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Beckham, J. S.   151242
Birth: 09/03/1854    Death: 06/17/1918    Marriage:
Cemetery: Evergreen (01-02-04)
Record Source: The Paris News
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025)

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THE PARIS MORNING NEWS, Tuesday, June 18, 1918, p. 3: "DEATH OF J. S. BECKHAM NORTHEAST OF PARIS -- J. S. Beckham, aged 63 years, a well known farmer, died at 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning at his home 4 1/2 milrd northeast of Paris. He was born in Columbus, Ga., in 1854, and came to Texas in 1858 with his parents, who located in Cass county. He moved from that county to Lamar county in 1903. He had been a successful farmer all his life. He had been afflicted with Bright's disease the past two years. He is survived by a wife, one son and two daughters, all married, Mrs. J. A. Bevill, who lives on Lamar avenue road, Mrs. Wells, living on North Main street, and J. W. Beckham of Tulsa, Ok., who is connected with the Sinclair Oil company. He also leaves four brothers, two of whom are Hopkin county farmers, another brother who is a merchant at San Marcos, and another who is in the oil business of Mooringsport, La. The funeral service will be held at his late residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev. R. P. Shuler. The burial will be at Evergreen cemetery."
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