845 in AR.
Lucinda Ellen Beller b: 20 Mar 1847 in AR.
James Kirkpatrick K.P. Beller b: 14 May 1849 in AR.
Malinda C. Beller b: 1851 in AR.
Arkansas Berry Beller b: 31 Jan 1853
Nancy Ellen Beller b: 14 Feb 1858 in , Boone Co.AR.
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We certainly know from historical accounts that Peter Beller had moved to Arkansas by 1833 and that in 1834 he and the Harp brothers had sent the piece of Marble from the mine near the Beller Mill, for the building of the Washington Monument in D. C. Being both a stonemason and a Mill operator, Peter Beller kept busy and obviously worked quite hard, and raised a large family too. Peter Beller had been born in 1800 in Stokes Co. NC., and his parents were Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 VA and wife Mary Polly Campbell. ( we are still researching Campbells, as some of believe they were not in Canada prior to VA and North Carolina. ) We see that Peter Beller also married in Madison Co. AL in 1829 and he and his new bride EVELINA CAMPBELL were surely the PETER BELLER family listed on the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
Files show that Eli Beller b. 1770-1780 in VA may have lived with his son PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC per their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. At least we know a man of Peter Beller's age was living with this PETER BELLER family on their 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census.
We find that the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census listing of Peter Beller, b. 1800 NC, shows an older male between the ages of 50-60 whom we believe to be ELI BELLER, b. 1770-1780, the father of Peter b. 1800. We also believe that ELI BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA may have died in Madison Co. AL, but so far no known grave for him has been found.
The proximitiy of Lincoln Co. TN to Madison Co. AL is just over the Tennessee line from ALABAMA and some discussion of the Bellers and Campbells, moving back and forth between these two states of LINCOLN CO., TENNNESSEE and MADISON CO., ALABAMA has made more verifications possible on census data for them all. Many are still sorting out this newfound data on the Beller family, but from my own perspective of what information I have found, it appears to me that our Bellers and Campbells were in TN by 1830 and Eli Beller had married Evelina Campbell on May 30, 1829 in Madison Co. AL and had returned then to Lincoln Co. TN where he and perhaps his father PETER BELLER b. 1770-1780 VA were then on that 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census. Living next door to PETER BELLER are the families of RICHARD CAMPBELL who is age of 20 and under 30 and a female of same age,( presumed to wife to Richard Campbell,) as well as several young children. Also living in Lincoln Co. TN near these Campbell's and Beller's are the families of WILLIAM C. SMITH, ADAM B. BOWMAN, WILLIAM PATTERSON and others who are all listed on same page of this 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census of our PETER BELLER b. 1800 NC who died 1862 Boone Co. Arkansas.
More research is pending on these families as there are so many other BELLERS of this same line who stayed in ALABAMBA and didn't move on into what became Boone Co. AR. But we feel sure that the PETER BELLER of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN census is our PETER BELLER born in Stokes Co. NC in 1800 and died in 1862 in Boone Co. AR. who possibly had his father ELI BELLER b. 1770- 1780 VA living with him then. That would mean that ELI BELLER b. 1700-1780 VA may have died in either TENNESSEE or most likely in Madison Co. AL, and not the listings others have for him being in KENTUCKY and elsewhere.
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Per James K. P. Beller III, files in 1999 :
" Peter Beller ( Eli, Peter Jr., Peter, Peter ) was born 4 November 1800 in North Carolina and died 8 May 1862 in Harrison, Carroll Co. Arkansas. He married Evelina Campbell 30 May 1829 in Madison Co. Alabama. "
1850 Carroll Co. AR census listed Peter Beller being born in AL., but by the 1860 Carroll Co. AR. census, Peter Beller is listed born in NC, which we believe to be true as his father then resided in North Carolina in 1800. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
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The Abovementioned Peter Beller moved to Arkansas from Alabama in 1833. In 1834 (says the source below), he and the three Harp Brothers dug a 4' X 3' X 2' hunk of marble out of this hillside for the Washington Monument. The stone was hauled on a sledge by a team of twenty oxen sixty miles across the Ozark and Boston Mountains to the Arkansas River. It was sent by barge to New Orleans, and thence by sail to the Potomac Basin."
