"WILLIAM BEAVERS, farmer; P. O. Hutton; is one of the pioneers of this county, and was born in Loudoun County, Va., on 23d day of July, 1797; at the age of 17, he left home driving a team to Barren County, Ky., remaining there for four or five years. In the year 1818, he married Miss Nancy Brandenburg (daughter of Henry Brandenburg), and after remaining at the home of her parents one year, rented a farm for one year, and in 1820, went to Clay County, Ind., remaining there for seven years; in 1827, he came to Clark County, Illinois, near Westfield, and lived there for three years, and, in the year 1830, entered and moved upon the land upon which he now resides, on Sec. 10, near the village of Salisbury; he owns eighty acres. Mr. Beavers first built a log cabin, with a "puncheon floor." The Kickapoo Indians at that time owned this land and lived all around him; while cutting some "bee trees" in Long Point, this county, he saw the "runners" that had been sent by Black Hawk calling the Indians together. Mr. Beavers is remarkably active at his time of life, now being in his 82d year; his mother died in Virginia while he was an infant, and his father in Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio, where he had moved some years before. His wife was born in the year 1803; they had seventeen children, seven boys living - Matthias, Henry, Solomon, William, Barnett, John, and Joseph; three girls - Sallie Ann (now Mrs. William Ashby), Nancy (now Mrs. Joseph Dyer), and Martha J. (now Mrs. Andrew Strader); seven deceased -Rebecca M., J. Calvin, Polly, Elizabeth, and Fannie, and two who died in infancy."
"WILLIAM BEAVERS, farmer; P. O. Hutton; is one of the pioneers of this county, and was born in Loudoun County, Va., on 23d day of July, 1797; at the age of 17, he left home driving a team to Barren County, Ky., remaining there for four or five years. In the year 1818, he married Miss Nancy Brandenburg (daughter of Henry Brandenburg), and after remaining at the home of her parents one year, rented a farm for one year, and in 1820, went to Clay County, Ind., remaining there for seven years; in 1827, he came to Clark County, Illinois, near Westfield, and lived there for three years, and, in the year 1830, entered and moved upon the land upon which he now resides, on Sec. 10, near the village of Salisbury; he owns eighty acres. Mr. Beavers first built a log cabin, with a "puncheon floor." The Kickapoo Indians at that time owned this land and lived all around him; while cutting some "bee trees" in Long Point, this county, he saw the "runners" that had been sent by Black Hawk calling the Indians together. Mr. Beavers is remarkably active at his time of life, now being in his 82d year; his mother died in Virginia while he was an infant, and his father in Locust Grove, Adams County, Ohio, where he had moved some years before. His wife was born in the year 1803; they had seventeen children, seven boys living - Matthias, Henry, Solomon, William, Barnett, John, and Joseph; three girls - Sallie Ann (now Mrs. William Ashby), Nancy (now Mrs. Joseph Dyer), and Martha J. (now Mrs. Andrew Strader); seven deceased -Rebecca M., J. Calvin, Polly, Elizabeth, and Fannie, and two who died in infancy."
Inscription
BEAVERS, NANCY (BRANDENBURG) 1803-1880 MARRIED FEB. 25, 1821, WILLIAM 1797-1882
Gravesite Details
A replacement tombstone.
Family Members
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Sarah Ann "Sally" Beavers Ashby
1822–1901
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Matthias "Budney" Beavers
1823–1897
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Joseph Beavers
1825–1912
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John Beavers
1826–1902
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Henry Beavers
1830–1914
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William Beavers Jr
1832–1880
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Solomon Beavers
1834–1913
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Nancy Beavers Dyer
1839–1914
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Martha Jane Beavers Strader
1843–1924
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Rebecca Beavers
1846–1873
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Barnett Beavers
1847–1926
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