Our Beahm Descendants (Czech)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(The Beahm Cemetery is located in Rileyville, Page Co., VA.  One mile off of 340, turn right.  Off of 662 to 605, the first driveway on the left at the Sit and Spit Farm. Also some Beahm’s are buried at Timber Ridge Baptist Church in Bedford, VA. For history on family name, see “A History of the Beam Family”)

 

 

Generation 1

 

 

*1 i  JACOB BEAHM (b. 1668 in Germany) married ANNA MARIE SHERER (b. abt. 1671)

 

              Children of JACOB BEACHM and ANNA SHERER:

 

              2  i         RUDOLPH           

              2 ii         JACOB (BOEHME) BEAM [names were changed in this period]  b. 1693  d. July 12, 1781 in
                            The Palatinate, Rhineland, Germany

 

 

Generation 2

 

 

2  i  RUDOLPH BEAHM (JACOB 1 BEAHM) married ELIZABETH ?

 

              Children of RUDOLPH BEAHM and ELIZABETH ?

 

              3  i         ANN

              3 ii         BARBARA

              3iii         CHRISTIAN

              3iv         JACOB

 

 

*2 ii  JACOB (BOEHME) BEAM (JACOB 1 BEAHM) married BARBARA KENDIG (b.1695  d.1780) on November 1724 in Lancaster County, PA.

*Note: JACOB BEAM came to America around 1715. For more information on JACOB BEAM, see Footnote 1.

 

              Children of JACOB BEAM and BARBARA KENDIG:

 

                                           3   v       MARTIN   b. Nov. 30, 1725 PA (listed as youngest son by family documents)

                                           3  vi       ABRAHAM  b. abt. 1727 PA (founder of Canadian branch of Beam’s)

              3 vii       JACOB   b. abt 1731 PA (listed as 1st son by family documents)

              3viii       SUSANNAH   b. Feb. 12, 1732 PA (married HENRY RESH)

              3 vix       JOHN   b. abt. 1733  d. June 1800 Shenandoah Co., VA (listed as 3rd son by family documents)

              3   x        TOBIAS   b. 1734

              3  xi        FRONICA   b. abt. 1735 (married JACOB SHOAFF)

               3xii        MARY    b. abt. 1737 (married HENRY STIGGLER)

              3xiii        MAGDELENA   b. Jan. 5, 1738/9 (married FRIDRICH SHOAFF)

              3xiv        ANNA   b. abt. 1739 (married MARTIN BYER)

              3 xv        BARBARA   b. abt. 1741 (died early)

              3xvi        ELIZABETH   b. abt. 1743 (married MICHAEL MYER)

 

 

Generation 3

 

 

3  vi  ABRAHAM BEAM (JACOB 2 BEAM) married BARBARA HERR NISSLEY.

*NOTE: ABRAHAM BEAM is credited as founder of Canadian branch of Beam’s. ABRAHAM BEAM is BARBARA NISSLEY’S 2nd husband.  She has a son JACOB NISSLEY, by first marriage. BARBARA NISSLEY is credited with developing variety of apple known as “Mama Beam’s Apple” or Belmont.

 

 

*3 x  JOHN BEAHM (ANOTHER NAME CHANGE) (JACOB 2 BEAM) married MARY KEAGY (b. abt 1738) in Pennsylvania.

 

              Children of JOHN BEAHM and MARY KEAGY:

 

              4   i        JACOB   b.  abt 1760  d. 1820 Beahm Family Graveyard, Kemp Hollow, Page Co., VA

              4  ii        ABRAHAM   b. abt 1765

              4 iii        JOHN   b. abt 1767

              4 iv        TOBIAS   b. abt 1777

 

 

Generation 4

 

 

*4  i  JACOB BEAHM (JOHN 3 BEAHM) married CATHERINE KEEDY (b. abt 1760 d.1837)

 

              Children of JACOB BEAHM and CATHERINE KEEDY:

 

