Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
William E. Beckhart, 8 South 50 West
William cash-claimed a quarter in section 9, 8S 50W in 1895.
Possibly the William E. Beckhart who married Jessica M. Haggott/Haggertt in Denve r on June 15, 1892. The ceremony was performed by A.D. Beckhart, minister of Ellsworth, Kansas.
Jessica was born February 11, 1867 in Shelby, Ohio to Benjamin Pearl Haggott and Margaret Agnes Gamble 1826-1876.
This was EDWARD Beckhart
in 1870 Piatt County, Illinois, age 5, with Jonas 53 farming, born in Pennsylvania,
Elizabeth 43 in Ohio, Jennie 25
a teacher, Albert 22 a teacher, John 20 a farmer,
Amelia 16 - these born in Ohio, and Wiliam 14, Emilie 10, Edward 5, Charles 3, and Frank 1 born in Illinois.
in 1880 Piatt County, Illinois, 15, with Jonas Beckhart 62. John is 28, Pamelia 24, Henry 19, Charles 13, and Frank 10.
"Rev. Beckhart was born on the 8th day of October,1847, in Circleville,Ohio being the son of Jonas Beckhart and Elizabeth Newport. He was the second of thirteen children. He was married on the 28th day of December, 1876, at Mazon, Illinois, to Miss Hannah Barker. In 1878 he entered the ministry and he and his wife lived in Kansas,Illinois, and Iowa. They settled in Atlantic, Iowa, where he died. Albert and Hannah were the parents of six children, Florine, Earl, Charles A.,Mabel Grace, George, and Clarence."
He was in Hill City, Kansas in 1892.
He's buried in Cass County Iowa dying in 1925.
1890 Belleville, Kansas "W. E. Beckhart, a former teacher of
this county, has been appointed secretary of the civil service
commission for the Denver district. His salary is $1,200 per year."
1892 "W. E. Beckhart of Denver visited Mr. Culver Sunday.
Mr. Beckhart is one of the Republic county's boys who has met
with merited success in the Santa Fe Shops. Later he took the
civil service examination and accepted a position in the Denver
Post office and now holds a superintendent of money and drafts
at a salary of $1,500 a year. He is also secretary of civil
service commission."
July 1896 "The twenty six letters of the alphabet in
combinations have been exhausted for the purpose of stock
brands and W. E. Beckhart, brand clerk in the office of
the secretary of state, has issued a notice to ranchmen
telling them that new brands, containing letters cannot
be recognized nor will certificates be issued upon such
applications. The number of brands issued last month
show a healthy increase in the cattle business,
eighty-four certificates having been granted.
The total number of brands now on record exceeds 23,000.
Of the new applicants Routt county furnishes the
greatest number."
William is a clerk in 1900 Denver, born August 1864
in Illinois, with Jessica Feb 1868 Ohio.
William E. March 1893 and Benjamin H. Nov 1897 were both born
in Colorado.
William E. Beckhart bought a "Coal land" quarter in 9S 89W, Garfield County, Colorado in 1901.
1917 
1918 
1918 
In 1930 Denver, William is an optometrist, 65, Jessica 62, grandchildren Jeanette H. 13 and William E. 12.
William is buried in Denver 1864-1941 "William E. Beckhart, 76, of 433 Pearl Street, a resident of Denver, Colorado fifty-three years, died early Easter Sunday at his home.
Mr. Beckhart was born in Monticello, Illinois,
in Wild Cat Community, a son of Jonas and Elizabeth Newport Beckhart. He was the last of that family. He attended the University of Kansas and was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity.
Shortly after his arrival in Denver in 1888, he was named superintendent of the money order department of the post office. Later he was appointed a deputy secretary of state and deputy county treasurer and was employed as an accountant by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
In his last thirty years, Mr. Beckhart practiced optometry. He attended the Chicago School of Optometry and was an offical in both the county and state Optometry associations.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church and of Union Lodge No. 7, A. F. and A.M.. He took an active part in many civic enterprises.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jessica Haggott Beckhart, two sons, William E. Jr. of Denver and Dr. B. Haggott Beckhart, professor of banking at Columbia University in New York and six grandchildren."
WILLIAM II
Jeanette H. Beckhart and Francis W. Meredith had Jean Meredith Porter on July 30, 1836 in Minneapolis.
William E. is a music instructor in 1930 Oklahoma City, 37, with Minnie B. 28 and John E. newborn.
In 1940 Little Rock, Arkansas, William is 47, Minnie B. 58, John E. 10, Hoggat 8, Eleanor 8, and Willilam 22. George M. Simi 64 and Minnie Simi 60 are with them.
William, born March 11, 1893, died April 19, 1955 in San Bernardingo County.
