Leslie William Peirce, Jr

Grandpa was born not breathing and with no heartbeat but the midwife refused to let the baby die. She performed mouth to mouth and hit him on the back in hopes to bring him back to life, but with no results. Quickly, she prepared two tubs of water, one hot and one cold. SHe dunked him in one and then in the other. The shock to his body started his heart and started his breathing.

Kathleen Marjorie Critchley

Grandma was born without a heartbeat and was labeled a "blue baby". Her mother refused for this to be the case so she beat on her back unil she started to breat and her heart started to beat again. Grandma had a lot of health problems throughout her life and she attributes them to her rough start.

Interview with Grandma July 24, 2004
My mother wasn't healthy, she was sick all the time. I can see her close now. My mother was slender and my dad was short. That's why I am short. I don't remember if my mother was tall. She was about the same size as he was I guess. She was sick and I remember being in the hospital with them. They came out and told me she had died. It was a neighbor that live on the next street, on Common Wealth Avenue, somebody from mutual. She heard about it and she came over and got me and sat me down and talked to me. I don't know what she talked about but she tried to make me feel better. I think she was telling me that my mother had gone to heaven. She told me the good things, and it made me feel a lot better. But I knew that she was gone and it was awful (sobbing).

Pett Family

Jennette Wilson Pett & Henry Herbert Pett

At the Brigham City Cemetery

Jennie Pett Peirce

Love this photo of Jennie Pett Peirce! 

??? & Jeanette Wilson Pett

Jennie Pett Peirce

Eli Thomas Peirce and Annie Margrett Olsen

Eli Thomas Peirce was the son of William and Jerusha Smith Peirce.

Barden Family

"Tracing the Barden geneology is difficult because the Barden family moved often, bought no land, left no wills, and forgot to erect headstones. They also managed to avoid the census taker. Another reason they are so hard to trace is the name itself; when the name Barden is spoken it may be misundersood by a clerk of census taker.
Another fact that confused early historians and genealogists was that the first Bardens, and Bordens in Massachusetts, both lived in the southern part of the state adn had the same given nams, like John, William, and Joseph." -Leon R. Brown and Mary R. Porter.

Jerusha descends from honest, humble ancestry. William Barden, who was born about the year 1624, came to American from England in 1638 as the covenant servant of Thomas Boardman. The Barden family settled in the part of Middleboro Mass today called Barden Hills. William Barden reputedly became quite wealthy in that he became an "owner in nearly all of the purchases from the Indians in town. William Barden died in Middleborob early in 1692/3.

Jerusha Smith Peirce

Jerusha Smith Peirce
January 13, 1836 - June 27, 1912 Daughter of Hyrum Smith and Jerusha Barden Smith

From the eyes of her Granddaughter, Helen Jerusha Peirce:

I was standing at the foot of grandma's bed the day she died. Everyone said Uncle John had come to get her because they had heard her talking to him earlier in the afternoon. I also believe Uncle John came to get her.

Grandma and Uncle John, who was her brother and Patriarch to the Church, loved each other very much. During their entire lives they never said a harsh work to each other. As a matter of fact grandma never had an unkind work for anyone and anytime. It was such a virtue with her that President Joseph F. Smith remarked about that when he spoke at her funeral.

Grandma's mother, Jerusah Barden Smith, died in Kirtland before grandma was quite two years of age. Her father, Hyrum Smith, remarried a lovely woman named Mary Fielding. Grandma would tell you, "Mary was a kind, loving, gentle mother to us all." Even so, her tender young life was filled with mobs, persecutions, moving from place to place, culminating finally in the long arduous journey West. The consequence of this trauma was for grandma to spend the entire rest of her life plagued with terrible dreams.

One night I awakened her from one of these dreams hoping to calm her. When she was awake she told me the story of the martyrdom. They had brought the bodies of her father and her Uncle Joseph back from Carthage. Grandma said, "The family was so worried because we knew the mob was coming to get the head of the Prophet and burn Nauvoo. So she told me the family had lookouts who were to beat on drums if they saw the mob coming, the mob is coming." Everything seemed to be in chaos with dogs barking, wild-eyed cattle looking in every direction, and thunder and lightning filling the air. The family was afraid, not knowing what to do when, as grandma said, "We saw a cloud forming over our heads. It was just a small one but it started to grow and grow until it was over the heads of the mob down poured a torrent of rain soaking them to the bone and destroying their ammunition. Despite their best efforts they were forced to turn back."

