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Page content last modified: February 4, 2008, added photo of Fred and Fannie at the time of their wedding.
June 12, 2005, added photo of Clare and Lucille Beckwith on the page with their obituaries.
June 12, 2005, added Fishing In Crooked Creek 1925 by Clare Beckwith.

HANCOCK  COUNTY,  ILLINOIS
FAMILIES         NEWS         MEMORABILIA

 

FREDERICK CHARLES BECKWITH
1869-1942
MARY F. KIMBROUGH
1873-1955
EFFIE MAE PARSONS
1882-1962

 


Frederick Charles Beckwith
Son of: Norman Eddy Beckwith
Marinda Salome Hadley
b: Aug 29, 1869 Hancock Twp, Hancock Co IL
m: May 10, 1894 Joetta, Hancock Co, IL
div: divorced between 1900 and Mar 29, 1905
d: Oct 6, 1942 near LaHarpe, Hancock Co, IL
burial: LaHarpe Twp. Cemetery, LaHarpe,
Hancock Co, IL

A cabinet card portrait of Fred and Fannie at the time of their marriage. For display on this website only.
Click on the photo to view full-size image
From the collection of Thelma Kinkeade

   

Spouse 1: Mary Frances Kimbrough
Dau. of: James Winston Kimbrough
Sarah F. Ervin
b: Apr 2, 1873 Hancock Co, IL
m: May 10, 1894 Joetta, Hancock Co, IL
div: divorced between 1900 and Mar 29, 1905
d: Dec. 6, 1955, Carthage, Hancock Co, IL
burial: Moss Ridge Cemetery, Carthage,
Hancock Co, IL
Marriage documents

 
Fannie subsequently married Jabez Arthur Beebe.

She was a sister to Elsie Kimbrough Dunn
 


Frederick Charles Beckwith
Son of: Norman Eddy Beckwith
Marinda Salome Hadley
b: Aug 29, 1869 Hancock Twp, Hancock Co IL
m: Mar 29, 1905 Carthage, IL
d: Oct 6, 1942 near LaHarpe, Hancock Co, IL
burial: LaHarpe Twp. Cemetery, LaHarpe,
Hancock Co, IL

Marriage license

Accident Report & Obituary


Spouse 2: Effie Mae Parsons
Dau. of: Abraham L. Parsons
Ida E. Dorothy
b: 1882
m: Mar 29, 1905 Carthage, IL
d: 1962
burial: LaHarpe Twp. Cemetery, LaHarpe,
Hancock Co, IL

A snapshot of Effie and Fred. For display on this website only.
Effie & Fred
Shared by
Richard Beckwith
Click on the photo to view the complete image

 
FRED & EFFIE'S SON

Clare Leon Beckwith
b: Mar 30, 1906 Webster, Hancock Co, IL
m: Nov 24, 1928 Carthage, Hancock Co, IL
d: Dec 21, 1984 LaHarpe, Hancock Co, IL
burial: LaHarpe Twp. Cemetery, LaHarpe,
Hancock Co, IL

Spouse: Irene Lucille Dunham
Dau. of: Alfred Junius Dunham
Edna Mae Mourning
b: Feb 19, 1908 LaCrosse, Hancock Co, IL
m: Nov 24, 1928 Carthage, Hancock Co, IL
d: Dec 25, 1984 Macomb, McDonough Co, IL
burial: LaHarpe Twp. Cemetery, LaHarpe,
Hancock Co, IL

Fishing In Crooked Creek In 1925

Clare's and Lucille's obituaries
 

A photo of Clare as a mature man. For display on this website only.

 

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