William Edmond Beckhart, 25, married Alice Lauraine
Cherb on August 19, 1943 in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
They divorced in Dallas County, Texas on Feb 12, 1969.
William, 52, married Sylvia I. Harp, 42, on Oct 8, 1970 in Dallas County, Texas.
They divorced in 1976 in Dallas.
William, born in Rochester, Minnesota on January 13, 1918 to William E.l Beckhart and Mary Smith, died March 11, 1992.
"William Edmund Beckhart, 62,
of Las Vegas, Nev., died Tuesday, April 19, 1955,
in a San Bernardino hospital. He
was a native of Colorado.
Survivors include his widow,
Minnie of Las Vegas; four sons, Richard C. of Encino,
William E. of Dallas, Tex., John E. and Benjamin H., both of San Bernardino;
two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Menzie of San Bernardino and Miss
Jeanette Beckhart of Louisville
Ky.; a brother, Benjamin H. of New York City, N.Y.; his mother, Mrs. Jessica Beckhart of Denver, Colo., and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending with Kremer Funeral Home. "
William is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino County.
1951 San Bernardino " Pfc. Benjamin H. Beckhart is a
recent arrival at Frankfurt, Germany, where he has been assigned
to the 1945th airways and air communications service squadron at
Rhein Main Air base. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Beckhart
of 654 Virginia street. Private Beckhart attended San Bernardino Valley
college prior to entering the Air Force."
1956 San Bernardino, California 
WILLIAM III
William and Alice had Richard Warren Beckhart on August 2, 1950 in Dallas.
William E. Beckhart, 65, married Maria O. Quiceno, 55, on February 1, 1983 in San DIego COunty, California.
William, born January 13, 1918 in Rochester, Minnesota to William E. Beckhart and Mary SMith, died March 11, 1992.
His last residence was Yuma, Arizona.
"BECKHART, LAURAINE CHERB Passed away July 29, 2003
following a brief illness. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado
to parents Major Fred and Mrs. Alice Cherb. She graduated from
John Tyler High School in Tyler, Texas., the Salvation Army
College for Officers in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hunter College in
Boston, Massachusetts. She served as a Navy WAVE during WWII.
She was employed by the Salvation Army Headquarters of Dallas,
the Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, the Founder Lions Club of
Dallas, and retired from Employers Insurance of Texas.
She was predeceased by her parents, brothers Frederick Cherb
and George W. Cherb, and sister Louise Dahmer.
She is survived by sisters Carole Cain of Dallas, Texas,
and Margaret Cherb of Beaumont, Texas, children
Bill Beckhart of Dallas, Texas, Sharon and Carrol
Schillerstrom of Sachse, Texas,
Rick and Lori Beckhart of Cullman, Alabama,
Grandchildren Jason and Tracy Schillerstrom of San Antonio,
Texas, Amy and Paul Maraian of San Antonio, Texas,
Leanne Beckhart of Cullman, Alabama,
and great-grandchild Megan Schillerstrom of
San Antonio, Texas, as well as several nieces and nephews.
The family requests that memorials be made to the Salvation Army in lieu of flowers. "
John E. Beckhart was born Sept 9, 1929 in Denver to William Beckhart and Minnie B. Cink, dyhing June 6, 2003.
He's buried in Las Vegas, Nevada 3 115143604.
Ben Haggott Beckhart was born January 3, 1932 in Denver, dying Feb 3, 1996.
" WILLIAM E. BECKHART IV, April 21, 1945 to March 30, 2008. Bill was a graduate of South Oak Cliff High School, SMU, and the SMU Dedman School of Law. "
BENJAMIN
1939 
Margaret Beckhart was in Poughkeepsie in 1940, 41, with Gordon 17 and Katharine Myers 62.
Benjamin Haggort Beckhart registered for WWII in Poughkeepsie, New York, born Nov 9, 1897 in Denver, next of kin Margaret.
He was working for Chase National Bank.
He was a panelist at Vassar in 1958 
Professor of banking at Columbia University, 1921-1963 (Columbia M.A., 1920; Ph.D., 1924) who was forced to retire at the age of 65.
Correspondence, memoranda and reports on the controversy surrounding the forced retirement of Benjamin Beckhart. The collection consists of the files of three Columbia professors involved in the case: Harold Barger, professor of economics and Robert K. Webb, professor of history, who were chairmen of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors, 1959-1964 and 1964-1965, respectively; and Arthur Robert Burns, professor of economics, a member of the Committee on Conference of the University Council, which advised the President on matters of tenure, dismissal and retirement."
Margaret Myers Beckhart, born April 3, 1899 in
Freemont Ohio to Leet L. and Katherine Mangold Myers, died July 11, 1988 in BUrlington County, New Jersey - marrying 1921 in Leonia, Ne w Jersey Benjamin H. Beckhard. Child: Gordon Beckhart, sister Beatrice Pearson.
