Jesse Franklin Beckett (1884 - 1969)

Born 8 Jun 1884 in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ina Ethel (Lance) Beckett — married 7 Jul 1905 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Jul 1969 at age 85 in Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States

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This profile is part of the Beckett Name Study.

Biography

Jesse Franklin Beckett was born in Liberty, Clay County, Missouri on 8 June 1884. He was the son of James Beckett and Jennie Brogdon. Sometime prior to 1889, Jesse's father James dies and Jennie remarries Charlie Ball on 13 Mar 1889 in Marionville, Lawrence Co. Missouri. The family moves to Davis Township, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory prior to the 1900 census as they are living there July 3rd, 1900.^[1]

Jesse marries Ina Lance on 7 Jul 1905 in Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma^[2]

On 30 Jun 1906, the couple welcomes their first son, Youkle James in Seminole, OK. On the 1907 Statehood census for Oklahoma, Jesse and Ina are living apart. Jesse is living with his Mom, stepfather, step siblings and his brother Charley in Seminole.^[3]
On 22 Dec 1907, they welcome their first daughter, Willie Ellen who dies the next year in 1908.
In 1910, Ina and Youkle are living with Ina's parents and Jesse is nowhere to be found. It's rumored that he was a Moonshiner but there's no proof. We currently have no reason or even an idea why Jesse and Ina were not together on the 1907 & 1910 censuses. The family were sharecroppers and moved from farm to farm in the Seminole area. Jesse played fiddle with some of the local bands when he wasn't farming.
In the early 1960s, Jesse and Ina moved into Pioneer Nursing home in Seminole. Jesse had been blind for many years by this time and prior to this move the boys would play jokes on him like moving the clothesline he followed from the house to the outhouse.
Jesse passed away on 6 Jul 1969 at Pioneer Nursing Home, Seminole, Seminole County, Oklahoma. He is buried in Little Cemetery^[4] with his wife, Ina, sons Virgil, Youkle & Richmond and grandchildren Phyllis Beckett Hoffman and David Beckett.

Children

Born in Seminole County
30 Jun 1906 Youkle James
22 Dec 1907 Willie Ellen
Born in Pittsburg County when Ina was living with her parents
26 Nov 1911 Virgil
Born in Seminole County
15 Oct 1913 Beulah Ann Virginia
9 Sep 1914 Henry
30 Apr 1923 Richmond
30 Dec 1925 Myrtle Elizabeth
21 Sep 1926 twins Johnny Dee & Rita Mae
26 July 1930 Vernon Kenneth

Burial

Burial:

Place: Little Cemetery, Little, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States

FSFTID

FSFTID 9QF1-SFY

Research Notes

5/24/17- Have been unable to locate him in the 1910 census. Ina and Youkle are living with her parents. I have searched the census in every area know family is in and have found nothing. His brother Charlie is living in Clay County, MO with one of their uncles.
I've been told that Youkle and Beulah were named after neighbors but have been unable to verify this.
5/28/17- Looking at the space between Henry and Richmond, I'm led to wonder where Jesse was during this time as you would've expected more children during this time. Did Ina miscarry during this time? Was Jesse perhaps involved in WWI?

• Fact: Residence (1900) ED 195 Davis Township (excl. Shawnee city), Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (1907) Sec, Seminole, Oklahoma
• Fact: Residence (1920) Red Mound Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Red Mound Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
• Fact: Residence (1940) Red Mound Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States
• Fact: Draft Registration (1942) Seminole, Oklahoma
• Fact: Burial Little Cemetary, Little, Seminole County. Oklahoma, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMGL-93J : accessed 24 May 2017), Jessee Basket in household of Charles M Ball, Davis Township (excl. Shawnee city), Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 195, sheet 20B, family 404, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,342.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVPX-J45P : 3 December 2014), Jessie Beckett and Inez Lanks, 1905.
3. ↑ Oklahoma Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV1-6DDB : 13 December 2015), Jesse Franklin Beckett, 1969; Burial, Little, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States of America, Little Cemetery; citing record ID 25531441, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 April 2017, 00:42), entry for Jesse Franklin Beckett(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9QF1-SFY); contributed by various users.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MJMG-3CS : accessed 24 May 2017), Jess Beckett, Red Mound, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing ED 254, sheet 10B, line 98, family 189, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1471; FHL microfilm 1,821,471.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XC4F-XZ7 : accessed 24 May 2017), Jess F Beckett, Red Mound, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 1A, line 13, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1930; FHL microfilm 2,341,664.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBK2-VMR : accessed 24 May 2017), Jesse F Beckett, Red Mound Township, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-30, sheet 11B, line 76, family 198, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3331.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XPYC-P44 : 19 April 2016), Jess Franklin Beckett, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• First hand knowledge of grand daughter Lori Beckett Zukerman.