Thursday, May 20, 2021

The Death of Catherine McRae Beeman

Catherine McRae was the daughter of Christopher and Genet McRae of Anson County, NC. She was born Nov. 9, 1805 in Anson County, North Carolina. Her mother, Genet, died at some point before 14 December 1820. On that date Christopher McRae entered into a “Marriage Contract” with a lady called Patsy Cooley. Said contract can be found in Anson County Deed Book “Z”, page  374 and 375.

“That whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be had and solemnized Between the said Christopher McRae and Patsy Cooley- and he being desirous to secure to the said Patsy Cooley an adequate support and maintenance which the said Patsy Cooley agrees to accept in full satisfaction for her claim to dower and distributive share of said Christopher McRae personal estate which is significant by the said Patsy Cooley becoming a party to this deed.”

Catherine McRae met Parks Beeman in Anson County, North Carolina and then married him on 10 August 1826 in Anson County

September 8, 1826, Raleigh Register and NC State Gazette (Wake Co, NC)
-Married: Parkes BEAMAN to Catherine MCRAE, August 10, Anson county.

Parks Beeman was a Drygoods Merchant in Union County, Arkansas until his death. Parks Beeman died 6 March 1873.

The following notice appeared in the December 17, 1887 edition of THE NASHVILLE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE, 1897-1899, as abstracted by Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith; Copyright, Jonathan K. T. Smith, 2002.


CATHARINE McRAE daughter of Christopher and Genet McRae born Anson Co., N.C., Nov. 9, 1805; moved to Ala.; married Parks Beeman, Aug. 10, 1826; moved to Ark. in 1844, settling in El Dorado the next year; her husband died in 1873; she died Nov. 5, 1887.

CATHARINE McRAE BEEMAN died November 5, 1887. Both, Parks and Catherine are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas.


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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed  3 February 2019); Memorial page for Parks Beeman III; (5 September 1805–6 March 1873); Find a Grave memorial # 64390047, Citing Presbyterian Cemetery; El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, USA.
2. 1850 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, El Dorado Township, Union, Arkansas, Page 226(Stamped), Line 24, Dwelling 20, Family 20, Household of  Parks BEAMON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: M432_30.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Columbia County, Arkansas, population schedule, Calhoun Township, Columbia County Arkansas, Page 284(penciled), Line 29, Dwelling 461, Family 474, Household of  Parks BEAMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 February 1019); citing  National Archives Microfilm M653.
4. 1870 U. S. Census, Union County, Arkansas, population schedule, El Dorado Township, Union, Arkansas, Page 507(Stamped), Line 34, Dwelling 307, Family 307, Household of Parks BEEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : Viewed 3 February 2019); citing  National Archives Microfilm M593 Roll 65.
5. Catherine McRae Beeman obituary, The Nashville Christian Advocate, , 17 December 1887, page 49. http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/nca87-3.htm.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Catherine McRae Beeman (9 November 1805–5 November 1887), Memorial #64390023.

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