Father's bio:
William A. Beckner - was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, April 16, 1850, and when he was about sixteen years of age accompanied his parents, William and Narcissia Ellen (Markham) Beckner, on their settlement of Rockbridge county. His father was a soldier of the South in the civil war, as was an older brother, the former serving in a company from Buchanan, and the latter in the artillery service. In Rockbridge county, April 12, 1876, Emma J. Kirkpatrick became the wife of William A. Beckner, and their children now number four: Cornelia J., born January 23, 1877; Virginia I., September 22, 1878; William W., January 31, 1879; Hubert Owen, December 25, 1882. Joseph and Nancy (McCowen) Kirkpatrick are the parents of Emma J., wife of Mr. Beckner, and she was born in Rockbridge county (abt 1851, 1870 U.S. Census). William A. Beckner owns and farms 50 acres of fertile land on Big Calfpasture river, and his postoffice address is Goshen, Rockbridge county, Virginia.
(Parent's names are from the 1880 U.S. Census. William A. Beckner's bio is from "Rockbridge County, Bath County, Families & History" Reprinted from "Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Chicago, Etc. 1884" by Jim Presgraves, Bookworm & Silverfish, P.O. Box 639. Wytheville, VA 24382, www.bookwormandsilverfish.com)
Father's bio:
William A. Beckner - was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, April 16, 1850, and when he was about sixteen years of age accompanied his parents, William and Narcissia Ellen (Markham) Beckner, on their settlement of Rockbridge county. His father was a soldier of the South in the civil war, as was an older brother, the former serving in a company from Buchanan, and the latter in the artillery service. In Rockbridge county, April 12, 1876, Emma J. Kirkpatrick became the wife of William A. Beckner, and their children now number four: Cornelia J., born January 23, 1877; Virginia I., September 22, 1878; William W., January 31, 1879; Hubert Owen, December 25, 1882. Joseph and Nancy (McCowen) Kirkpatrick are the parents of Emma J., wife of Mr. Beckner, and she was born in Rockbridge county (abt 1851, 1870 U.S. Census). William A. Beckner owns and farms 50 acres of fertile land on Big Calfpasture river, and his postoffice address is Goshen, Rockbridge county, Virginia.
(Parent's names are from the 1880 U.S. Census. William A. Beckner's bio is from "Rockbridge County, Bath County, Families & History" Reprinted from "Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Chicago, Etc. 1884" by Jim Presgraves, Bookworm & Silverfish, P.O. Box 639. Wytheville, VA 24382, www.bookwormandsilverfish.com)
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