               5  i       CATHERINE   b. 1780 

              5   ii       ABRAHAM   b. Feb. 9, 1788  Shenandoah County, VA  d. May 16, 1847

              5  iii       ANNA   b. abt 1790

              5  iv       BARBARA   b. 1790  d. 1832

              5   v       MARTIN   b. Jan. 10, 1794

              5  vi       JOHN WILLIAM   b. abt 1796  d. 1835

              5 vii       JACOB   b. 1797

              5viii       HENRY (see Beahm Branches for history)

 

 

4 iv  TOBIAS BEAHM (JOHN 3 BEAHM) married 1. ELIZABETH MILLER (b. abt 1778) on October 7, 1793 in Shenandoah Co., VA.

 

                                           Children of TOBIAS BEAHM and ELIZABETH MILLER:

 

              5 vix       JOHN   b. abt 1791

              5    x       JACOB   b. March 31, 1794 Willand Co, Ontario, Canada

              5   xi       ABRAHAM   b. Nov. 12, 1795 Willand Co, Ontario, Canada

              5  xii       DANIEL   b. 1798 VA

              5 xiii       MARY   b. abt 1800

 

4 iv  TOBIAS BEAHM  (JOHN 3 BEAHM) married 2. PEGGY ALTHER (b. abt 1780).

 

              Children of TOBIAS BEAHM and PEGGY ALTHER:

 

              5 xiv       JONAS   b. 1803

              5  xv       MARTHA J.   b. abt 1804

 

 

Generation 5

 

 

*5  v  ABRAHAM BEAHM (JACOB 4 BEAHM) married MARY BAUGHMAN (b.1795  d. June 7, 1813).  MARY BAUGHMAN is the daughter of JOHN BAUGHMAN (b. abt 1769) and Ann ? (b. abt 1772).

*NOTE: For copy of ABRAHAM BEAHM’S will, see “Will of Abraham Beahm”.

             

              Children of ABRAHAM BEAHM and MARY BAUGHMAN:

 

                                           6     i      JOHN R.  b. 1815 Shenandoah Co., VA

                                           6    ii      JACOB M.   b. October 3, 1816 Page Co., VA  d. 1891

                                           6   iii      ISAAC S.   b. 1819 in Page County, VA

                                           6   iv      HENRY ABRAHAM   b. Jan. 22, 1822  Shenandoah Co., VA  d. Oct. 20, 1899 Prince William Co., VA,
                                                          buried Bedford, VA.

                                           6    v      DAVID B.  b. 1826

                                           6   vi      DANIEL L.  b. 1826

                                           6  vii      JAMES HARVEY (A. listed in A. Beahm’s will)  b. May 18, 1829 Shenandoah Co., VA

                                           6 viii      ANDREW JACKSON   b. 1833

 

 

5 xiv JONAS BEAHM (TOBIAS 4 BEAHM) married MARY CORDER (b. 1804).

 

              Children of JONAS BEAHM and MARY CORDER:

 

              6 vix       BENJAMIN FRANKLIN   b. 1846

 

 

Generation 6

 

 

6 ii JACOB BEAHM (ABRAHAM 5 BEAHM) married MARY ANN SHENK (b. April 25, 1820 Luray, Page. Co., VA  d. August 23, 1903).

 

              Children of JACOB BEAHM and MARY SHENK:

 

              7    i       BENJAMIN FRANKLIN   b. October 21, 1843 Page Co., VA

              7   ii       MARIA ELIZABETH   b. April 20, 1846 Page Co., VA

              7  iii       JOHN T.   b. March 1849 Page Co., VA

              7  iv       MARTHA A.A.   b. March 1, 1851 Page Co., VA

              7   v       ELEANOR MARGARET   b. February 24, 1853 Page Co., VA

              7  vi       SUSANNAH C.   b. January 18, 1856 Page Co., VA

              7 vii       JACOB S.   b. August 23, 1859 Page Co., VA

              7viii       ANNA BELLE  b. November 6, 1863

 

 

*6  iv  HENRY BEAHM (ABRAHAM 5 BEAHM) married ANNE ELIZABETH SHOWALTER (b. 1833  d. May 14, 1891 buried Bedford, VA) in 1851.  ANNE SHOWALTER is the daughter of PETER SHOWALTER (1802-1866) and FRANCES BAKER (1806-1863).