Grandma bore her testimony to me of that experience. She told me that she had, "seen the power of the hand of the Lord in that cloud that day, doing for us what we could no do for ourselves." She told me that of all the experiences she had ever had this was the most powerful, and humbling and one that would be with her forever.

Grandma was a quiet person. She spoke only when she had something to value to say. You can be sure when she said something we listened.

I'll always remember her in the big black gathered skirts she liked so well, with the white pocketed apron and black slippers that had the elastic in the sides. Oh what a privilege it was just for me to have known such a noble woman as grandmother Jerusha.

After crossing the plains Jerusha lived with mary Fielding until Mary's death. Jerusha was 16 years of age at the time. Her beloved brother John assumed guardianship of the family. At age 18 she married William Peirce. She and William moved four miles north of Brigham City to a place we now call Harper. William and Jerusha had 9 children, 5 of whom survived her at her death. Her husband William had passed away four years earlier.

Jerusha Barden Smith

I am a direct descendant of Hyrum and Jerusha Smith. My line comes through their daughter who is also named Jerusha.  I have included here a few tidbits of information about Jerusha.

"Jerusha lived with her parents near Palmyra, born 15 Feb 1805, the youngest of a family of five children. As a pretty girl of 21 she married Hyrum Smith in Manchester, Manchester NY, 2 Nov 1826. She was baptized by David Whitmer in Seneca Lake on 9 June following the first confernece of June 1930. They had 6 children: Lovina, Mary, John, Hyrum, Jerusha, and Sarah in the years 1827,1829, 1832, Hyrum 1834, Jerusha 1836, and Sarah 1837. In the year 1837, when the hardships of the Saints were at their worst, when her husband was called away on Church business, Jerusha and her child Mary dies. Hyrum was left with 5 children, the oldest Lovina, 11, and the youngest Sarah, only 11 days old. Later, Hyrum married mary Fielding, another noble women in Church history. Mary Fielding raised Jerusha's children as if they were her own along with her own children Joseph F. Smith & Martha Ann Smith." Earl H. Peirce 1997

Jerusha Barden Smith in Palmyra (by Jerry C. Roundy)
"The woman who was destined to become the helpmate of the Mormon Patriarch and mother of the Patriarchs was born at Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conneticut, February 15, 1805. As a child, she moved with her parents to Green, Chenago County, New York. Other than knowing of this move with her parents, her life history is not known until 1826 when she became the bride of Hyrum Smith.
The name Jerusha seems to be a popular name in the Barden Family as there are no less that eight Jerusha's in the family history.
Jerusha, along with three sisters, probably Lovina, Lucinda, and Sarah, and a brother, Seth, arrived in the vicinity of Palmyra, New York some time between 1823 and 1826, but it is not know under what circumstances they arrived or the reason for their arrival, Seth was apparently married by this time and it is possible that he had taken under his wing the care of his three sisters.
Whatever the year of arrival in the Palmyra area, the Barden's must suerely have been greeted with juicy tales of the Smith family, one member claiming to have talked to the Almighty. One could hardly have casually passed through Palmyra between the years 1823 and 1826 without hearing stories of "Joe" Smith's heavenly visitation.
Jerusha seems to be a young lady with a strong mind of her own, much more disposed to prove the truth than to believe a lie, for there is no record that she ever let any of the gossip turn her head in her relations with the Smith family. Although it was Joseph who was the center of ridicule and persecution, the evidence is that the entire Smith family suffered and were put upon by the towns people as being "touch in the head".
Prior to the marriage, Hyrum had been busy securing a place for the new bride and groom to live and had found a place close to his parents home. After the marriage he and Jerusha moved into their home and began a life together that was to bring them much happiness because of each other's company, but much sorrow because of religious persecution and loss of loved children.
Shortly after Hyrum and Jerusha were married, Joseph also took a bride, Emma Hale, of Harmony Pennsylvania, and he was now making plans to retun to Palmyra to obtain from the Hill Cumorah the Golden Plates, according to his instructions from the angel Moroni.


