Beckwith..North and South
I have Bekwiths on both sides of my family.Horatio S., son of John(?) and Lydia of New York (think her maiden name was Beckwith also).Horatio married Grace Brown (she was adopted, from Illinois) and they had 2 sons.Leonadis Oren (born 1899 in Los Angeles) and Roy (died at 1 month old in 1902).Can't find anything on John...Lydia was born 1818 and died in 1893 in So. California of Pthysis (TB).Horatio commited suicide July 4, 1922.
In the South I have a Charles T. Beckwith who I believe is the one listed in Louisville, Kentucky in 1886 directory as a springmaker.He married Ida May Shafer of Sewickley, Pa and they had at least one child, Ruth who was my g-grandmother.She married Harry S. Hughes of Kentucky and they had 3 children, Elizabeth Mae b 1901 Ky, Ellen Abdill b 1903 Ky and Marian Mignon b 1911 in Ca.Harry died in 1918 in the flu epedemic and Ruth died well into her 90's in Ca.
If this sounds familiar to anyone, I'd like to hear from you...thanks, Linda