 

              Children of HENRY BEAHM and ANNE SHOWALTER:

 

              7    ix      SAMUEL PETER   b. Jan. 8, 1853  Rockingham, VA

              7     x      JOHN HENRY   b. Feb. 7, 1856 Rockingham, VA  d. 1930

              7    xi      MARY FRANCES   b. May 9, 1858  d. 1858

              7   xii      ISAAC NETTON HARVEY   b. May 14, 1859  Goods Mill, Rockingham, VA  d. 1950

              7  xiii      WILLIAM EDWARD   b. July, 10, 1861 Rockingham, VA

              7  xiv      DANIEL H.   b. abt 1876

              7   xv      JACOB F.   b. abt 1878

              7  xvi      ELLA ELEANORA   b. Feb. 20, 1863

              7 xvii      JOSEPH CHARLES   b. Dec. 20, 1864  Port Republic

              7xviii      ELIZABETH SUSAN   b. Mar. 19, 1868  Harrisonburg, VA                                             

              7  xix      BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHER b. June 11, 1869 Rockingham, VA  d. July 28, 1906  Rocky Mount, VA

              7   xx      LUCY REBECCA   b. Mar. 26, 1872

              7  xxi      GEORGE WILEY   b. May 21, 1874  Roanoke, VA

          7 xxii      ADRIA CLINE   b. July 11, 1877  Bedford, VA

 

 

                             6 viii      ANDREW BEAHM  (ABRAHAM 5 BEAHM) married NANCY MARGARET FOSTER.

 

                                           Children of ANDREW BEAHM and NANCY FOSTER:

 

                                           7xxiii      ABRAHAM

                                           7xxiv      EMMA

 

 

Generation 7

 

 

*7 xix  BENJAMIN BEAHM (HENRY 6 BEAHM) married NANNIE FLORENCE WRIGHT (b. Mar. 21, 1872 Amherst, VA) on Feb. 1, 1894 in Amherst, VA.  NANNIE WRIGHT is the daughter of JOHN JAMES WRIGHT and EMMA CAROLINE RHODES. 

*Note: For NANNIE WRIGHT, see WRIGHT genealogy.

 

              Children of BENJAMIN BEAHM and NANNIE WRIGHT:

 

              8  i          LEONARD ALVIN   b. 1895

              8 ii          JOHN HENRY   b. 1898

              8iii          MARY HESTER   b. 1900

              8iv          EDGAR CARSON

              8 v          ADRIA CLINE   b. 1904

              8vi          BENJAMIN CHRISTOPHINE   b. 1906

 

 

                             7xxiii      ABRAHAM BEAHM (ANDREW 6 BEAHM) married MARTHA ANN MILLER.

                             *NOTE: MARTHA MILLER is the daughter of HENRY MILLER.

 

                                           Children of ABRAHAM BEAHM and MARTHA MILLER:

                                          

                                           8vii        WILLIAM

                                           8viii       WALTER CLARENCE   b. 1895 Page Co., VA, WWI veteran

              8vix        EDNA

 

 

Generation 8

 

 

*8  i  LEONARD BEAHM (BENJAMIN 7 BEAHM) married EMMA LEWIS HUDSON  (b. 1894  d. June 1926 Lynchburg, VA  buried in Springhill Cemetary) in 1913.  EMMA HUDSON is the daughter of SILAS HUDSON and NANNIE POWELL.

*Note: For EMMA HUDSON, see HUDSON genealogy.

