Joshua Mayberry Beckham 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 14 May 1816 - Orange Co., North Carolina
    Christening: 
          Death: 3 Feb 1888 - Stone Co., Arkansas
         Burial: in Flatwoods Cem., Mtn. View, Stone Co., Arkansas 3
 Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Catharine Hinkle (26 Dec 1819 - 11 Nov 1863) 1 2 4 
       Marriage: Abt 1839 - (Wayne Co., Tennessee)
       Children:
                1. Elihu Chris Beckham (1840-1923)
                2. Caroline Beckham (Abt 1843-      )
                3. C. C. Beckham (Abt 1848-      )
                4. Irena Beckham (Abt 1852-      )
                5. Robert L. Beckham (Abt 1854-      )
                6. Rhoda C. Beckham (Abt 1854-      )
                7. Cincinnatus Beckham (Abt 1856-      )
                8. Andrew D. Beckham (Abt 1860-      )

2. Louisa J. Bangs (9 Jul 1841 - 19 Jan 1875) 2 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. Geneva Beckham (Abt 1866-      )
                2. Robert F. Beckham (Abt 1873-      )
Notes
General:
See biographical sketch of his son Elihu Chris Beckham.

CENSUS:

<pre>1840 Hardin Co., Tennessee, 5th Civil District
Joshua M. Beckham 00001 -- 00001; 1 in agriculture; no slaves
male female
< 5
5-10
10-15
15-20
1 20-30 1 </pre>

<pre>1860 Izard Co., Ar, Blue Mountain Twp., p.o. Richwoods; Sept 15; pg 163
1053/1053
J. M. Beckham 44 MW NC $700/$1000 farmer
Catharine " 40 FW Al domestic
Elihu C. " 19 MW Tn Serving
Caroline " 17 FW Tn Serving
C. C. " 12 MW Ar
Irena " 8 FW Ar
Rodoy? L. " 6 MW Ar
Rhoda C. " 6 FW Ar
Cincinattus " 4 MW Ar
A. D. " ? MW Ar </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1870 Izard Co., Ar, Blue Mountain Twp., p.o. Riggsville; Sept 17; pg 6
34/34
Joshuah Beckham 54 MW NC $400/$500 Farmer
Louiza " 28 FW Ar Kp H
Robert L. " 16 MW Ar Farm laborer
Rhoda " 16 FW Ar
Cincinatus " 14 MW Ar
Andrew D. " 10 MW Ar at School
Nancy J. " 8 FW Ar
Geneva " 4 FW Ar </pre>

<pre>1880 Stone Co., Ar, Blue Mountain Township, ED 195; June 1; pg 6
164/164
Joshua M. Beckham 64 wid NC NC NC farmer
Cincinnatus T. " 24 son sng Ar NC Al farm laborer
Andrew D. " 22 son sng Ar NC Al Student
Nancy J. Cartwright 18 step-dau sng Ar Ar Ar Keeping house
Ginny C. Beckham 14 dau sng Ar NC Al at home
Richard F. " 7 son Ar NC Ar </pre>

The census suggests that Joshua Beckham's second wife was Louiza Cartwright, who already had a daughter Nancy J. She then had two children by Joshua Beckham: Geneva and Richard F.

ARRIVAL IN ARKANSAS:

The birthplaces of the children suggest that the family moved to Arkansas between 1853 and 1858. Joshua Beckham is on the tax roll in Izard Co. for the first time in 1858. He owns no land. In 1859 he is absent, but in 1861 and subsequently he is a landowner. Tax rolls exist for 1848, 53, 58, 59, 61, 65, 66 for the period 1848-1866. It is reasonable to believe that they arrived about 1857, significantly later than William Hinkle, Henry Cole, and others.
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Sources

1 Edgar D. Byler III, "Modified Register for Jesse Hinkle," unpublished.

2 A Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region, Goodspeed Brothers, Publishers, Chicago, 1894, pgs 168-69. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 28710816.

4 Shirley Drury Patterson, Hinkle/Patterson Families of Hardin Co., Tennessee, Hardin County Historian, Vol 1, No 3, July-Dec 1997, pg 41. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

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