Hi! I'm trying to find out more about Earl Lee Beabout and who his parents were. I know that he was born in West Virginia on March 4, 1895 and passed away on March 20, 1961. He married a woman named Vera Humphrey and they had many children who I'm also trying to track down (some were adopted, so their last names have changed). I'm very curious to learn about Earl's parents so I can continue to go further back and learn more about my ancestors. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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I think I might be your niece. My father is Harold Denton Beabout and those were the names of his mother and father to the best of my knowledge. Both were deceased before I was born. I used to have an old family bible that had belonged to Bessie O. Little, my great-grandmother I think. I gave it to my uncle Paul Beabout just before he passed away. In it were the names of all the children including those who were adopted out. I believe there were at least 2 boys and 1 girl adopted to other families. Since then one of the boys found first me and then my father. His name is Jim Hartman and both he and my father are living in New Palestine, Ohio. When Jim's wife was helping with the search for his birth family she completed a pretty extensive family tree. I have been trying to get copies of it from her for years. Perhaps you might have more luck than I did. If you are Harold's brother and my uncle I would love to speak with you. I am living in Washington state with my husband and yougest daughter. I have 4 daughters, 2 granddaughters, and 1 grandson.
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HI!! MY NAME IS SARAH, I'M 26 YEARS OLD, AND YES WE ARE RELATED!! YOU ARE ACTUALLY MY MOTHER'S NIECE! HER FATHER WAS RALPH LEE BEABOUT, BROTHER TO YOUR FATHER HAROLD! MY MOM SENT CHRISTMAS CARDS TO HIM EVERY YEAR AND THEY BEGAN TO COME BACK, SO SHE THOUGHT HE HAD PASSED AWAY. OUR FAMILY ALSO LIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE~ IN SEATTLE! I MOVED TO ALASKA, BUT MY PARENTS, SISTERS, AND SOME OTHER BEABOUT FAMILY MEMBERS LIVE THERE! MY MOM WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!! BECAUSE OF THE ADOPTIONS, FAMILY HISTORY WAS REALLY UNCLEAR~ WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT FAMILY? AS FAR AS I KNOW, YOUR FATHER'S PARENTS WERE ACTUALLY NAMED VERA HUMPHREY AND EARL LEE BEABOUT. VERA'S PARENTS NAMES WERE BESSIE AND CHARLES. I DON'T KNOW WHO EARL'S PARENTS WERE YET. DO YOU KNOW THE NAMES OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO WERE ADOPTED OUT? CAN YOU ASK YOUR FATHER TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS?? THAT WOULD HELP A LOT!! I'M WONDERING EXACTLY WHEN VERA WAS BORN, HOW SHE DIED, AND WHERE SHE IS BURIED. I TRIED TO FIND HER GRAVE AND THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE NEXT TO EARL'S, BUT IT ISN'T TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I KNOW SHE HAD AT LEAST 22 PREGNANCIES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY LIVED AND DIED. I'M ALSO TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW CHARLES AND BESSIE DIED AND WHERE THEY ARE BURIED. THERE IS A STORY THAT BESSIE PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON HER WAY TO BRING FOOD TO VERA AND THE CHILDREN. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT HAPPENED OR WHERE~ OHIO, I THINK. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT ELSE YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FAMILY?? DO YOU KNOW WHO BESSIE'S PARENTS WERE? CHARLES' PARENTS?? CAN YOU CONNECT ME TO YOUR FATHER AND TO JIM?? I WOULD LOVE TO SAY HI TO HIM AND SO WOULD MY MOM! I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!! : D ~SARAH
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I'M SORRY, I WROTE BEFORE THAT YOU ARE MY MOM'S NIECE, WHEN IN FACT YOU ARE ACTUALLY COUSINS! SO THAT ALSO MAKES YOU MY COUSIN! WHAT'S YOUR NAME AND THE NAMES OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS? WHAT PART OF WA DO YOU LIVE IN??