Sometime during the spring of 1827, Joseph had apparently begun thinking of plans to keep the plates safe from theft after they were delivered into his hands. Accordingly he asked his brother, Hyrum to construct a wooden chest that might be used as a repository for the Golden Plates.
On one of the visites to Jerusha by her sisters, the box, newly completed, had been left inthe front room. Her sisters seeing the box inquired as to what it was for. Jerusha, having been told by Hyrum the purpose of teh box, didi not want tit recognizable at a later date, adn quickly grabbed some baby clothes saying, "Oh, Hyrum made that to hold the babies clothes." She quickly took it in the bedroom. It was not long before the chest played its role in the story of the Restoration. (This is a hand me down story related by Mary E. Prorter in 1969)
On Sept 16, 1827, Jerusha presented her husband with a baby girl whom they christened Lovina. Five days later while Jerusha was still in bed recovering from the birth of the baby, Joseph Smith made a secret night time trip to the Hill Cumorah where he was met by the Angel Moroni who delivered into his hands the sacred Nephite record. Somewhere between the Hill Cumorah and the Smith home Joseph secreted the plates in a hollow birch log. Several days later, Joseph went to retrieve the plates from the hollow log and was attacked three times by individuals lying in wait to wrest the plates from him. Reaching home breathless from his narrow escape he requested his mother to send Don Carlos to Hyrum's to tell him to bring the chest. The story at this point is best told in Mother Smith's own words.
"I did as I was requested, and when Carlos arrived at Hyrum's, he found him at tea with two of his wife's sisters. Just as Hyrum was raising a cup to his mouth, Carlos touch his shoulders. Without waiting to hear one work from the child, he dropped the cup, sprang from the table, caught the chest, turned it upside down, and empting its contents in the floor, left the house instantly with the chest on his shoulder.
"The young ladies were greatly astonished at his singular behavior and declared to his wife, who was then confided to her bed, her eldest daugher Lovina, being but four days old, that he was certainly crazy. His wife laughed heartily and replied, :Oh, not in the least; he has just thought of something which he has neglected; and it is just like him to fly off on a tangent when he thinks of anything in that way."

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It might be said of Jerusha Barden Smith that she truly gave her all in following her husband and accepting the Gospel of Jesus Christ., Perhaps, the greated tribut that could be paid to her is that she never once looked back and in her dying breath professed a burning testimony in the Atonement of Christ.
She had stood faithfully by her husbands side, through happy times and sad times, for eleven years, and I think it is safe to day, had she live she would have continued to sustain her husband until his death, and then still have remained faithful.
She may well be proud of her posterity, for from her descendants can be found, Bishop's, stake President's, High Counsilor's, and of course Patriarch's.

Crinnigan Family

4 generations, Bernard Crinnigan, Elizabeth Crinnigan Beeson, Thomas H Beeson, and a daughter of Thomas (unsure which)

Elizabeth Crinnigan and grandchildren. Paul Victor Couron is in the hat directly beside her

Elizabeth Crinnigan

Elizabeth Crinnigan

Obituary of Bernard Crinnigan
Born March 17, 1812 Died August 29, 1908
Word was recieved in town last Saturday morning August 29 that the venerable and aged Bernard Crinnigan had passed to his last reward, at the home of his daughter, Mrs James Beeson, residing west of town, at 7 A.M. of late he had been failing quite rapidly, being subject to sinking spells due to the weakness of his years, but he never had a disease, or ailment and his death was the results of anemia or the cause incident to old age.
Bernard Crinnigan was born in Irland March 17, 1812 consquentially he had reached the age of 96 years, 5 months and 12 days. He came to this country when a young man and became identified with the Merchant Marines. He was a vetern of the Mexican war, having seen service as a Marine on the battleship “Columbus”. One of its duties having been to take the American Minister, and return him from China in those troublesome times. He afterwards became engaged in Steam boating on the Mississippi river and was in the civil war under Admiral Farragut. Mr Crinnigan was a man of more than ordinary talents, and his long and active life, was crowded with varied experiences made him the center of intrest wherever he went. His genial good nature and honesty of purpose, coupled with many other virtues made him universally liked. Two years ago his eye sight began to fail and he became totally blind, but never lost interest in anything and he died as he lived faithful communicant of the Catholic Church and had the benefits of last rites. The funeral occurred Monday morning, Aug, 31, from the Beeson home and the remains were brought to Delmont for shipment to Bayard, Iowa where several of his children reside and were his remains ere laid to rest pease to his ashes.