"Later, a second stone from this hillside was donated by area freemasons, who felt it was an appropriate donation to honor the fact that George Washington was himself a master mason. The article didn't say so, but I assume the stone was much the same size. Surely the architect in charge of construction would have specified acceptable dimensions."
"Some time around 1840 Beller acquired land that included nearby Marble Falls and built a mill there. Although never officially named, Beller's Mill prospered and grew until the civil war, when the men were pressed into service and their families fled to larger towns to escape attacks by bushwhackers, copperheads, scallawags and other miscellaneous bandits."
"In 1870 a man named Willcockson set up another mill here, and a town grew which bore his name. Mineral waters and healing springs contributed to the town's prosperity. Advances in medicine in the 20th century reduced the flow of visitors, and the town's star faded. Albert Raney and Sons bought the land, changed the name to Marble Falls, and diverted the cold mountain spring water into a trout hatchery, which they operated for several decades. In the late 1960's, a group of Harrison businessmen bought the trout farm and built an amusement park around it. The theme park was based on characters and locations invented and popularized by Al Capp in his daily comic strip "Li'l Abner."
"To promote the park, the name of the town was changed again, to "Dogpatch."
"In 1997, long after the park had closed its gates, remaining residents successfully petitioned the government to have the name changed back to Marble Falls, but the name Dogpatch still lingers on many maps. Check your Rand McNally for Dogpatch on highway 7 between Harrison and Jasper."
Source: Arkansas Gazette, 23 March 1969, section E, page 6, column 4.
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PETER BELLER had a grist mill at Marble Falls or Wilcockson Arkansas as it was called then. Peter nad two of his cousins Dan Johnston and one of the Harp's hand cut a slab of marble at the falls and engraved their names on it and the date and took it to Fort Smith, Ark. and shipped it by waterway to Washington D. C. where it was used in the construction of of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT. All states which had marble was urged to send some to help complete the monument which had stood unfinished for some time. PETER BELLER was born around Knoxville, Tennessee married EVELYN EVALNE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA while making his trip to the Arkansas Ozark Mountains. Peter's father had 4 brothers and 3 sisters. "
"The brothers were : PETER, ELI, GEORGE, WILLIAM ( BELLER ) "
"The sisters were : NANCY FRANCIS who md. a Mr. DICKEY; LYDIA md. FELIX WILBURN; CYNTHIA md. a Mr. KEY. "
" Evaline Campbell Beller had a half sister ELIZABETH whoh married a HOLT. Holt's brothers were : WILLIAM, GEORGE, WADE and ELI ( HOLT ). "
" WILLIAM BELLER, brother of PETER BELLER was the second Postmaster of BELLER STAND ( which is about 3 miles south of Harrison Ark. ) William was postmaster at Beller Stand from March 7, 1838 to Jan. 14, 1846." - by DOROTHY HENLEY abt. 1970's in letter to JAMES K. P. BELLER, III.
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Per Chapter II of "Boone County and It's People" pgs. 20, 21, 22, 23 etc.
