Grapeland Texas
Queen City Of The Sand Flats
The name Beazley may be locational in origin, and is believed to be associated with the English, meaning, 'one who came from, or lived near Beesley'.
Grapeland Texas
The Beazley Family
The name Beazley may be locational in origin, and is
believed to be associated with the English, meaning, 'one who
came from, or lived near Beesley'. Charles Beazley, born in
1810, the son of William A. Beazley of Bowling
Green Caroline County, Virginia, born in 1761, died in 1837,
the year he moved with his family to
near Sumpter County, Gainsville, Alabama. He had three other
sons, William N., Richard and Harrison Coleman. They were
tobacco planters. In 1834 in Virginia, Charles married Thursa
Hyde on December 14; her birth date is not recorded but she
died November 10, 1851, in Texas. Between 1834 and 1848,
Charles took his family to Alabamawhere all the children were
born with the exception of Charles. They brought their slaves
with them who bore the name Beazley and there are still
descendants of these in Houston County. The 1860 census,
Houston County, Texas, shows Beazley, ago 50, born in
Virginia, Farmer, Value Real Estate, $4,500 and Value of
Personal Property, $12, 630.00. Charles Beazley came
to Texas in 1848 and settled on land 11 miles west of
Grapeland that extended five miles down to the Trinity River.
In those days, cotton, cattle, grain and possibly hogs were
shipped on the Trinity River to Galveston, the principal port.
Supplies were bought and shipped back. James Harvey (Jim)
Beazley, fifth child of Charles, and his wife, Bell White
Beazley, got their solid cherry marble topped furniture this
way. Their ' old home place' that was destroyed by a tornado
in 1935, had contained all of the pieces except one table.
Great-granddaughter Alyne B. Hayman of Dallas owns the table.
Charles Beazley and Thursa Hyde's children were: 1. William
Henry, born April 5, 1836; died June 20, 1863. 2. Caledonia
Isabella, born March 4, 1838, died June 22, 1895, married
Milton Dailey (See Dailey family story) 3. Robert Henry, born
April 2, 1841; died August 23, 1854 (thrown against a tree and
killed). 4. John Richard, born November 28, 1943; died October
27, 1863. 5. James Harvey, born February 15, 1847; died March
11, 1917; married first-Virginia Hickey; married
second-Caledonia Isabella White (Belle). 6. Tom Turner, born
August 7, 1848; died February 12, 1894. Married Joe Lively,
Betty Lively Beazley's sister. 7. Charles Harrison, born
December 2, 1850; died August 24, 1927. Married
first-Catherine Edens; married second- Betty Lively. Thursa
died in 1851 and Charles later married Catherine Pennington.
In July 1854 their first child was born: Mary Virginia. Next
were Georgiana, Franklin R., Huldah Paine and an infant
daughter. The 1860 census shows that Georgiana, age 3, and
Franklin R., age 1, were with Charles, Catherine and other
children, John, age 17; James, age 14; Thomas, age 12;
Charles, age 10. Alyne, surviving daughter and first
grandchild, is the genealogist for the family. She is the wife
of Thomas Julian Hayman ofDallas and already has 4
generations. Their son Charles Herman Hayman, born March 15,
1938, is married and has three children - Lisa Leigh, born
April 11, 1961, who married David Timothy Reed on April 14,
1979 and has a son, Matthew Brandon Reed, born March 15, 1984
(now divorced); Camber, born April 29, 1963; and Todd
Roquemore, born July 6, 1965. Glen, the second son of Belle
and Jim Beazley (b. March 18, 1891; d. Nov. 30, 1960) served
in WWI as a private in 97th Balloon Company Air Service. He
married Etta Lewis Pridgen and has three generations. Their
two sons are Tom Turner, born May 29, 1960, who married Helen
Pearl Ballou on November 13, 1953, and had two children -
Alice Gae, born January 16, 1957, who married Milton Leroy
Brown III, and Tom Turner Jr., born August 29, 1959; and
second son, Donald Ray, born January 27, 1928, who married
Mable Stroud in 1948, and their two children are Betty Glenn,
born October 1945, who married Robert L. Lauchner (divorced)
and Thomas Clyde, born December 25, 1951, who married Susan
Christian Davis (divorced) and has one child, Shelly. Daughter
Kleber, born September 4, 1893, died August 7, 1985 in
Grapeland. She married Christopher Columbus Smith and their 10
children are: Frank Holland, born May 15, 1915, who died June
2, 1979, married Glenda Nell Belew; James Arthur, born
September 21, 1917; Grace Christine, born February 14 1930,
who married H.N. Cook and had two children, Larry N., born in
1946 and died July 23, 1963, and Cheryl; Nina Ruth, born
September 11, 1921, who married Joe Edd Steely; Belle
Doris, born January 2, 1924, who married first E.J. Moore, and
married second - B.D. Slaughter; Joseph Edward, born July 4,
1926, died January 26, 1929; Roma Louise, born June 14, 1929,
who married Canady; Mary Elizabeth; Christopher Columbus, Jr.,
born March 29, 1932; and Alva Dean who has been twice married.