James Floyd BEAVERS b. 1864 Tazewell Co. VA d. 04 Apr 1917 Mingo Co. WV: Appalachian Aristocracy

1864 - 1917 (53 years)

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Name	James Floyd BEAVERS
Born	1864	Tazewell Co. VA
Gender	Male
Occupation	Lawyer, Newspaper publisher, WV state senator 7th District, 1899-1902. Death certificate lists his occupation as coal operator.
_UID	8176188F5EA34919961DEB1B8B6DB30C711A
Died	04 Apr 1917	Mingo Co. WV
	West Virginia Vital Records: Death http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1971142&Type=Death http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2930669&Type=Death
Buried	Spring Hill Cemetery, Huntington, Cabell Co. WV
	Grave location: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=58320138
Notes	CENSUS RECORDS 1870 United States Federal Census about Name: James Floyd Beavers Age in 1870: 6 Birth Year: abt 1864 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1870: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Tug River Household Members: John Beavers 75 [grandfather] Polly Beavers 65 [grandmother] Phebe Beavers 32 Laura Beavers 10 James Floyd Beavers 6 Charles C Beavers 5 1880 United States Federal Census Name: James Beavers Age: 15 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1880: Big Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's name: Phoebe Beavers Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Farm Laborer Household Members: Phoebe Beavers 42 Laura Beavers 17 James Beavers 15 Charles Beavers 12 Mollie R. Beavers 2 James Beavers 2 [nephew] Mary Beavers 75 [grandmother] 1900 Census Name: James Beaver Age: 35 Birth Date: 1865 Birthplace: Virginia Home in 1900: Browns Creek, McDowell, West Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Alice Beaver Marriage Year: 1894 Years Married: 6 Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Occupation: Drummer [traveling salesman] Months not employed: 0 Can Read: Yes Can Write: Yes Can Speak English: Yes House Owned or Rented: O Home Free or Mortgaged: F Farm or House: H Household Members: Name Age James Beaver 35 Alice Beaver 30 L S Love 70 [no relation, male, widower, stone mason] 1910 Census Name: J F Beavers Age in 1910: 45 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birthplace: West Virginia Home in 1910: Kenova, Wayne, West Virginia Street: Chesnut St Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Alice Beavers Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Native Tongue: English Occupation: Traveling Industry: Salesman Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Years Married: 18 Out of Work: N Household Members: Name Age J F Beavers 45 Alice Beavers 39 T S Love 82 [male, widower, born in TX] Lived in Welch. W.Va. Democrat. Postmaster at Welch, W.Va., 1893-97; Member of West Virginia state senate 7th District, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1916. Was founder of Welch Miners Hospital. Buried in Huntingdon, WV. Founder of newspaper, McDowell Recorder and the Roanoke Herald. ---------------- Source: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives. Name: James F Beavers Post Office Location: Welch, McDowell, West Virginia Appointment Date: 16 May 1893 Volume #: 72 Volume Year Range: 1890-1904 ---------------- Source: West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1899. In 1899, Senator James F. Beavers representing the Seventh District, was patron of a bill in the West Virginia legislature that established three miner's hospitals in the state. The one in the Flat Top mining region was to be in either Mercer or McDowell counties. Welch was chosen as the site and the city donated the land. BUSINESS VENTURES Source: Corporation Report of Secretary of State: March 4, 1905, to March 1, 1907 Major shareholder of the Eastern Kentucky Realty Company, chartered in 19 Dec 1906 to purchase, develop, and lease land for coal, timber, oil, and mineral rights. Total shares: 50 and James owned 10. According to the Charleston Daily Mail, 13 April 1915, he was operator of the Magnolia Coal and Coke Co. Newspaper ventures: Roanoke Herald and McDowell Recorder NEWSPAPER ARTICLES Roanoke Daily Times, 30 January 30 1890 Mr. James F Beavers, formerly one of the proprietors of the Roanoke Herald, has accepted a position as traveling salesman in Southwest Virginia for Fisburne, Jones & Co. [Wholesale Grocers]. Mr. Beavers is well known in that section, and doubtless will meet with the success which he deserves. [Note: The Roanoke Herald was a weekly publication until 1893.] -------------- Bluefield Daily Telegraph; December 16, 1904 Strong Citizens' Ticket Nominated at Welch A citizens ticket to be voted for at the municipal election in January was nominated at a largely attended convention at Welch last night. The nominations follow: Mayor J. A. Strother. Recorder; W. 0. Perry. Councilmen: J. F. Johnson, W. W. Whyte, James F. Beavers, A. C. Brewster and A. Z. Iiltz. Mr. Strother has been mayor of Welch for the past five years, and Mr. Perry has served several terms as recorder of that town. -------------- Bluefield Daily Telegraph; ZENITH NEWS NOTES; March 25, 1905 Ex-Senator James F. Beavers of Welch and W. E. Stuart of Keystone were here Tuesday in route to their respective homes, after a business trip across the county several miles. -------------- The Evening News (Roanoke, VA); Volume 13, Number 54; 7 March 1906 Senator and Mrs. James F, Beavers returned Monday from Hot Springs. Ark., where they have been for a month. ---------------- Bluefield Daily Telegraph; June 6, 1912 In the Fifth congressional district Democratic convention held at Huntinigton on Tuesday, Senator James F. Beavers was nominated for congress. Mr. Beavers was formerly of Welch, and has many friends here. ---------------- Tazewell County Republican; June 06, 1912 James F. Beavers, a Tazewell boy was given the empty honor of the democratic nomination for congress of the Fifth district on Tuesday at Huntinton, West VA. ----------------- The Raleigh Herald [Beckley]; June 7, 1912 Delegate to National Convention Ashton File, of this city, was elected as one of the two delegates to the Baltimore convention from the fifth congressional district, at Huntington last Tuesday. James F. Beavers, of Wayne county, a former member of the West Virginian senate, was nominated by the Democrats of the fifth congressional convention at Huntington on last Tuesday for congressman from this district.
Person ID	I19	Master File
Last Modified	28 Apr 2017

