Jacob W Beavers - FGS - War of 1812 Veteran

By Pamela Pattison Lash

Name:      Jacob W Beavers

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Birth:      06/27 Dec 1783      German Twp, Washington Co, PA

Death:      17 Jun 1868      Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH¹

Death Memo:      tombstone calculation 84Y 6M 11D

Burial:            Shiffler Cem, Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH¹

Marriage:      16 Jan 1810      Tuscarawas Co, OH²

Marr Memo:      By Isaac Deardorff, JP

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Spouse:      Mulvina “Lovey” Norris

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Birth:      c20 Mar 1795      MA

Birth Memo:      or CT or NH

Death:      30 Apr 1879      Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH^3,1

Death Memo:      tombstone calculation @84Y 1M 10D

Burial:            Shiffler Cem, Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH¹

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Children

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1 F:      Matilda Beavers

Birth:      1814      Tuscarawas Co, OH

Death:      1853      Williams Co, OH

Spouse:      Henry Wolfe

Marriage:      7 May 1837      Tuscarawas Co, OH

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2 M:      George Washington Beavers

Birth:      25 May 1819      Tuscarawas Co, OH

Death:      8 Apr 1895      Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

Burial:            Shiffler Cem, Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH¹

Spouse:      Martha Jane McGrew

Marriage:      25 Jan 1847      Williams Co, OH

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3 M:      Jeremiah Beavers

Birth:      11 Apr 1825      Boliver, Tuscarawas Co, OH

Death:      10 Jul 1899      Bryan, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

Burial:            Fountain Grove Cem, Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

Spouse:      Mary Jane Calentine

Marriage:      3 May 1849      Allen Co, OH

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4 F:      Sarah Ann Beavers

Birth:      Feb 1826      Tuscarawas Co, OH

Death:      24 Feb 1907      Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH

Burial:            Shiffler Cem, Jefferson Twp, Williams Co, OH

Spouse:      William H Conklin

Marriage:      25 Nov 1869      Williams Co, OH

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5 F:      Eliza Beavers

Birth:      1833      Tuscarawas Co, OH

Death:      23 Nov 1895      Fulton Co, IN

Spouse:      John Calentine

Marriage:      11 Oct 1860      Williams Co, OH

Notes for Jacob W Beavers

War of 1812 Pension Record (online) of Jacob W Beavers 34027-40-50 #5118

War of 1812 Veteran - NW Ohio;  Private in Cpt David Casebear’s Co, of Colonel Robert Bay Regiment, OH Mil

Enlisted 29 August 1812; Discharged 31 October 1812

Pension Application of Widow, Lovey Norris Beaver, living in Williams Co, OH, 1871 (PO Bryan, OH)

Married 16 Jan 1810 Tuscarawas Co, OH

Resident 1850, 1855 Williams Co, OH

Death 17 June 1868 Pulaski Twp, Williams Co, OH

Death of Widow 17 Apr 1873 (which is not correct)

Bounty Land Warrant for 120 acres

Jacob Beavers of Williams County, Ohio purchased 160 acres at the Lima Land Office on 10 Sept 1844; land description was T6N R3E e1/2 nw1/4 and n1/2 se1/4 of Section 27⁴

In 1820 Wayne Twp, Tuscarawas Co, OH, Federal Census p160, 162, there are:

Jacob Beavers

Charles Norris

Jeremiah Norris - interesting as Jacob and Lovey have a son, Jeremiah Beavers

1830 Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio; Page: 69; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 141; Family History Film: 0337952.

Jacob Beavers

2m 5-9

1m 10-14

1m 15-19

1m 40-49

1f 5-9

1f 15-19

1f 30-39

1840 Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio; Roll: 430; Page: 283; Image: 596; Family History Library Film: 0020178.

Jacob Beavens

1m 5-9

1m 15-19

1m 50-59

1f under 5

1f 10-14

1f 40-49

1850 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M432_741; Page: 90A; Image: 179.

h/h 335/341 Beavers, Jacob 67 PA farmer $800re

Malvina 54 PA

Matilda 20 OH

Sarah 24 OH

Eliza 17 OH

next door to son Jeremiah 26 OH and son George 31 OH plus their families

1860 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M653_1052; Page: 52; Image: 107; Family History Library Film: 805052.

h/h /776 Beavers, Jacob 77 PA

Laura 66

Sarah 32 OH

Eliza 26 OH

Wolf, Andrew J 12 OH

Sarah E 10 MA

Conklin, William H 30 NY

Notes for Mulvina “Lovey” Norris

There were likely at least two other male children. This speculation would bring the total number of children for this couple to seven.

1870 Pulaski, Williams, Ohio; Roll: M593_1282; Page: 173B; Image: 350; Family History Library Film: 552781.

h/h233/238 Conklin, William H 40 farmer

Sarah 42 OH

Beavers, Lovina 77 NH at home $1600re/$100pp

Obit of Mrs Lovey Beaver

At the residence of her son-in-law, Mr William Conkling, on Wednesday morning, April 30, 1879, of old age, Mrs Lovey Beaver, aged 84 years.

Mrs Beaver with her husband moved to this county from Tuscarawas in 1840, when this was almost a wilderness.  She leaves several children and grand children to mourn their loss. ³

Also in Bryan Press, 1 May 1879

Notes for George Washington (Child 2)

Obit for George Washington Beavers - Bryan Democrat (Bryan, Ohio), 11 Apr 1895 p5 c3/18 Apr 1895 p1 c6; death due to consumption

Notes for Jeremiah (Child 3)

Obit for Jeremiah Beavers, Bryan Democrat, 15 June 1899 p5/13 July 1899 p5 and Bryan Press, 13 July 1899

Notes for Eliza (Child 5)

Eliza Callentine

1829 - 23 Nov 1895, Rochester, Fulton Co, IN

Deaths C-15 p28

Sources

1. WCGS, Jefferson Twp, Williams County, Ohio Cemeteries, p50, 54.

2. Marriages of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, V3 p18 - Jacob Beaver and Mulvina Norris, 16 Jan 1810, by Isaac Deardorff, JP

3. “Fountain City Argus,” Bryan, Ohio, 1 May 1879, p3 c6.

4. Bureau of Land Management (online)