Gordon Beckhart and Margaret Smith had a daughter Augsut 15, 1950 in Sayre, Pennsylvania, who died eight days later.
WILLIAM'S SIBLINGS
William's brother is buried in Buffalo County, South Dakota "John Addison Beckhart was the third child of Jonas and Elizabeth Newport Beckhart. He grew to manhood at Monticello, Ill and about 1886 went to Gannvalley, South Dakota, where he took a Govn't Claim. He was working for a man by the name of Port Cleveland at the time of his death in 1888. This Port Cleveland donated the ground that is now the little cemetery about one mile east of Gannvalley. John Addison Beckhart was the 1st or 2nd to go in this cemetery and the family history states he is buried in the Cleveland lot. He was not married. John was a dark man, heavy set, jolly, and loved to joke according to those who knew him."
William's sister is buried Jewell County, Kansas
"Amelia, Ann Beckhart, daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Beckhart, was born
la Pickaway County Ohio, December 8th, 1853, and died April 26, 1913.
She was the fifth child cf a family of thirteen children of the same
parentage, consisting of eight brothers and five sisters. She was permitted
to outlive her parents and all their children, save five brothers who survive
her as follows: Rev. A. D. Beckhart, Atlantic, Iowa,
Henry Smith Beckhart and Charles Chrisinan, of Monticello, Illinois,
Jonas Franklin Beckhart, Maroe, Illinois and William Edmund Beckhart,
of Denver, Colorado.
At the time of the death of her mother, Oot. 15, 1873, she was
pursuing a successful high school course in Monticello, Illinois.
She immediately gave up her educational plans,
and generously responded, as she thought to a call of higher duty
in the care of her father's household.
For eight years she faithfully remained at this post of
strenuous duties, or until the time when, the minor children
were able to care for themselves. On the third of March 1881,
she waa married near Monticello, 111. to Mr. G. H. Bailey.
To this union was born three children, Grace Elizabeth Bailey,
who was permitted to give filial comfort and care to her mother
in her sickness, Nellie Bailey, who died at the age of fourteen,
in 1898, and Harry Franklln Bailey who died at the age of eighteen
years in 1904. In the spring of 1883 they moved to Republic County,
Kansas, and lived for two years on her father's farm near
Scandia, Kansas. In the year 1885 the family imoved to
Jewell County, Kansas, where they have since remained. It is scarcely
known when her religious life commenced, for she loved righteousness for
its own sake. She loved the true, the good, and the beautiful.
She was always moved by Gospel appeal and in early life sought that
her life should be an illustration of Gospel truth.
She was long a loya1 member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and
for a number of years In Mankato, Kansas, served as an official member doing efficient work as a member of the board of
Stewards. Her love for the church was such that in her closing days of
life, though fraught with much suffering, the thought of the
sympathy and love that she found among Christian people, was a
great comfort to her. The flowers and scripture cards and
other tokens of good will that were sent were considered by her
a sacred trust and their bestowal was as a gift from God.
In the latter part of the month of August, 1913 she was called to
Atlantic Iowa, to attend a funeral in her brother's family.
She seemed to be in her usual health, but soon after her return to
Mankato, she was taken to the Wesley hospital, Kansas City,
and was given an operation requiring much surgical skill.
For a time she rallied and after two weeks she returned to her
home in the care of her daughter, Mrs. Grace E. Thompson, where
in the intimate fellowship of the home, ministered in her every
need by her husband, her daughter and by the loving hands of
friends and neighbors she came through much suffering to
the tranquil close of a triumphant life.
In her most severe illness she was ever mindful of the
comfort of others, not forgetting the children of the community,
of whom she was very fond. Those who were permitted to visit her
bedside during these last few weeks had the high privilege of
witnessing the closing of a triumphant life, and the fruition
of a faith that is calm and steady in every exigency even
down through the valley of the shadow cf death. The hymns,
Scripture reading, and text used at the funeral were of her own
choosing. She prepared for the great change as for any other
journey. She approached death as one cf the duties of life,
a task to be accomplished. She sorrowed at the parting, but
rejoiced in the hope, of immortallty, and tn the very near and
very real presence of Jesus. The loss of such a woman is
irreparable to the sorely stricken husband and daughter,
to the relatives, and to the whole community.
A brief service was held in the home Sunday morning
where the body lay in state until the public services at
the church at 2:30 p. m. conducted by her pastor,
Rev. H. M. Templin, assisted by Revs. Fraser and Loyd.
Oneof the five surviving brothers. Rev. A. D. Beckhart,
of Atlantic, Iowa, was present at the funeral.
Interment was made in Mount Hope Cemetery. "
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