Father	Henry Harrison
Mother	Phoebe J. BEAVERS, b. Jan 1838, Virginia , d. Bef 1910, West Virginia (Age ~ 71 years)
Notes	Phoebe did not marry the father of her children. His name does not appear on any of their marriage records or death certificates, except for her youngest child, Mollie Rosa Beavers Pack. Her husband, John Riley Pack, gave her father's name as Henry Harrison. John had been close friends with her older brother James F. Pack since they were teenagers, so he knew the family well. He is a likely reliable source. Research in continuing on which Henry Harrison it is. At this time no DNA matches have been found from my mother on Ancestry with a Harrison cousin, so the father can't be confirmed. Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia. Name: Mrs Rosie Pack Gender: Female Race: White Age at Death: 46 Birth Date: 24 Aug 1877 Death Date: 31 Jan 1923 Death Place: Richlands, Tazewell, Virginia Cause of Death: Peritonitis due to [illegible] pustules Registration Date: 12 Feb 1923 Father: Henry Harrison Mother: Pheobie Brown [Beavers] Note: The last name is illegible and the transcriber made an educated guess. Spouse: John R Park [Pack] Certificate Number: 1923006115 Informant: John R. Pack
Family ID	F1974	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Mary Alice MCDONALD, b. Abt 1870, Raleigh Co. WV , d. Jan 1912 (Age ~ 42 years)
Married	30 Aug 1893	Raleigh Co. WV
	West Virginia Vital Records: Marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11510930&Type=Marriage Raleigh Co, WV Marriages, 1891-1901 transcribed by Pauline Haga, Year of 1893. 30 Aug 1893, James F. Beavers, age 28, born in Tazewell Co, VA, resident of McDowell Co, WV, married Mary Alice McDonald, age 23, born in Raleigh Co, WV. Married at Lewis McDonald's.
Last Modified	1 Apr 2016
Family ID	F2057	Group Sheet \| Family Chart