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Daniel HUFFMAN
(1796 –1860)
Margaret TETRICK
(1799 –1860)
James Ephraim BECK Sr.
(1817 –1884)
Sarah E. HUFFMAN
(1829 – Bef 1880)
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Minerva BECK
(1855 –1936)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Francis Marion McNEAR

2. James COHOON

Minerva BECK 2 3
  • Born: 27 August 1855, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA 3
  • Marriage (1): Francis Marion McNEAR on 28 January 1871 in Christian County, Illinois, USA
  • Marriage (2): James COHOON on 13 January 1881 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA 1
  • Died: 8 January 1936, Lakewood Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA at age 80 4
  • Buried: 12 January 1936, Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA 4
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bullet  Burial Notes

Ridge Cemetery

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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • She has conflicting birth information of 27 August 1854 and Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 4

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  • She appeared on the 1860 US Federal Census on 26 June 1860 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA. 3

James E Beck       42  M   Farmer       Kentucky
Serene   "         43  F                Kentucky
James    "    Jr   19  M   Farm labor   Illinois
Tho.     "         16  M   Farm labor   Illinois
Mary     "         12  F                Illinois
Margaret "          9  F                Illinois
Mary J.  "          8  F                Illinois
Matilda  "          6  F                Illinois
Editha   "          5  F                Illinois
Minerva  "          4  F                Illinois
Minda    "          3  F                Illinois
Emma     "          2  F                Illinois


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  • Gallery: Minerva Beck with her fiancé or husband, Francis Marion McNear, about 1871, in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.

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  • Gallery: Minerva with her daughter Cora, grandson Lloyd and great-granddaughter Eileen, about 1931, in Illinois, USA.

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  • Gallery: Minerva and her daughter Laud, about 1932, in Illinois, USA.

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  • She was buried at the Ridge Cemetery on Williamson Hill in Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA in 1936.

    Gravestone inscription:

    COHOON

    JAMES
    1854 — 1911
    FATHER

    MINERVA
    1854 — 1936
    MOTHER
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Minerva married Francis Marion McNEAR on 28 January 1871 in Christian County, Illinois, USA. (Francis Marion McNEAR was born on 5 January 1846 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA,5 6 died on 19 August 1879 in Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA 5 and was buried in 1879 in Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.). The cause of his death was Thyfo (typhoid) malaria / fever.


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Minerva next married James COHOON, son of John COHOON and Elisa Jane ERL, on 13 January 1881 in Shelby County, Illinois, USA.1 (James COHOON was born on 4 April 1854 in Jasper County, Illinois, USA, died on 30 September 1911 in Lakewood Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1911 in Cold Spring Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Illinois State Archives and the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763 –1900, Database. Springfield, Illinois : Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/isavital/marriagesrch.jsp).
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Records of the Bureau of the Census, National Archives, Washington, DC), James E. Beck household, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinios, USA.
  4. Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916 –1947 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916 –1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.).
  5. Ancestry.com, U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850 –1880 [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Frank McNear death, YE 05-31-1880, Dry Point Township, Shelby County, Illinois, USA.
  6. Birthdate calculated from age at death., gravestone inscription "FRANCIS M. Mc NEAR, DIED. AUG. 19. 1879, AGED. 33 Y. 7 M. 14 DS."


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