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P.S. FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT THE FAMILY TREE I MADE! THERE ARE LOTS OF BEABOUTS ON THERE! : D
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HI, AGAIN! I WAS WONDERING IF YOU AND I COULD EXCHANGE E-MAIL ADDRESSES SO WE CAN TALK FURTHER ABOUT FAMILY. I'M SO EAGER TO FIT ALL THE MISSING PIECES TOGETHER~ THERE'S SO MUCH I DON'T KNOW AND WOULD LOVE TO KNOW! IT WOULD BE AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR FATHER. MY GRANDPA RALPH DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN, SO I THINK YOUR DAD WOULD BE AMAZING TO TALK TO~ I WONDER IF THEY SOUND ALIKE! I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MY GRANDPA'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY. HAVE YOU TOLD YOUR FATHER ABOUT ANY OF THIS YET? WELL, MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS LAUTOMNE_BEBE@YAHOO.COM I WOULD SO LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM YOU! BYE FOR NOW! ~SARAH
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My email is pearson.dandb@verizon.net. I have not spoken about this to my dad yet. He had a brother named Ralph (could have been your grandfather). All the pieces seem to fit. I guess that would make us second cousins. I know that my dad and his long lost brother Jim finally connected they sounded exactly alike on the phone. In fact, when Jim first called me I thought it was my dad. I know that my dad and his brother Ralph looked almost like twins except that in the pictures I saw as a child of Ralph he had light hair and my dad's hair was black. Please email me directly and I will send some pics of my dad and perhaps you will see some resemblence to your grandpa. Barb
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Sarah,
I would love to connect with your mom and I can give you my dad's phone number. It is 330-426-2617. He lives right by Jim and his wife but I don't have their number. Jim's wife has the most info on the family tree. She researched the Beabout's and I believe went back to something like the 15th or 16th century. She also has info on the Sioux and Cherokee lines of the family.
Before I gave my grandmother's Bible to Uncle Paul before he passed away I copied down all the names and birthdates from it, especially of the siblings who were adopted out. I just don't know for sure where it is filed away but I will look for it. I never knew many of my uncles very well. My mom had always said that she thought Ralph had died before I was born but she was not sure. My dad never spoke of him much. My dad and mom divorced when I was 5 and I did not see my dad again until I was 16. Since then communication has been spotty but we keep in touch now. Uncle Charles, another of the brothers, I know for sure died before I was born. Uncle Paul I did not meet until just before he died. He was married to a much younger woman and they had three kids but after he died she up and disappeared with the kids and the family Bible although she had promised to return it after Paul passed away.
I was very close to one of the half-brothers, Uncle Eddy but he went by a different last name, Grimes. He always said that was the name of his father, even though he and my dad had the same mother. My dad also had a half-sister much younger than him that my mom kept in touch with until a few years ago. Her name was Lois.
I will try to dig up that info I copied from the Bible. As far as your great-grandparents or further back than that you know more than I do. My details about my dad's family have always been sketchy at best.
I live in Oak Harbor, Washington. My phone number is 360-632-1931. Please feel free to call me or have your family in Seattle get in touch. I would love to get to know my father's family better.
Barb
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Sarah,
I was born in Canton, Ohio June 26, 1952. I was named Barbara Linda Beabout. My mother was Lucile Genevieve (Culler) Beabout and father was Harold Denton Beabout.
I am married now to my second husband, Don Pearson and we live in Oak Harbor, Washington. I have four daughters by my first marriage to a Samoan guy named Tafila Moeai. My daughters are Alaina Lotu(born May 18, 1983, now 25), Genevieve Sasa(born Sep 12, 1985, now 23), Gabrielle Lasela (born Jun 4, 1987, now 21), and Rebecca Nofonuu (born Sep 12, 1991, now 17). Alaina is married to Robert Griffin and they live in Wichita, Kansas with their two children, Naiya Loren (born Mar 23, 2006) and Gabriel Lennon (born Dec 20, 2008). Genny is in the US Army and currently at Ft. Hood soon heading back to Iraq for her second tour there. Gabby is married to a full-blooded Navajo, Neil Bigthumb, and they live here in Oak Harbor with their daughter Kiora Nizhoni (born May 22, 2007).
My mom is also still alive and lives here in Oak Harbor. Her name is Lucile Genevieve (Culler) Beabout. She was born April 29, 1922. Her mom and dad were Cleo Cordelia (Rock) Culler and Jacob Earl Culler.
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Sarah,
How do I do that. I am new to this website and not sure how to view family trees. Can you give me a link to it?
Barb
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