Husband: Joseph Newton BEASLEY
Birthdate: 13 November 1833
Birthplace: Tennessee
Death date: 20 January 1916
Place of death: Tama, Coryell County, Texas
Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas
Father: John Beasley
Mother: Lucinda CRAIN/CRANE

Marriage date: 12 January 1854
Marriage place: Stoddard County, Missouri

Wife: Rachel DOWDY
Birthdate: 17 September 1836
Birthplace: Hardin County, Tennessee
Death date: 3 September 1928
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas
Father: Armstead Lillie DOWDY
Mother: Martha RIDDLE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Martha Lou BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 3 November 1854
Birthplace: Stoddard County, Missouri
Death date: 31 January 1927
Place of death: Belton, Bell County, Texas
Burial: Killeen Cemetery, Killeen, Bell County, Texas
Marriage date: 16 February 1871
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: William Perry COOKSEY

Child No. 2: John T. BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 11 March 1856
Birthplace: Stoddard County, Missouri
Death date: 2 November 1857
Place of death: Dexter, Stoddard County, Texas
Burial: Armstead Dowdy Cemetery, Dexter, Missouri
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 3: Nancy Caroline BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1 March 1858
Birthplace: Stoddard County, Missouri
Death date: 22 January 1940
Place of death: Texas
Burial: Killeen Cemetery, Killeen, Texas
Marriage date: 13 September 1877
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: William Jasper LOCKABEY

Child No. 4: Benjamin Franklin BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 March 1860
Birthplace: Erath County, Texas
Death date: 28 April 1937
Place of death: Texas
Burial: Killeen Cemetery, Killeen, Texas
Marriage date: 11 January 1883
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Emma VAN DYKE

Child No. 5: Joseph Armstead BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3 October 1861
Birthplace: Coleman County, Texas
Death date: 7 February 1888
Place of death: Fort Smith, Crawford County, Arkansas
Marriage date: 18 July 1883
Burial: City Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Susan Eveline LUSK

Child No. 6: Levi Newton BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 June 1864
Birthplace: McCulloch County, Texas
Death date: 28 February 1908
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas
Marriage date: 25 December 1884
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Margaret Elizabeth ALTUM

Child No. 7: Mary C. BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 18 May 1867
Birthplace: McCulloch County, Texas
Death date: 4 November 1867
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Julia I. BEASLEY
Sex: F
Birthdate: 21 November 1869
Birthplace: McCulloch County, Texas
Death date: After 1924
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 2 July 1901
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: Sidney J. WILLIAMS

Child No. 9: Sarah Ann Beasley
Sex: F
Birthdate: 16 January 1871
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 1962
Place of death:
Burial: Eastland Cemetery, Eastland, Texas
Marriage date: 20 January 1889
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: Charles Booth OWENS

Child No. 10: James W. BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 January 1873
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 3 April 1926
Place of death: Belton, Bell County, Texas
Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas
Marriage date: 15 November 1899
Marriage place: Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: Mary WOLF

Child No. 11: Washington Irving "B.I." BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 October 1875
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 12 July 1956
Place of death: Belton, Bell County, Texas
Burial: North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Texas
Marriage date: 11 March 1895
Marriage place: San Saba County, Texas
Spouse's name: Kate Murray HARVICK

Child No. 12: Andrew Jackson BEASLEY
Sex: M
Birthdate: 29 November 1880
Birthplace: Coryell County, Texas
Death date: 1 December 1953
Place of death: Coryell County, Texas
Burial: Restland Cemetery, Gatesville, Texas
Marriage date: 5 December 1900
Marriage place: Boaz, Coryell County, Texas
Spouse's name: Nancy Jane KINSEY
 
 
Documentation:
* Joseph Newton and Rachel Beasley Bibles,
* Application for Pension for Indian Fighters;
* 1850 census Stoddard County, MO;
* 1860 census Erath County, Texas;
* 1870-1910 census Coryell County, TX;
* Deed Records, McCulloch and Coryell County, TX;
* John Beasley Bible records and list of family information;
* Tax records for Erath, McCulloch, and Coryell County, TX;
* Tombstones;
* Affidavit of Heirship signed by Rachel Beasley;
* Personal knowledge of family members.

Notes:
* Family members buried in Restland Cemetery and Killeen Cemetery were originally buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Coryell County, and graves were moved for Fort Hood.