"Though Carroll County was erected in 1833, a map published in 1835, failed to keep pace with the rapidly changing geography, and it showed only three counties along the North Arkansas boundary. They were Lawrence, Washington, and Izard. . ..Some of the first inhabitants of Carroll County who settled in that portion which now makes up BOONE COUNTY were Bruce Boyd, Rowland Boyd, PETER BELLER, WILLIAM BELLER, ELI BELLER, James Holt, Robert Trotter, John Trotter, John Watkins, William Watkins, Beal Gaither, Joseph Hickman, Jack Logan, Isham Blevins, John Blevins, John Estes, William Wallace, George Rowland, Samuel Slover, Samuel Hudson, John Hudson, Peter Sneed, Charles Sneed, William Sneed, and Joseph Coker. The above names are taken from the Carroll County Tax Records for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836. Of these families the COKERS, who resided on White River, have a very strong claim to the title of being one of the oldest families in the county, fora as mentioned before, Schoolcraft stopped with them in 1818. . . . ( pg. 25 ) "The people who passed this way were in serach of land, and when they came to the valleys along CROOKED CREEK and LONG CREEK, or the beautiful clear springs, such as the one at BELLEFONTE, some of them pulled off ( Pg. 26 ) the trail and established their homes. In this manner Carrollton, BELLEFONTE, and CROOKED CREEK were born. Among those who first came to CARROLLTON were Henderson Lafferty, the Benton Brothers, John W. Peel, Henry Keys, and John and Joel Blair. Though some of theess families settled in the level little valley near the head-waters of Long Creek in 1833, the Carrollton Post Office was not establishe until July 29, 1834. Then it was established upon the discontinueance of Liberty, Izard County. In other words, it was actually a change in name and locateion of a post office. The fact that teh office was moved from one county to another and that it's new location was a distance of some thirty miles or more meant nothing in that day of vast distances. Some of the first to settle at the beautiful spring near Mt. Pleasant, which later became BELLEFONTE, were the CHEATHAMS and Dr. James H. Robinson. Those who settled first at BELLER STAND, which later became CROOKED CREEK were the BELLER Brothers, Joseph Hickman, Beal Gaither, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer and John and Robert Trotter. This settlement is of great significance in Boone County history, for it is the beginning of Harrison. The name of the post office was changed from Crooked Creek to Harrison on Feb. 7, 1870. CROOKED CREEK, Carroll County, Arkansas was established as a post office on July 14, 1836. Joseph Hickman was the first postmaster, and the postmasters who followed him for the next twenty-five years were WILLIAM BELLER, William Mitchell, Garrett Greer, and Joseph BAINES. BAINES was postmaster in the years just preceeding, during and immediately following the CIVIL WAR; however, he took time out from his postal duties to fight with the Confederacy. He had three sons who likewise fought with the South. Members of the BAINES family moved into TEXAS and the Indian Territory where they attained positions of prominence. One of the most notable among these is Senator LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON of TEXAS, who is now majority leader in the United States senate. "
Per Judy Gladden files : " Joseph's brother, George Washington Baines, was the great grandfather of LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, 36th President of the UNITED STATES."
Per the Carroll Co. AR and Boone Co. AR history files, there may be a misstatement per the name of MARY E. BELLER being the niece of PETER BELLER which listed her as the daughter of WILLIAM BELLER. But as both William C. Beller and his wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller had died by the 1850 Carroll Co. AR census, we show no other child for them named MARY BELLER, but then their 1840 census was not enumerated with children's names then. But in the household of PETER BELLER in his 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census is a daughter MARY E. BELLER age 18, born AL. Thus in my own FTM files we have chosen to list MARY E. BELLER b. 1832 AL as the daughter of PETER BELLER and wife EVALINE CAMPBELL. This MARY E. BELLER is shown in my files having married JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES b. 1820 AL. WE may in time find that the other AR history on the WILLIAM C. BELLER having a daughter named MARY BELLER who md. JOSEPH BAINES to be correct. Further research is pending. - Tina Rogers Beller, July 13, 2005.
Children for Peter and Evelina Campbell Beller are :
Mary E. Beller, Virginia A. Beller; Francis E. Beller; Lydain M. Beller; Maud Beller; John M. Beller; William E. Beller; Lucinda E. Beller; James K. P. Beller b. 4 May 1849 d. 17 Jan. 1908. "
Note : Dorothy Henley ( a relative from Arkansas ) also adds the following to the list of children of Peter and Evaline :
Cynthia Jane; Melina Catherine; Arkansas Berry; Nancy Allen : ( total of 14 children from both lists ).
Per Beller files in 1999 :
" PETER BELLER was born around KNOXVILLE and married EVALINE CAMPBELL in ALABAMA before they moved to ARKANSAS."
Per Beller files also stated :
" Peter Beller b. 1800 d. 1862 : Peter Beller came from around Knoxville, Tennessee ( possibly Cumberland River ) had a grist mill in Arkansas. . . . He was called "CAPT. Peter Beller . "
SINCE 1999 more has been learned on these famlies so data from Beller files will now reflect new data and revised data within this GEDCOM : - Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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From " HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY, ARKANSAS " ( Boone Co. Historical & Railroad Society, Inc. ) :
Looking back it is amazing how many names are part of this family's record: BELLER, EOFF, TAYLOR, COFFMAN, INGRAM, HENLEY, SOWELL, MCGLOTHLAN, PARKER, ANDERSON, KENDALL, HOLLAND, MILBURN, SHOPTAW, HARP, WATKINS, LEATHERMAN, PRUITT, MCNAIR, SARRAT, CHIEF JOHN ROSS, PRINCES QUODIE, RODMAN, SHADDOX, BALLARD, LEE MCLEAN, HUDSON, GLADDEN, ADAMS, DEERE AND BROWN. . . . . . . . .
