W/O George Russell Beasley. D/O Micajah & Mary Elizabeth Phillips Briley. Micajah died in Virginia during the Civil war.

Of her children, George Russell Beasley II was the only one delivered by a doctor. This was in Las Cruces, New Mexico. George II died 3 days later. The only child of George Russell I and Sarah Virginia Briley Beasley to be delivered by a doctor and then die after birth. Her son, Chester was delivered by his oldest sister Eva. All other children were delivered by a mid-wife.

When Sarah Virginia Briley's mom was pregnant with Sarah, her dad was going to fight in Virginia and knew that he would die there. He told his wife to name her Virginia so she would remember her dad and in fact, that was where Sarah's dad died, in Virginia during the Civil War.

The following is a newspaper article dated 1937 sent to K. Ned Beasley by 4th cousin Mark Beasley (Sarah Beasley's great-grandson):
Visiting with our Neighbors
By J. H. Shepard 1937
Mrs. S. V. Beasley is 78 years old; keen of intellect and possessing a memory for dates that is almost uncanny. She and her husband, who recently died February 5, 1931, left Alabama to seek their fortune in the West in 1880. They made the long trek in a covered wagon. "Four children were born to us during the eight years it took us to get across Texas", Mrs. Beasley said. The Beasley's covered-wagoned from Brownsville, Texas to Toyah, driving their cattle along a few miles each day until they reached Maverick Springs, where they encamped for eleven months. They came to the Sacramento Mountains December 12, 1887. May 15 1888, they had dinner with Jessie Cox in his log cabin, the only house where Cloudcroft is today. The Beasley's brought 210 head of cattle and 33 horses to the Sacramentos. All but 53 head of cattle and three horses froze to death during the winter of 1887-88.
They began ranching in the Organ Mountains around Soledad Canyon in 1888, and came into the Valley in 1924. Mrs. Beasley still owns a few cows that are run on her son's ranch, R. E. Beasley, on the east side of Organ Mountains. Two of her sons are engaged in the mining business. Ranching and farming continue to hold a definite place in the thoughts and plans of this remarkable woman. It is interesting in the extreme to find one at the age of 76 down coasting so pleasantly toward the land of May-time orchards.

(Recorded by: K. Ned Beasley; Info by: Mark Beasley of Edgewood, New Mexico, great-grandson)