This obituary was taken from the Delmont, SD record, weekley newspaper, sent to Anna Marie Couron Martin by Mrs Marsh, a long time friend of the Beeson family. Mrs Marsh added, "I remember him telling that he had been around the world seven times in his Army career". He had four daughters, Kate, Molly, Maggie, and Elizabeth, who became Mrs. James Beeson

Catherine Ann Crinnigan and her husband Lawrence James Nolan

Lawrence James Nolan and James LeRoy Beeson were cousins

They married sisters Catherine Ann and Elizabeth Crinnigan

Beeson Family

How I am related to the Beeson Family:

Tori Leigh Couron Merrill
daughter of Lewis Rick Couron
Son of Lewis James Couron
Son of Mary Loretta Beeson
daughter of James and Elizabeth Beeson

James LeRoy Beeson and Elizabeth Crinnigan Beeson family

Front row: James LeRoy Beeson, Leonard, Elizabeth Crinnigan Beeson

Back row: Agnes, Bernard, Charles, Thomas, Mary Loretts, Ann

James and Elizabeth were married March 16, 1875 in Iowa

4 generation photo, Bernard Crinnigan, Elizabeth Crinnigan Beeson, Thomas Beeson, and a daughter of Thomas

Death Certificate of Mary Loretta Beeson Couron

Headstone of Mary Loretta Beeson Couron Located in Oklahoma City

Headstone of Absolom J. Beeson Born 1802

First volunteer company F regiment of Iowa calvary was enrolled

on the 18 day June 1861. Died April 10th 1885

Since the census records from after he married Mary in 1847 mostly say Absalom was born in North Carolina, I did look a bit for Beasons or Beesons in the 1840 US Census. For starters, there was an A. (I think) Beeson in Muscatine county, Iowa territory, in a household consisting of two men ages 20-30, one woman 20-30, and one woman 15-20. In Stokes county, North Carolina, there are lots of Beesons. In the Deep River district there are an older Absalom Beeson on the same page with a William Beeson two lines below; in the Salem district there is a younger Absalom Beeson (maybe Jr.?) age 20-30, with one woman age 20-30 and two girls under 5. That could be our Absalom: the oldest girl Sarah in his and Mary Ann's household in 1850 and subsequent censuses seems to be too old to be a child of their marriage, so we're speculating she may have been his daughter from a prior marriage - though the 1850 US census and 1856 Iowa census both say Sarah was born in Iowa.

Descendants of Isaac Charles Beeson

Generation No. 1

1. ISAAC CHARLES² BEESON (ABSALOM J¹) was born Apr 21, 1847 in Fort Atkinson, Winneshek Co, IA, and died Jun 07, 1932 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD. He married MARY ELIZABETH MULLOY Jun 16, 1868 in Iowa City, Johnson Co, IA. She was born Sep 12, 1847 in Ireland, and died Nov 16, 1928 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD.

Notes for ISAAC CHARLES BEESON:

1890 Veterans Schedule - Armour SD - Isaac C Beeson served in Iowa 40th Infantry Company H as a Private Enlisted Nov 17, 1862 Discharged August 2, 1865

1860 Federal Census

Shown as Orthello

Went to Douglas County South Dakota about 1884. Later filed on land in Charles Mix County. Became a prosperous famer. Went west to farm south of Wall SD but land not condusive to farming.

Suffered a hip injury when run over by a cannon while serving in the Civil War.

1900 federal census shows two grandsons: Thomas Hawley born about 1892 and Michael Hawley born about 1893. Who was the mom - either Mary Ellen or Rosa

More About ISAAC CHARLES BEESON:

Burial: Veterans Home Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH MULLOY:

In the 1900 census it shows they had 15 children but only 5 were living in 1900

More About MARY ELIZABETH MULLOY:

Burial: Nov 21, 1928, Veterans Home Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

Marriage Notes for ISAAC BEESON and MARY MULLOY:

Married by James Cavanaugh County Judge in Iowa City

More About ISAAC BEESON and MARY MULLOY:

Marriage: Jun 16, 1868, Iowa City, Johnson Co, IA

Children of ISAAC BEESON and MARY MULLOY are:

i. MARY ELLEN³ BEESON, b. Apr 17, 1869, , Johnson Co, IA.

