Augustus Henry Shepherd Beard was a son of William Asbury Beard and Martha Henley.
He married Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, daughter of Elswick Sherwood Field and Guilianna L. Lindsay) on 16 June 1857. From the Greensborough Patriot, 26 June 1857: "MARRIED.---At Mountain Island, Gaston county, on Tuesday morning, the 16th instant, by Rev. I. (or L.?) Wood, A. H. S. BEARD, Esq., of Kernersville, Forsythe county, and Miss SUSAN LAVINIA, daughter of E. S. Field, formerly of Greensborough."
Augustus and Susan lived in the town of Kernersville, where they were members of the Main Street Methodist Church. Augustus served as mayor of Kernersville for a time. He was also a merchant, tinsmith and tobacco manufacturer.
Augustus and Susan had ten children: Charles Rush Beard (1859-1915), William Elswick Beard (1861-1933, m. Lula Williams), Thomas Shepherd Beard (1863-?, m. Mary Silas Barbour, lived at Cincinnati, Ohio), Ernest Lee Beard (1865-?, last heard from in South America), Junius Benton Beard (1867-1923, m. Mary Wells Wise, lived in Davidson Co., NC), Lura Alice Beard (1869-1954, m. Edward Parker Story), Claude Henry Beard (1871-1942, m. Margaret Banner), Paul Lindsay Beard (1873-1928, m. Ethel Becker), Marvin Odell Beard (1877-1944, never married) and Frances Mozelle Beard (1881-1961, m. Oscar Emil Neiss).
Many thanks to Find A Grave contributor Isabel for the tombstone photographs.
He married Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, daughter of Elswick Sherwood Field and Guilianna L. Lindsay) on 16 June 1857. From the Greensborough Patriot, 26 June 1857: "MARRIED.---At Mountain Island, Gaston county, on Tuesday morning, the 16th instant, by Rev. I. (or L.?) Wood, A. H. S. BEARD, Esq., of Kernersville, Forsythe county, and Miss SUSAN LAVINIA, daughter of E. S. Field, formerly of Greensborough."
Augustus and Susan lived in the town of Kernersville, where they were members of the Main Street Methodist Church. Augustus served as mayor of Kernersville for a time. He was also a merchant, tinsmith and tobacco manufacturer.
Augustus and Susan had ten children: Charles Rush Beard (1859-1915), William Elswick Beard (1861-1933, m. Lula Williams), Thomas Shepherd Beard (1863-?, m. Mary Silas Barbour, lived at Cincinnati, Ohio), Ernest Lee Beard (1865-?, last heard from in South America), Junius Benton Beard (1867-1923, m. Mary Wells Wise, lived in Davidson Co., NC), Lura Alice Beard (1869-1954, m. Edward Parker Story), Claude Henry Beard (1871-1942, m. Margaret Banner), Paul Lindsay Beard (1873-1928, m. Ethel Becker), Marvin Odell Beard (1877-1944, never married) and Frances Mozelle Beard (1881-1961, m. Oscar Emil Neiss).
Many thanks to Find A Grave contributor Isabel for the tombstone photographs.
Augustus Henry Shepherd Beard was a son of William Asbury Beard and Martha Henley.
He married Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, daughter of Elswick Sherwood Field and Guilianna L. Lindsay) on 16 June 1857. From the Greensborough Patriot, 26 June 1857: "MARRIED.---At Mountain Island, Gaston county, on Tuesday morning, the 16th instant, by Rev. I. (or L.?) Wood, A. H. S. BEARD, Esq., of Kernersville, Forsythe county, and Miss SUSAN LAVINIA, daughter of E. S. Field, formerly of Greensborough."
Augustus and Susan lived in the town of Kernersville, where they were members of the Main Street Methodist Church. Augustus served as mayor of Kernersville for a time. He was also a merchant, tinsmith and tobacco manufacturer.
Augustus and Susan had ten children: Charles Rush Beard (1859-1915), William Elswick Beard (1861-1933, m. Lula Williams), Thomas Shepherd Beard (1863-?, m. Mary Silas Barbour, lived at Cincinnati, Ohio), Ernest Lee Beard (1865-?, last heard from in South America), Junius Benton Beard (1867-1923, m. Mary Wells Wise, lived in Davidson Co., NC), Lura Alice Beard (1869-1954, m. Edward Parker Story), Claude Henry Beard (1871-1942, m. Margaret Banner), Paul Lindsay Beard (1873-1928, m. Ethel Becker), Marvin Odell Beard (1877-1944, never married) and Frances Mozelle Beard (1881-1961, m. Oscar Emil Neiss).
Many thanks to Find A Grave contributor Isabel for the tombstone photographs.
He married Susan Lavinia Field (1838-1903, daughter of Elswick Sherwood Field and Guilianna L. Lindsay) on 16 June 1857. From the Greensborough Patriot, 26 June 1857: "MARRIED.---At Mountain Island, Gaston county, on Tuesday morning, the 16th instant, by Rev. I. (or L.?) Wood, A. H. S. BEARD, Esq., of Kernersville, Forsythe county, and Miss SUSAN LAVINIA, daughter of E. S. Field, formerly of Greensborough."
Augustus and Susan lived in the town of Kernersville, where they were members of the Main Street Methodist Church. Augustus served as mayor of Kernersville for a time. He was also a merchant, tinsmith and tobacco manufacturer.
Augustus and Susan had ten children: Charles Rush Beard (1859-1915), William Elswick Beard (1861-1933, m. Lula Williams), Thomas Shepherd Beard (1863-?, m. Mary Silas Barbour, lived at Cincinnati, Ohio), Ernest Lee Beard (1865-?, last heard from in South America), Junius Benton Beard (1867-1923, m. Mary Wells Wise, lived in Davidson Co., NC), Lura Alice Beard (1869-1954, m. Edward Parker Story), Claude Henry Beard (1871-1942, m. Margaret Banner), Paul Lindsay Beard (1873-1928, m. Ethel Becker), Marvin Odell Beard (1877-1944, never married) and Frances Mozelle Beard (1881-1961, m. Oscar Emil Neiss).
Many thanks to Find A Grave contributor Isabel for the tombstone photographs.
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