" The Beller brothers homesteaded land at Elmwood. Peter had a mill and of course, ground corn and wheat for many neighbors. One interesting tidbit was that Peter was the seventh son of the seventh son and had "the power" . He foretold to his family that he had to get a casket ready to go get his son at Pea Ridge for his son had been killed in the war. He built the casket and started on his grim journey only to meet tje funeral wagon bringing the son's body home. Much "foretelling" of Peter's really came true. The General store at Elmwood owned by the Bellers. . . . . . Elondis Ingram and Vinditti Beller were married on horseback near Bellefonte, with Rev. Billie Nicholson performing the ceremony. "Lou" Ingram taught school up on the mountain., where many of his student were older and bigger than he was. His food in the winter consisted of wild game he shot, including a bear that tried to come to school, wild turkeys, squirrels, wild greens and berries. He came to Harrison and farmed 27 acres on Crooked Creek building their home on South Pine Street. He served as postmaster at Elmwood for a time. ( portion submitted by Dorothy Kendall ) .
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NORTH ARKANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE ( NACC ) :
Per the Article : " NACC to Recognize Beller Family "
" A pioneer family that produced several well-known physicians had the ingenuity to make North Arkansas a part of a national monument that will stand forever, and was related to a president of the United States will be honored by North Arkansas Community College this year. . .
The Peter Beller Family will be presented with the college's Boone County Pioneer Family of the Year Award . .
Peter Beller, along with his brothers, William and Eli came to Arkansas from Tennessee and Alabama in the early 1830's before Arkansas statehood. He settled at Marble Falls . . where he built a giant 36 foot waterwheel which powered a mill for grinding wheat and corn. Later he became postmaster, store keeper and stoneworker. The slab of Arkansas marble that is in the Washington Monument was prepared by Beller and two of his cousins, the Harps, who then hauled the stone to a riverport from which it was shipped to Washington. The slab may be seen today from the stairway inside the monument. Beller and his wife, Evaline Campbell Beller, had 14 children, 10 daughters and four sons. One of their sons died in infancy and is buried along with many others in the family, in the family cemetery ( ELMWOOD ) which is a short distance east and south of what is now known as Crooked Creek. Two sons did not survive the Civil War; one WILLIAM ELI was killed fighting for the Confederate Army at Pea Ridge. The only surviving son was JAMES KNOX POLK BELLER, who operated a general store and cabinet shop at Elmwood, where he was also postmaster. The BELLER daughters married into neighboring pioneer families and as did James Knox Polk Beller, produced a number of progeny who, in successive generations have participated actively and fully in social, professional and political life of the area. Several noted present and former physicians from this area are descended of PETER and EVALINE BELLER.
Dr. W. A. HUDSON , 97, the world renowned thoracic surgeon, is a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. J. G. GLADDEN was also a grandson, and his son, prominent Harrison surgeon Dr. JEAN C. GLADDEN, is a great grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. ALLEN ROBINSON, early cancer specialist and creator of the Robinson Museum at Rally Hill, was also a grandson of the Bellers. The late Dr. WILLIAM CANTRELL MAGNESS, who practiced medicine principally in Missouri, was a great grandson. . . In public and governmental service, Beller descendants have been active as well. In addition to serving as postmaster at Crooked Creek, now known as BELLER STAND or Caravan Springs, brother William Beller held office in Carroll County of which the old county seat was Carrollton. Peter Beller's grandson, the late J. S. ( Silby ) Johnson was sheriff of Boone County in 1920's and a great grandson, James Roy Eoff, served Boone County both as collector and county Judge in recent years.
Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON.