Notes for MARY ELLEN BEESON:

It was probably Mary Ellen that married a Hawley about 1890 in SD

Probably Douglas County

Children born 1892 and 1893

ii. ROSA BEESON, b. Feb 05, 1871, , Johnson Co, IA.

iii. JERRIE BEESON, b. Aug 02, 1873, , Johnson Co, IA; d. 1875, , Johnson Co, IA.

2. iv. ABSOLEM JERALD BEESON, b. Jul 25, 1877, , Johnson Co, IA; d. Aug 11, 1966, Rapid City, Pennington Co, SD.

v. ANNA BEESON, b. Jul 08, 1882, , Johnson Co, IA; m. FRANK WIECHMAN.

3. vi. JOSEPH ISAAC BEESON, b. Sep 11, 1889, , Douglas Co, SD; d. Jul 07, 1980, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD.

Generation No. 2

2. ABSOLEM JERALD³ BEESON (ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Jul 25, 1877 in , Johnson Co, IA, and died Aug 11, 1966 in Rapid City, Pennington Co, SD. He married (1) ETHEL LEONA STAGE 1903, daughter of LEWIS STAGE and LIZZIE ALLYN. She was born Aug 24, 1889 in , Hutchinson Co, SD, and died Jul 17, 1911 in Pierre, Hughes Co, SD. He married (2) DOROTHY MARGARET WALKER Jun 17, 1916 in Philip, Haakon Co, SD, daughter of JOHN WALKER and ROSA INGALS. She was born Feb 27, 1900 in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha Co, SD, and died Aug 02, 1994 in Platte, Charles Mix Co, SD.

Notes for ABSOLEM JERALD BEESON:

Ethel Beeson died of Childbirth

Clement lived one day

Left farming to work as section hand on the railroad to support family

More About ABSOLEM JERALD BEESON:

Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington Co, SD

Notes for ETHEL LEONA STAGE:

Family in 1885 Dakota Territory census - Hutchinson County

Family in 1900 federal census - Hutchison County

Twp 97 - 61 which translates to South Oak Hollow

More About ABSOLEM BEESON and ETHEL STAGE:

Marriage: 1903

Notes for DOROTHY MARGARET WALKER:

Name on marriage license was Lila Myrtle Walker

Dorothy Margaret was the name she used in adulthood

One of the two names was her baptism name

More About DOROTHY MARGARET WALKER:

Burial: Aug 09, 1994, Mount Calvary Cemetery, Rapid City, Pennington Co, SD

More About ABSOLEM BEESON and DOROTHY WALKER:

Marriage: Jun 17, 1916, Philip, Haakon Co, SD

Children of ABSOLEM BEESON and ETHEL STAGE are:

4. i. CHARLES WILLIAM⁴ BEESON, b. Apr 17, 1904, , Charles Mix Co, SD; d. Aug 23, 1987, Vancouver, Clark Co, WA.

5. ii. ANNA LORETTA BEESON, b. Aug 04, 1905, , Charles Mix Co, SD; d. Aug 18, 1993, , Los Angeles Co, CA.

6. iii. MAE LILLIAN BEESON, b. Sep 08, 1907, , Charles Mix Co, SD; d. Dec 25, 1991, Custer, Fall River Co, SD.

iv. LAWRENCE RAYMOND BEESON, b. May 12, 1908, , Charles Mix Co, SD; d. Jan 08, 1990, Lewiston, Fergus Co, MT.

More About LAWRENCE RAYMOND BEESON:

Burial: Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Fergus Co, MT

v. CLEMENT R BEESON, b. Jul 12, 1911, , Pennington Co, SD; d. Jul 13, 1911, , Pennington Co, SD.

