Inez A. Beard

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• Census: 14 Jun 1880, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; [Head may have been Douglas Dowley, age 40, born New York] 1. Stillman, York [George], white, male, 27, married, house painter, Illinois, New York, Ohio 2. _____, Inez, white, female, 18, wife, married, keeping house, Illinois, New York, New York 3. _____, Burdette, white, male, 2, son, at home, Kansas, Illinois, Illinois
• NEWS: 3 Nov 1881, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; "Mrs. Inez Stillman and her two children are down from Osage City visiting her mother, Mrs. Deborah Beard."
• Census: 1885, Melvern township, Osage County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, D. M., 54, female, white, widowed, born Pennsylvania, came to Kansas from Illinois 2. Stillman, Geo. D., 35, male, white, married, painter, born New York, to Kansas from New York, 3. _____, Inez A., 34, female, married, born Illinois, to Kansas from Illinois 4. _____, Burdette, 6, male, Kansas 5. _____, Agnes, 5, female, Kansas
• Directory: 1893, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; "Stillman, Geo D., ins agt, h 81 College av"
• NEWS: 1 Decmeber 1893, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA; Bizarre article indicating that George and Inez Stillman ahad a "badly deformed lad" named Burdette, whom they paraded around town to panhandle from the sympathetic. The nature of the deformity is not specified but the article states that a doctor offered to heal the child and was turned down and the family moved houses immediately thereafter, This could only be the right family: George Stillman, with wife Inez, and son Burdette, the right age. Also, a George D. Stillman is found in the 1893 Indianapolis directory, as an insurance agent,
• Census: 4 Jun 1900, 700 Ada Ave., Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; 1. Stillman, George, head, white, male, October 1853, 46, married 23 years, New York, New York, New York, paper hanger, unemployed 4 months, can read and write, renting house 2. _____, Inez, wife, white, female, September 1860, 39, married 23 years, 5 children 4 living, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Illinois. can read and write 3. _____, Burdette, son, white, male, April 1878, 22, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write 4. _____, Agnes, daughter, white, female, April 1881, 19, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Katie, daughter, white, female, June 1885, 14, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, attending school, can read and write 6. _____, Trixy, daughter, white, female, July 1889, 10, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write
• Directory: 1905, Chanute, Neosho, Kansas, USA; Stillman Agnes, b 611 N Grant av. Stillman Burdette D, b 611 N Grant av Stillman, George D., driver S M Neal, r 611 N Grant av Stillman, Katie, b 611 N Grant av [where are Inez and Trixie?]
• Census: 25 Apr 1910, 115 Spruce St., Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; 1. Stillman, George D., head, male, white 56, first marriage, married 33 years, New York Rhode Island, New York, paper hanger, shop 2. ______, Inez A., wife, female, white, 49, first marriage, married 33 years, 4 children, 4 living Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, can read and write 3. _____, Agnes A., daughter, female, white, 29, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write 4. _____, Trixy S. daughter, female, white, 20, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write 5. _____, Burdette D. son, male, white, 31, single, Kansas, New York, Illinois, can read and write
• Directory: 1912, Iola, Osage County, Kansas, USA; "Stillman Agnes, b 13 N Ohio Stillman Burdette, b 13 N Ohio Stillman, Inez A (did George D), r 13 N Oyio [Ohio] Stillman, Trixie, b 13 N Ohio"
• Residence: Apr 1919, Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA
• NEWS: 19 Apr 1919, Iola, Osage County, Kansas, USA; "Obituary--Katie E. Harrison. --Katie E. Stillman was born in Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, June 8th, 1885, She died at her home in Rochester, Minn., April 14, 1919. Katie Stillman was married to Edwin M. Harrison November 22, 1905, at Iola, Kansas. To this union was born one child, Edith K. Besides her husband and child she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Inez Stillman and two sisters, Agnes and Trixy, all of Trinidad, Colo. Katie Harrison has been a resident of Iola since her marriage and was esteemed and loved by all who knew her." Funeral services were at Sleeper's Chapel and burial was in Highland cemetery beside her father and brother. Her favorite song as so often sung with her father, brother and sisters was "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." We feel that she has now reached that home where she waits."
• Census: 22 Jan 1920, 1121 North First St., Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA; 1. Stillman, Inez, head, renting, female, white, 59, widowed, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, nurse, practical, own account 2. _____, Agnes, daughter, female, white, 37, single, can read and write, Kansas, New York, Illinois, traveling saleslady, novelty store 3. _____, Trixy, daughter, female, white, 30, single, can read and write, Kansas, New York, Illinois, traveling saleslady, novelty store [same house, separate household, Prade Girbone, 36, Italy, with wife.]
• Census: 15 Apr 1930, 906 Chestnut Ave. (rear), Beaumont, Riverside County, California, USA; 1. Stillman, Ines, head, not a farm, female, white, 69, widowed, first married at age 17, can read and write, Illinois, Illinois, Illinois, no occupation 2. _____, Ines T., daughter, female, white, 41, single, can read and write, Illinois, New York, Illinois, no occupation
• Residence: 1934, 2510 South Olive Ave., Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA; "Stillman, Mrs. Inez A., 2510 Olive av D" Also listed was her daughter "Miss Inez Stillman," at the same address.
• Residence: Oct 1936, 2300 London St., Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
• NEWS: 15 Oct 1936, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA; "Octogenarian Hit, Badly Hurt, Auto Mrs. Inez Stillman, 81, of 2300 London street, Los Angeles, was feared dying at San Joaquin Hospital today of injuries received when she was struck by an automobile on Golden State highway at Wheeler Ridge last night. Suffering from a head injury, Mrs. Stillman has failed to regain consciousness since the accident, Mrs. Stillman had stopped at Wheeler Ridge for lunch at 8 o'clock last evening and reportedly was crossing the highway on foot when she was struck by an oncoming machine."