One of the most tragic events in the nation's history was also linked to the Beller family. From BELLER STAND in 1857 departed the ill-fated caravan of 150 men, women and children who were the victims of the MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE in UTAH. The Carvan was led by ALEX FANCHER, kinsman of J. K. FANCHER, . . . .It included many Bellers and their kin and friends. A complete list of those on the caravan, which was headed for California, can be found on the memorial erected in the Boone County Courthouse park in Harrison. . . . .Many other descendants of the Bellers, too numerous to mention, live in and around the area today." - - - Transcribed by : Tina Rogers Beller, Sept. 04, 2004.
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1830 LINCOLN CO. TN CENSUS
Roll 177 pg. 228 Ancestry Image 105/206
PETER BELLER 00002001 00010
2 males age of 20 and under 30 ( one is PETER BELLER b. Nov. 4, 1800 and probably a brother of near same age, who could be Wm. C. Beller b. 1799 ? )
1 male age of 50 and under 60 (If Eli b. bet. 1770-1780 VA may be male age 50-60 perhaps ? )
1 female age of 15 and under 20 ( Mary Baker md. Peter Beller on 30 May, 1829 in Madison Co. AL ) Mary Baker b. abt. 1816 ( some listed her b. Madison Co. AL ? )
( note Richard Campbell next door neighbor to Peter Beller in 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census )
RICHARD CAMPBELL 211010 000110
2 males age under 5 years old
1 male age of 5 and under 10 years old
1 male age of 10 and under 15 years old
1 male age of 20 and under 30 years old
1 female age of 15 and under 20 years old
1 female age of 20 and under 30 years old
Also on same page of the 1830 Lincoln Co. TN Census showing PETER BELLER household and Richard Campbell household are the families of :
WILLIAM C. SMITH
ADAM B. BOWMAN
WILLIAM PATTERSON and others.
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PER JAMES K. P. BELLER, III files :
"MADISON CO. AL Files "
" Articles bought at a store at New Market in 1831 with Prices "
" PETER BELLAR ( self ) June 4, 1831
3 bot. copel varnish $3.38
Copperas .13
1 Glue .38
"June 13 "
Madder .06
"July 21, 1831 " " PETER BELLAR"
25 # Salt $ 1.00
1 set razors 1.50
1 qr. pepper .18 3/4
June 24, 1831 ELI BELLER
10 Lb. Sugar $ 1.00
5 Lb. Coffee 1.00
10 Lb. Sugar 1.00
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1840 Carroll Co. ARKANSAS census " Crooked Creek"
Per Beller files
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census ( Crooked Creek )
A. T. BELLER 00010 000000001
1 male age 15-20 ( Allen T. Beller b. 1821 and age 19 then ).
1 female age 60-70 ( might be mother, Mary Polly Campbell Beller, as her husband Eli b. abt. 1765, so if she b. abt. 1770 be abt. 70 then ) ?
Allen T. Beller married Nancy Stuart and their first child shown b. abt. 1840. So shortly after this census is when he must have married and started his own family. ( Estimated birth date for first child, Mary Rebecca Beller might be off as much as a year or more ).
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PETER BELLER 0011010 3300100
Enumerations show :
1 male age 10-15
1 male age 15-20
1 male age 30-40 ( Peter Beller b. 1800 NC and age abt. 40 then )
3 females age under 5
3 females age 5-10
1 female age 20-30 ( Eveline Campbell Beller b. 1812 TN and abt. age 28 then )
A. T. Beller ( Allen T. Beller also s/o Eli and Mary Campbell Beller ) lived next door to Peter Beller then, ( A. T. and Peter were brothers ) and other nieghbors of these Bellers were the William Key family, Geo. Rowland Sr. family, David Nichols, William Ingram, William Eoff families. So Peter Bellers sister, FRANCIS BELLER KEY lived nearby in William Key household as his wife; and their brother A. T. Beller and their mother ( most likely ) who was Mary Polly Campbell Beller lived nearby as well. The Nichols families and the INGRAM families who also were related through marriage of William Ingram and Martha Nichols whose son James W. Ingram was father to Minnie Ingram and she married Laommi M. Beller, the grandson of PETER BELLER. Also the George Rowland family also had connections to the Bellers in various other marriages, I believe. - Tina Rogers Beller, Aug. 24, 2004.