3. JOSEPH ISAAC³ BEESON (ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Sep 11, 1889 in , Douglas Co, SD, and died Jul 07, 1980 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD. He married (1) AGNES LUNAK Dec 15, 1921 in Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD, daughter of FRANK LUNAK and MARIE STRANSKY. She was born Abt. 1896 in Bohemia, and died 1958 in Wagner, Charles Mix Co, SD. He married (2) ALICE M ANDERSON Sep 11, 1961 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD. She was born Mar 22, 1901 in Custer, Custer Co, SD, and died Dec 29, 1980 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD.

Notes for JOSEPH ISAAC BEESON:

Obit says he was born in Delmont

More About JOSEPH ISAAC BEESON:

Burial: Jul 10, 1980, Veterans Home Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

Notes for AGNES LUNAK:

The stone in Pleasant Lawn shows Joseph's information although his body was never brought back to Geddes. He is buried with his second wife in Hot Springs.

More About AGNES LUNAK:

Burial: Pleasant Lawn Cemetery, Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD

More About JOSEPH BEESON and AGNES LUNAK:

Marriage: Dec 15, 1921, Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD

Notes for ALICE M ANDERSON:

Alice's maiden name was Bock

Alice was previously married and had daughter Mary Ann

Mary Ann married ? Dickerson

More About ALICE M ANDERSON:

Burial: Jan 02, 1981, Veterans Home Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

More About JOSEPH BEESON and ALICE ANDERSON:

Marriage: Sep 11, 1961, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

Child of JOSEPH BEESON and AGNES LUNAK is:

7. i. ELEANOR⁴ BEESON, b. Jun 03, 1923, Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD.

Generation No. 3

4. CHARLES WILLIAM⁴ BEESON (ABSOLEM JERALD³, ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Apr 17, 1904 in , Charles Mix Co, SD, and died Aug 23, 1987 in Vancouver, Clark Co, WA. He married MARY CATHERINE SIMON Jan 04, 1927 in Belle Fourche, Butte Co, SD. She was born Abt. 1907 in Russia.

More About CHARLES WILLIAM BEESON:

Burial: Aug 27, 1987, Fern Prairie Cemetery, Camas, Clark Co, WA

Notes for MARY CATHERINE SIMON:

Was divorced before marrying Charles

More About CHARLES BEESON and MARY SIMON:

Marriage: Jan 04, 1927, Belle Fourche, Butte Co, SD

Children of CHARLES BEESON and MARY SIMON are:

8. i. RICHARD M⁵ BEESON, b. Dec 05, 1925, Sheboygan, Sheboygan Co, WI; d. Aug 17, 2001.

ii. DELORES BEESON, b. Abt. 1927, , , CO.

9. iii. WILLIAM CHARLES BEESON, b. Abt. 1945.

5. ANNA LORETTA⁴ BEESON (ABSOLEM JERALD³, ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Aug 04, 1905 in , Charles Mix Co, SD, and died Aug 18, 1993 in , Los Angeles Co, CA. She married (1) FRANK P THOMA May 02, 1927 in New Underwood, Pennington Co, SD. He was born Abt. 1893 in , , IL, and died Bef. 1930 in , Pennington Co, SD. She married (2) LESLIE HARMON MILLER May 06, 1930 in New Underwood, Pennington Co, SD, son of UNKNOWN MILLER and MARGARET [MILLER]. He was born Apr 24, 1894 in , , MN, and died Jan 02, 1965 in , Los Angeles Co, CA. She married (3) FRANK ALBERT MASSA Jun 04, 1966 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, son of CHARLES MASSA and EMMA [MASSA]. He was born Jan 18, 1899 in , , OH, and died Jan 31, 1975 in , Los Angeles Co, CA. She married (4) JOE ERRO Sep 24, 1975 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA, son of ANTONIO ERRO and MARIA UARTE. He was born Sep 01, 1913 in , , CA, and died Sep 01, 1997 in , Los Angeles Co, CA.

Notes for ANNA LORETTA BEESON:

Married in the spring of 1927

According to Anna she had four children with Leslie plus her first child Vincent

Marriage Notes for ANNA BEESON and FRANK THOMA:

Married in the spring of 1927

More About FRANK THOMA and ANNA BEESON:

Marriage: May 02, 1927, New Underwood, Pennington Co, SD

More About LESLIE MILLER and ANNA BEESON:

Marriage: May 06, 1930, New Underwood, Pennington Co, SD

Child of ANNA BEESON and FRANK THOMA is:

i. VINCENT CHARLES⁵ THOMA, b. Mar 10, 1928, Billings, Yellowstone Co, MT; d. Sep 05, 2005, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ.