Family/Spouse: George D. Stillman. George was born about 1850 in New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Burdette Stillman was born on 25 Apr 1878 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; died on 26 Dec 1917 in Pryor Creek, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in Iola, Osage County, Kansas, USA.
2. Katie E. Stillman was born on 8 Jun 1885 in Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA; died on 14 Apr 1919 in Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Iola, Osage County, Kansas, USA.
3. Agnes Stillman was born in Apr 1881 in Kansas, USA.
4. Inez Trixy "Trixy" Stillman was born on 29 Jul 1889 in Kansas, USA; died on 30 Aug 1967 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

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• Census: 6 Nov 1850, Placerville (and vicinity), El Dorado County, California, USA; 1. Beard, Edward T., 21, male, white, miner, real estate [$1150?], Illinois, condition [5.00] 2. Langdon, William L., 21, male, white, miner, real estate $200, Indiana, condition 5.00 3. Johnson, James, 21, male, white, miner, [no real estate value], Indiana, condition 5.00
• Census: 5 Jun 1852, El Dorado County, California, USA; 1. Beard, Edward T., 22, male, white, miner, born Illinois, last residence Illinois
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, Township 11 Range 6, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Beard, Edward T., 30, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $175, Illinois 2. _____, Deborah M., 30, female, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Clara A., 1, female, Illinois
• Military: 3 May 1861, Illinois, USA; Served in Co. K, 7 IL inf., Sgt.
• Census: 26 Jun 1865, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, Edwd T., 34, male, teamster, [no real estate value], personal $200, Illinois, married 2. _____, Mrs, 34, female, Illinois, married 3. _____, Clara, 6, female, attended school 4. _____, Amy [Inez], 5, female, Illinois 5. _____, Ellen [Illion], 2, female, Illinois
• Will: 8 Apr 1873, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; Presented 13 November 1873. Leaving everything, after debts, to his three children named as Clara, Inez, and Illion.

