Life History

Notes

• The Find a Grave memorial of William B Barnette reports his parents as John Barnette and Emily Caroline Foster.  But in the 1910 census, William and his wife Ida were enumerated with their children in Polk County, North Carolina.  In their household was his mother, named Marget (Margaret).  Should the enumerator have reported Margaret as the Stepmother?  At that point in life, they probably did not make that distinction in reporting the relationship.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Polk County, North Carolina, 3 May, Columbus Township, District 119, Page 8B, Landrum Rd, Hse #150, Fam #157
  Barnette, William B Head M W 37 Married 19 yrs NC NC NC Farmer Rents [b abt 1863]
  Barnette, Ida Wife F W 37 Married 19 yrs 9 Children/9 living NC TN NC [b abt 1863]
  Barnette, Jessie [sic] Son M W 18 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1892]
  Barnette, George W Son M W 16 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1894]
  Barnette, Joe C Son M W 14 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1896]
  Barnette, Lindsey Son M W 12 Single NC NC NC Farm Laborer [b abt 1898]
  Barnette, Myrtle Dau F W 10 Single NC NC NC No Occupation [b abt 1900]
  Barnette, Mary Dau F W 8 Single NC NC NC No Occupation [b abt 1902]
  Barnette, Alice Dau F W 4 Single NC NC NC No Occupation [b abt 1906]
  Barnette, Willie Jr Son M W 3 Single NC NC NC No Occupation [b abt 1907]
  Barnette, Margret L Mother F W 63 Widow 4 Children/3 living NC NC NC No Occupation [b abt 1847]
  
  Emily and her busband William Beach were enumerated across the border from Polk County in Campobello Townhisp of Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 9 June, Campobello Township, District 83, page 21A, Hse #365, Fam #367
  Beach, William Head W M July 1851  48 Married 22 yrs PA OA NY  Farmer Owns
  Beach, Emily Wife W F Aug 1853  46 Married 22 yrs 8 children/8 living NC NC NC
  Beach, Edward Son W M April 1880  20 NC PA NC Farm Laborer
  Beach, Bessie Dau W F Sept 1883  16 NC PA NC At School
  Beach, Carrie Dau W F July 1885  14 NC PA NC At School
  Beach, Lillie Dau W F Jan 1888  12 NC PA NC At School
  Beach, Walter Son W M June 1890  9 NC PA NC
  Beach, Lindsay Son W M Sept 1892  7 NC PA NC
  Beach, Herbert Son W M Mar 1895  5 NC PA NC
  Jackson, William A Son-in-law W M Nov 1893  26 SC SC SC
  Jackson, Mattie Dau W F Dec 1881  18 NC PA NC
  
  I have not been able to reconcile all the dates and relationship sequences.  John Barnette died before 1910 and was survived by his wife Margaret who died before 1920.  But Emily Foster Barnett Beach lived until 1938.  And her husband was William Beach until he died in 1930.  He died in 1930.  William B Barnett is reported in Emily's obituary as one of the sons surviving her.
  
  Was Emily married to John Barnett before he married Margaret and then John and Emily divorced.  Maybe, but that was quite unusual for that era.  Another possibility also stretches credulity.    But William was born in 1872.  And Emily was born about 1856,  To be William's birth mother, she would have had to have William when she was bout 16, and married at about age 15.  That is possible, but how likely?
  
  Genealogies list a large number of Beach children, ranging in birth dates from 1880 to 1895 (three with unreported birth dates).  Assuming this is the total list, Emily married William Beach about 1880.  Her age then would be about age 18, a common age of marriage.  Several genealogies report only William Beach as her husband.  But her obituary reports William Barnett as one surviving son.  William is the only child reported for Emily who is surnamed Barnett.
  
  The date of birth on their daughter Mattie's grave is 1879, though some genealogies report her birth in 1881.  Genealogy lists of her children report 1st child was Edward, b 1879, then Bessie in 1880, then Mattie.  So she must have married William Beach about 1878.
  
  Edward H Beach 1879-1965
  Bessie Claudine Hagwood Beach 1880-1960
  Mattie F Beach 1881- [but birth date on her grave says 1879]
  Carrie Beach 1885-
  Lillie M Beach 1888-
  Catherine Beach 1888-
  J Walter Beach 1890-
  Lindsay Beach 1892-
  Charles Herbert Beach 1895-1960
  J Cethus Beach [no dates]
  Clifferd Beach [no dates]
  Becky Lee Beach [no dates]
  
  Obituary Summary
  Emily Caroline Foster Beach, Age 82 [born about 1856]
  Daughter of the late William Foster and Fannie Green Foster
  Resident of Landrum [Spartanburg Co SC]
  Wife of William Beach
  Died Saturday [4 June 1938] at the home of her daughter Mrs Mattie Jackson, Campobello
  Funeral services at the Jackson Grove Methodist Church Monday afternoon [6 June 1938]
  Rev M W Lever, Pastor, officiating
  Burial in the church cemetery
  --  Spartanburg Herald-Journal, 6 June 1938 [Monday], p 3, Courtesy of Kelly O
  
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  Emily Caroline Foster Beach
  Birth Jun 10, 1855 Polk County, North Carolina
  Death Jun 4, 1938 Campobello, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  
  Daughter of Billie & Fannie Green Foster (both b NC), wife of 2) William H Beach. Married 1) John Barnett(e)
  Age 82 yrs / 11 mo / 24 days
  Spartanburg Herald: BEACH, EMILY CAROLINE FOSTER 82, Landrum, w/o William Beach, 6-6-38 p 3
  
  Father William H. Foster (1823 - 1888)
  
  Spouse William Henry Beach (1852 - 1930)
  Children:
  William B. Barnette (1872 - 1949)
  Mattie Beach Jackson (1879 - 1954)
  Catherine Beach Cash (1884 - 1957)
  Lillie Mae Beach Ruppe (1887 - 1983)
  C. Wilber Beach (1891 - 1892)
  Walter T. Beach (1892 - 1918)
  Lindsey Leroy Beach (1893 - 1903)
  
  Burial Jacksons Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Landrum, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  
  Created by Kelly Jane O Jun 27, 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #38802924, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38802924
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Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 2. South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1965
• 3. Obituary of Emily Caroline Foster Barnett Beach SC 1938
• 4. Obituary of WIlliam D Barnett Landrum SC 1949
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Polk County, North Carolina
  • 3 May, Columbus Township, District 119, Page 8B, Landrum Rd, Hse #150, Fam #157
• 6. 1900 Federal Census, Polk County, North Carolina
  • 22 June, Campobello Townshp, District 124, page 11B, Hse #207, Fam #214
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Polk County, North Carolina
  • 14 January, Columbus Township, District 145, page 8A-8B, Hse #153, Fam #154
• 8. North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
• 9. 1940 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 9 April, Campobello Township, District 42-22 Page 4A, Campobello Rt 1, Hse #55, Rents Farm $625
• 10. 1900 Federal Census, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 9 June, Campobello Township, District 83, page 21A, Hse #365, Fam #367