Notes for VINCENT CHARLES THOMA:

Possibly has son Carl Harold Thoma born 1941 died 2004 az

More About VINCENT CHARLES THOMA:

Burial: National Memorial Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa Co, AZ

Children of ANNA BEESON and LESLIE MILLER are:

ii. ROBERT⁵ MILLER.

iii. DONALD MILLER.

6. MAE LILLIAN⁴ BEESON (ABSOLEM JERALD³, ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Sep 08, 1907 in , Charles Mix Co, SD, and died Dec 25, 1991 in Custer, Fall River Co, SD. She married FREDERICK WAYNE MUHM Sep 20, 1928 in Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD, son of CYRUS MUHM and MELINDA BLACK. He was born Apr 11, 1904 in Neligh, Antelope Co, NE, and died Mar 10, 1962 in Igloo, Fall River Co, SD.

Notes for MAE LILLIAN BEESON:

Died at Colonial Manor in Custer.

Had three other children: one stillborn, Donald Roy and Robert Lee died right after birth

More About MAE LILLIAN BEESON:

Burial: Dec 31, 1991, Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

More About FREDERICK WAYNE MUHM:

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

More About FREDERICK MUHM and MAE BEESON:

Marriage: Sep 20, 1928, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD

Children of MAE BEESON and FREDERICK MUHM are:

i. DONALD ROY⁵ MUHM, b. Abt. 1929, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD; d. Abt. 1929, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD.

10. ii. DELORES MARCELLA MUHM, b. Mar 19, 1931, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD.

iii. ROBERT LEE MUHM, b. Abt. 1932, Buffalo Gap, Custer Co, SD; d. Abt. 1932.

iv. FREDERICK WAYNE MUHM II, b. Nov 24, 1933, Wasta, Pennington Co, SD; m. (1) WANDA BETTLEYOUN, Aug 21, 1955, Ardmore, Fall River Co, SD; b. Feb 26, 1938, Pine Ridge, Shannon Co, SD; m. (2) ALICE FAYE GOREHAM, Oct 02, 1959, Hot Springs, Fall River Co, SD; b. Dec 07, 1934, Britton, Marshall Co, SD.

7. ELEANOR⁴ BEESON (JOSEPH ISAAC³, ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Jun 03, 1923 in Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD. She married (1) HOWARD WESTON BALCOM Jan 02, 1942 in Naper, Boyd Co, NE, son of GEORGE BALCOM and GERTRUDE STEVENS. He was born Aug 25, 1916 in Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD, and died Oct 12, 1987 in , Gregory Co, SD. She married (2) CLIFTON LEVI CLARK Jun 11, 1988 in Gregory,, son of WALTER CLARK and CYNTHIA MARLEY. He was born Jun 28, 1928 in , , KS, and died Jun 03, 2007.

More About HOWARD WESTON BALCOM:

Burial: Oct 15, 1987, Rosebud Cemetery, Bonesteel, Gregory Co, SD

More About HOWARD BALCOM and ELEANOR BEESON:

Marriage: Jan 02, 1942, Naper, Boyd Co, NE

More About CLIFTON LEVI CLARK:

Burial: , Dallas, Gregory Co, SD

More About CLIFTON CLARK and ELEANOR BEESON:

Marriage: Jun 11, 1988, Gregory,

Children of ELEANOR BEESON and HOWARD BALCOM are:

11. i. REX ARNOLD⁵ BALCOM, b. Apr 05, 1943, Wheeler, Charles Mix Co, SD.

12. ii. RUTH AGNES BALCOM, b. Feb 24, 1948, Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD.

13. iii. RUSSELL BALCOM, b. 1951, Geddes, Charles Mix Co, SD.

Generation No. 4

8. RICHARD M⁵ BEESON (CHARLES WILLIAM⁴, ABSOLEM JERALD³, ISAAC CHARLES², ABSALOM J¹) was born Dec 05, 1925 in Sheboygan, Sheboygan Co, WI, and died Aug 17, 2001. He married AILEEN A ?. She was born May 08, 1929, and died Feb 27, 2005.