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”)
*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
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)
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
*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
*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
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
*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
*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
*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
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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