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Per Tina Rogers Beller files :
1840 Carroll Co. AR Census at Crooked Creek shows :
WILLIAM KEY 3200010 02002010
Enumerations show :
3 males under age 5
2 males 5-10
1 male age 30-40 ( probably William Key )
2 females 5-10
2 females 20-30
1 female age 40-50 ( Francis Beller Key b. 1798 d/o Eli & Mary Campbell Beller. Francis is sister of Peter Beller nearby. Francis d. 1850 )
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1850 CARROLL CO. AR CENSUS for
PETER BELLER age 49 yrs b. AL
Evaline " 38 b. AL
Mary E. " 18 b. AL
Virginia A. " 16 b. AR
Frances E. " 14 b. AR
Lydia M. " 12 b. AR
Manda " 11 b. AR
John M. " 7 b. AR ( b. 1843 per his 1870 BCAR Census )
William E. " 5 b. AR ( Henry )
Lucinda E. " 3 b. AR
James K. P. " 1 b. AR
( Per this census, Mary E. Beller is listed in household of Peter Beller and wife Evaline, though some history was written that Mary Beller who md. Joseph Benjamin Baines was the daughter of William Beller and the niece to Peter Beller. William Beller died in 1850 and his wife had died in 1849, so it is possible that perhaps Peter Beller took in his niece Mary E. Beller per this census data. )
The BAINES family history listed JOSEPH BENJAMIN BAINES having married MARY FRANCIS BELLER but we do not find that name as one of the children either to William Beller and his wife. However both names of Mary E. and Frances E. Beller appeared on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN Census for PETER BELLER listed above. Also note that MANDA BELLER age 11 is listed who would have been born abt. 1839 when the child of William Beller named AMANDA E. BELLER was born March 07, 1839 AR. Could this then be a mixed household of children of both Peter Beller and his brother William C. Beller ( dec'd. ) on the 1850 Carroll Co. TN census for PETER and Evaline Campbell BELLER ? I have only 13 children listed for WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA L. WILBURN BELLER and as the Boone Co. AR History book listed William C. Beller with 14 surviving children at time of his death in 1850, it might be then that MARY E. BELLER age 18 b. AL is the child of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife MARTHA LOVINA WILBURN BELLER shown living with her uncle PETER BELLER in 1850 Carroll Co. AR Census.
Per other ARKANSAS articles on the BELLER/ BAINES families this is stated pertaining to Mary Beller being the actual daughter of WILLIAM C. BELLER and wife Martha Lovina Wilburn Beller. :
" Mary Beller, daughter of William Beller and niece of Peter and Evaline Beller , married a man named JOSEPH " FAUS" BAINES. BAINES, and his brother, George Washington Baine, lived along Crooked Creek near Baines School and Church, just south of what is now Harrison on Highway 7 until the 1840's, when they moved to Texas. George Washington Baines was the grandfather of United Staes President, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON."
per other files in JKPB III files are :
" William C. Beller died Feb. 26, 1850 of smallpox and Lovina Martha Wilburn Beller died Dec. 27, 1849 after the birth of her youngest. Fourteen children survived them, ranging in age from 2 months old to 27 yrs old. "
1860 Carroll Co. AR Census :
Peter Beller 59 b. NC
Evaline 48 b. TN
Lydia M. 23 b. AR
Manda 21 b. AR
John M. 17 b. AR
William E. 15 b. AR
Lucinda E. 13 b. AR
James P. 11 b. AR
Malinda 9 b. AR
Arkansas 6 b. AR
Nancy A. 2 b. AR.
Purchased 160 acres in 1843 Boone Co. AR.
