Henry Harrison Beeson (b. November 22, 1832, d. October 11, 1925)
Henry Harrison Beeson5, 6, 7, 8 was born November 22, 1832 in NC, and died October 11, 1925 in Marlboro Friends Church, Randolph Co., NC. He married Olive Jane Blair on February 14, 1860.
Notes for Henry Harrison Beeson: Information on most collateral lines on HENRY HARRISON BEESON and OLIVE JANE BLAIR was taken from the source: Margaret Ailene Beeson,"A Genealogy of the Beeson Family",compiled in Greensboro,NC in September,1973. Grandchildren of WILLIAM SIDNEY BEESON (a son of Henry Harrison Beeson) and his wife,NAN COLTRANE, were surveyed directly in 1998 by Ruth Beeson Pugh and Charles Pugh for information regarding themselves and their descendants.
H.H.Beeson is noted in "A List of Hands Employed State Salt Works near Wilmington,NC" in "The Guilford Genealogist",summer,1984,vol.II,No.4. This source notes that "Many Quakers and others who objected to the priciples of war,worked at the job of manufacturing salt during the civil strife of 1861-1865."
Account written by Aileen Beeson (a granddaughter of Henry Harrison Beeson and Olive Jane Blair) as read in "History of the Blair Family",presented at the Springfield Memorial Association on August 17,1969: " Henry Harrison Beeson,son of Richard Marion Beeson and Asenath Gardner,was born November 22,1832 near Archdale,N.C. His father died when he was about two years old. His mother subsequently remarried and moved to Iowa,leaving Henry to be reared by his grandfather,Abel Gardner. In the Gardner home he was taught farming,wagon making and millwright trades. On Febrauary 14,1860 Henry Beeson and Olive Jane Blair,daughter of John and Elizabeth Tomlinson Blair,were married at Marlborough Meeting of Friends. They began housekeeping in a modest little home in Guilford County near Archdale. Since both Henry and Jane had been reared in the Quaker faith and daily lived by their religious commitment,they could not tolerate the practice of holding slaves,nor could they participate in the oncoming war and the rumblings is secession from the Union by the southern states. During the next five years their lives were filled with hardships and persecutions because Henry steadfastly refused to bear arms in the Confederate Army. After many threats of bodily harm to Henry,he and Jane decided it best for him to leave the family,which now included two small children,and try to go through the Confedearate military lines to a safer place in the west. Early in 1865 he left his home and set out on this dangerous expedition. He crossed the lines at the old Shot Tower on New River near Hillsville,Virginia. After many weeks of hardship and exposure to winter weather,he made his way to Iowa and stayed with his half-sisters until the war was over. His third child,John Franklin Beeson,was born soon after he left North Carolona and was over a year old before his father was able to return. The family was safe,but most of their possessions had been taken away. A horse,a cow and some chickens had been hidden in the woods away from the house and so were saved. Soon after Henry's return to North Carolina,he and Jane bought 279 acres of land in Randolph County for $300. He then proceeded to carve out of the forest the materials to build a house. The skills he had been taught by his grandfather enabled him to make almost any tool,wood or metal. Here they raised their family of six children: Elizabeth Ellen,William Sidney,John Franklin,Martha Jane,Mary Abigail,Anna Corina. It rather interesting to note that their grandchildren included two sets of twins,Henry and William Ailene and Eugene,children of John. Education was considered a necessity for peaceful,satisfatory living by the Beeson family. They were lovers of nature,believed in independent living and didn't mind the honest labor it took to have it. Many of their descendants are still tillers of the soil and are considered substantial dairy farmers. Others have chosen different professions,with education claiming the talents of several. Most of their descendants have held to the Quaker faith and are loyal supporters of the Friends church."
More About Henry Harrison Beeson: Fact 1: 1865, As a Quaker objecting to Civil War,went to Iowa w/mother's 2nd family..
More About Henry Harrison Beeson and Olive Jane Blair: Marriage: February 14, 1860
Children of Henry Harrison Beeson and Olive Jane Blair are:
Henry Harrison Beeson (b. November 22, 1832, d. October 11, 1925)
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