Thursday, April 19, 2018

52 Ancestors 52 Weeks Week 16

Charles Pinkney Beard

This is my great-grandfather. He was called "Pink" mostly. You can find his name as Charles P. Pinkney C. and just Pink. He was the first man in Northeast Alabama to own an automobile, according to my first cousin Tina Brock Smith.

Pink was the 5th child of 13 born to Charles Henry Beard and Nancy Elizabeth Bearden. He was born October 1, 1887, in Alabama.

In the 1900 Census, in Etowah County, Alabama he is with he parents. The name was spelled as Barde, and his entry is listed as Chutlie? That is funny! Barde, C.H., Nannie, Sallie, Chutlie (this is Charles), Frank, May, Maggy, John, Joe. Charles is 11. His father owned a farm.

He married Beatrice Brown in Etowah County, Alabama, August 22, 1907. Her father, R.F. Brown signed for her.

In the 1910 Census, in Etowah County, Alabama, He and Beatrice are living next door to his mother and family. His mother is now a widow. Beard, Pinkney C., Beatrice, Lee B. (this is my grandmother, Bizzie Lee).Pink is 22 years old.

Beatrice, his wife, died October 1, 1911, in Etowah County, Alabama. She was 22 years old, and my grandmother, Bizzie Lee wasn't quite 2 years old.

On June 12, 1914, he married Ada Myrtle Fanchier Haney, in Etowah County, Alabama. She had been married first to Starling Haney. Her children, James Starling Jr., Beatrice, Georgia and Zelma Haney were with her. She and Pink had 10 children together. They were Louie L., Lois, Franklin Pinkney, John Henry, Charles Rollen, Bertha Morene, Mary Frances, Leonard Hershel, Frances E., and Virginia Beard.

In the 1920 Census, in EtowahCounty, Alabama, the family is listed as such:
Beard, Charles, Myrtle, Busylee, Louie L. Franklyn P. plus James, Beatrice, Georgia, and Zelma Haney. Charles is 35, and he is farming.

The 1930 Census, still in Etowah County, Alabama, lists them as this:
Beard, Chas. P., Ada M., Zelma Haney, Louis L., Frank P. John H., Bertha M. Leonard H, Francis E., Rufus and Bessie L. Brock. (My grandparents.)
Charles is 43.

Charles Pinkney Beard died August 19, 1934 in Etowah County, Alabama. He was just 46 years old. The cause of death was pheumonia. 

He was buried in Noble Hill Church Cemetery, in Duck Springs, Alabama.

His Obituary:

BEARD DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE SUNDAY NIGHT

Funeral Services Held Today For Resident Of Attalla R.F.D. 2

C.P. Beard, 47, Attalla Route 2, died at a local hospital yesterday at 6:45 o'clock following a lingering illness.

Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon at Noble Cemetery with the Reb. Joe Bachelor and the Rev. Mr. Gunter officiating, Cox directing.

Surviving are the widow, his mother, four daughters, Mrs. Lee Brock and Misses Mary Frances, Bertha and Virginia Beard; three sons Louie L., John and Frank Beard; three brothers, R.F., Joe and John, all of Attalla Route 2; four sisters, Mrs. Vesta Clifton, Altoona; Mrs. Anna Brown, Attalla; Mrs. Alma Duncan, Attalla; Mrs. Lucinda Webb, Collinsville; two brothers, Marion, Tex and Drew, Collinsville.

Active pallbearers were Geo. P. Walker, Tom Simmons, Farmer Pence, Bedford Battles, R.C. Lee, Charles Smith, Jake Nobles and Floyd Nobles.

Honorary pallbearers included Will Gunter, Raymond Decker, Tom Bearden, T.B. Kinney, Bert Pence, Lam Daniel, Joe Wyans, J.M. McClendon, A.B. Duke, Joe Ramey, Frances Reed and Charles Duke.

Sources:
1900 US Census, 1900 US Census, (Hollis Precinct, Etowah, 
Alabama, United States); , HeritageQuest.
Alabama. Etowah. FamilySearch, . Marriage Register.
1910 US Census. 1910 US Census. T624. HeritageQuest.
Charles P. Beard-Myrtle Haynie marriage, (1914), Book S-Alabama Marriages: 504.
1920 U.S. Census, 1920 U.S. Census, (Cox, Etowah County, Alabama), Page: 80 Dwelling 302 Family 305. Heritage Quest.
1930 US Census. 1930 US Census. Affiliate Film Number: 16; GS Film number: 2339751. NARA, Washington, D.C.. Heritage Quest.
Alabama. Etowah County. Attalla. Alabama State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Death Registrations.
Obituary - Charles P. Beard, , Attalla, Etowah, Alabama, United States, from Tina Brock Smith.

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