 

              Children of LEONARD BEAHM and EMMA HUDSON:

 

              9  i       BENJAMIN SILAS   b. October 1, 1914   d. July 28, 1998 buried Farmville, VA

              9 ii       LEONARD ALVIN   b. 1916

              9iii       NANNIE REBECCA   b. 1919

              9 iv      SHIRLEY MAE   b. 1921

              9  v      DOROTHY GAIL   b. 1928

 

 

8 ii JOHN BEAHM (HENRY 6 BEAHM) married BESSIE (ELIZABETH?) WRIGHT.

 

              Children of JOHN BEAHM and BESSIE WRIGHT:

 

              9  vi       JOHN, JR.

              9 vii       EDWARD (EDDIE)  d. Sept. 2001

              9viii       MARSHALL (lives in CA)

 

 

8 v  ADRIA BEAHM (BENJAMIN 7 BEAHM) married JOHN WILBUR RAUSEY.

 

              Children of ADRIA BEAHM and JOHN RAUSEY:

 

              9   ix       JOHN W. JR.  b. 1930  d. 1997

              9    x       ADRIAN CARL   b. 1932

              9   xi       RAYMOND GLENN   b. 1934  d. 1997

              9  xii       FLORENCE R.   b. 1936 (married ? Flowers)

              9 xiii       HESTER MARIE   b. 1937 (married ? Morris)

 

 

                             8viii  WALTER BEAHM (ABRAHAM 7 BEAHM) married VIOLA ESTELLE JUDD.

             

                                           Children of WALTER BEAHM and VIOLA JUDD:

 

                                           9ix          WALTER, JR.

                                           9x           JACK JUDD

                                           9xi          SUE ANN 

 

 

Generation 9

 

 

*9  i  BENJAMIN S. BEAHM (LEONARD 8 BEAHM) married KATHLEEN WATSON CRAIG (b. Feb. 6, 1915 Richmond, VA d. Nov. 9, 1991 Buckingham Co., VA) on March 29, 1937 in Maryland.  KATHLEEN CRAIG is the daughter of WILLIAM HENRY CRAIG and BETTIE FRANCES WATSON. 

*Note: For KATHLEEN CRAIG, see CRAIG genealogy.

         

              Children of BENJAMIN BEAHM and KATHLEEN CRAIG:

 

              10  i       LIVING DAUGHTER   b. 1939 

              10 ii       TEMPLE  stillborn           

              10iii       LIVING DAUGHTER   b. June 21, 1945 Springfield, VA

 

 

Generation 10

 

 

10  i LIVING DAUGHTER BEAHM (BENJAMIN 9 BEAHM) married D. MEADOWS on June 21, 1958 in Springfield, VA.

         

              Children of LIVING DAUGHTER BEAHM and D. MEADOWS:

 

              11  i           LIVING DAUGHTER  (married A. SHOTWELL in Farmville, VA;  2 Living Sons, 1 Living Daughter

              11 ii           LIVING SON

 

 

*10 ii  LIVING DAUGHTER BEAHM (BENJAMIN 9 BEAHM) married P. STANLEY (b. June 20, 1945 Fayette Co., WVA) on January 21, 1967 in Springfield, VA.  P. STANLEY is the son of EMMETT STANLEY and LORA LYNN SURGEON. 

*Note: For P. STANLEY, see STANLEY genealogy.

 

              Children of LIVING DAUGHTER BEAHM and P. STANLEY:

 

              11iii           LIVING DAUGHTER   b. Mar. 1, 1973  Richmond, VA

              11iv           LIVING SON   b. Nov. 19, 1974  Richmond, VA

 

 

 

 

 

Footnotes:

 

1.      http://home.earthlink.net/~dbeahm/Boehm-index.html

2.   BEAHM'S CHAPEL INDEPENDENT CHURCH, Hwy 211 East, Luray, Virginia  ~ (540) 743-7225

 

 

Thanks to Benjamin Phillips, E. Stanley, and Florence Rainey for help with this genealogy.

 

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