1870 Boone Co. AR Census of Evaline Beller ( now widowed )
Evaline Beller 57 b. TN
James P. " 20 b. AR
Sarah " 19 b. AR
Malinda " 18 b. AR
Nancy A. " 12 b. AR
John Loyd " 24 b. TN ( cabinet maker )
Lucinda 22 b. AR
( living next to John M. Beller )
Father: Eli BELLER b: BET. 1770 - 1780 in Virginia
Mother: Mary Polly CAMPBELL b: UNKNOWN
Marriage 1 Evaline A. CAMPBELL b: 29 JAN 1812 in Tennessee
Married: 30 MAY 1829 in Madison County, Alabama
Children
Cynthia Jane BELLER b: 4 NOV 1830
Mary Elizabeth BELLER b: ABT. 1832 in Alabama
Virginia Ann BELLER b: 15 APR 1834 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Frances Eveline BELLER b: 1836 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lydia Moore BELLER b: 1837 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Mandany BELLER b: 7 MAR 1839 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Peter C. BELLER b: 12 JAN 1841 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
John MiltonMelton BELLER b: ABT. 1843 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
William Eli BELLER b: 1845 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Lucinda Ellen BELLER b: 20 MAR 1847 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
James Knox Polk BELLER b: 4 MAY 1849 in H. Jefferson Twnship. Carroll County, Arkansas
Melinda Catherine BELLER b: 1852 in Jefferson, Carroll County, Arkansas
Arkansas Berry BELLER b: 31 JAN 1853 in Boone County, Arkansas
Nancy Allen BELLER b: 14 FEB 1858 in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
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The Mountain Meadow Massacre in Utah (which is now a National Monument). The
wagon train was led by Captain John Twitty Baker AND Alexander Fancher. It is
known historically as the Baker-Fancher train. This was Captain Baker's 3rd
trip to CA. Captain Baker's son was married to Manerva Ann Beller 1832-1857
(both killed at Mountain Meadow). Their 7 year old daughter, Mary Lovina Baker
was also killed. Their 3 other children, Martha Elizabeth, Sarah Frances and
infant William Twitty survived; although, it took two years to reclaim their
from Mormon families and only after a ransom was paid to the LDS church. The
wagon train was robbed and slaughtered by Mormons dressed up as Paiute Indians.
Not until the 20th century did the LDS church acknowledge participation in the
slaughter at a memorial service in 1990 in Cedar City.
George and Manerva Baker had adopted Manerva's younger brother and sister,
Melissa Ann Beller (b: 1843) and David W. Beller (b: 1845) after their parents
died during possible flu or TB outbreak. These two children 14 and 12 years old
were also slaughtered at Mountain Meadow. (from Catherine Baker, descendant of
John Twitty Baker via his younger brother, Peter Skidmore).
Also, just FYI for Beller family... the 3 month old infant son of Melissa
Anna Baker (1816-1854) and Eli Campbell Beller (1809-1850) whose name was James
A. Beller (b: 2 JAN 1845 d: 2 MAY 1845) is buried at the Baker cemetery with his
maternal grandparents, William Baker (1775) and Hannah Edwards (1775) in New
Market, Madison County AL.
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Mary E. (Elizabeth) Beller b. 27 Feb. 1832 in Alabama, daughter of Peter and Evaline Beller, married Benjamin Franklin Ramsey. They are buried in the Bald Knob Cemetery, Everton, Arkansas ID25198015. Together Mary and Benjamin Ramsey had
Issue: Charles Ramsey 1852-1925
Frances P Ramsey 1854-1942 m. Henry N. Gladden 1864-1955
Benjamin F. Ramsey, Jr.? 3 yrs on Census 1860, Jefferson Township, Carroll County, AR
Martha Jane Ramsey 1858-1922 m. James Mack Robinson, father of Dr. G. Allen Robinson
John William Ramsey 1860-1924 m. Anna Robinson Ramsey 1871-1922
Benjamin Franklin Ramsey (above) married 2nd Lydia Moore Beller, sister of Mary Elizabeth (nee Beller) Ramsey
Issue: Samuel Ramsey 1865-1938) m. 1st Lee Akin, 2nd Florence McDougal, 3rd Mary L. Jones
Mary Alice Ramsey (1863-1933) married Sterling Price Gladden
From the notes of Dr. G. Allen Robinson, grandfather of James Mack Robinson, II
Mary E. Beller who married a Baines was most likely a niece since his daughter married a Ramsey.
Contributor: Anonymous
Family Members
Siblings
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Cynthia Jane Beller Hudson
1830–1886
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Mary E Beller Ramsey
1832–1862
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Virginia A. Beller Eoff
1834–1898
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Mandany "Amanda" Beller Johnson
1839–1897
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Peter C. Beller
1841–1849
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Lucinda Ellen Beller Trice
1847–1886
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James Knox Polk Beller
1849–1908
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Malinda Catherine Beller Ramsey
1851–1915
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Arkansas Berry Beller Campbell
1853–1929
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Nancy Ellen Beller Eoff
1858–1948
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