Edward married Deborah Hill on 29 May 1856 in Lasalle County, Illinois, USA. Deborah (daughter of George Hill and Christiana Sutton) was born on 24 Jan 1830 in Johnstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 26 Apr 1906 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; was buried in Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• RESEARCH: Received from Ann Boll, Ancestry message, 8 April 2017. Suggestions for further research. Hi, Janis! I think Deborah is the daughter of George Hill and sister of William Hill, too. Deborah married Edward T. "Red" Beard on 29 May 1856 in LaSalle County, IL. As you noted, they were living in Macoupin County at the time of the 1860 census. The 1865 Kansas census shows the Beard family living in Leavenworth, KS, Edward's occupation is listed as 'teamster.' In the 1870 census, Deborah and their daughters are living in Pleasant Hill, Cass County, MO, while "Red" is nowhere to be found in the census. It's about this time that life gets interesting for Red Beard... you'll need to Google Rowdy Joe Lowe and Red Beard to get the full story. I would recommend the book "Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun" by Joseph G Rosa, it has the most complete and accurate story I've found. Red Beard's probate file on Ancestry is also quite interesting and informative. After Red Beard's death, Deborah and the girls moved to Wichita to salvage what they could from her husband's estate. Apparently Deborah never divorced him, so she inherited what little he owned although his mistress, Josephine DeMerritt, tried to forge documents saying he had deeded the dance hall over to her. Deborah died in 1906 in Wichita and is buried next to Red Beard in Highland Cemetery in Wichita. I am no relation to any of these people - I am just fascinated by the characters that inhabited early Wichita before 1900. I've been collecting research for about 15 years now in the hope I can write a book about some of them after I retire later this year. They are definitely not boring!! Let me know if there is anything specific you would like for me to share with you! Ann Boll Wichita, KS
• Census: 24 Sep 1850, La Salle County, Illinois, USA; 1. Hill, George, 49, male, farmer, real estate $500, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Christiana, 46, female, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Deborah, 20, female, Pennsylvania 4. _____, George [M. ?], 18, male, farmer, Pennsylvania 5. _____, John, 16, male, farmer, Pennsylvania, attended school 6. _____, Wm, 14, male, Pennsylvania, attended school
• Census: 21 Jul 1860, Township 11 Range 6, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Beard, Edward T., 30, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $175, Illinois 2. _____, Deborah M., 30, female, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Clara A., 1, female, Illinois
• Census: 26 Jun 1865, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, Edwd T., 34, male, teamster, [no real estate value], personal $200, Illinois, married 2. _____, Mrs, 34, female, Illinois, married 3. _____, Clara, 6, female, attended school 4. _____, Amy [Inez], 5, female, Illinois 5. _____, Ellen [Illion], 2, female, Illinois
• Census: 25 Jun 1870, Pleasant Hill, Cass County, MIssouri, USA; 1. Beard, Deborah, 40, female, white, keeps house, [no real estate], personal $100, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Clara, 11, female, white, at home, Illinois, attended school 3. _____, Inez, 9, female, white, Illinois 4. _____, Illion, 6, female, white, Illinois [Same page is a John A. Ward, born in Ohio, children born in Illinois; Deborah's sister in law was Mary Ward]
• Newspaper Article: 28 Nov 1873, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, USA; A Bad Man Gone E. T. Beard, a notorious dance-house keeper at Wichita, died a few days ago from wounds received in a row in his house some two week since. The Eagle says Beard was formerly from Beardstown, Ill., which place was laid out and named after his father, who was wealthy. He was well educated, and had a Christian training. He has three children, two daughters and a son, nearly grown, who are now attending school somewhere in the east, and know nothing of their father's wild life in the west. He was about 45 years of age,straight as an arrow, red hair, which fell in a profusion of curls upon his shoulders. Beard remarked to his physician before his death that he followed the disreputable business only in the hopes of getting a start in the world agaid [sic], but if he got over his wounds he would never go in side of a dance house again.
• Newspaper Article: 11 Dec 1873, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA; "Red" James Kelly, the editor of the Winfield Courier, who was in Wichita the day "Red" who was buried, was acquainted, with the desperado in his early life, and in his paper makes the following interesting note:

  "Red was none other than Ed. Beard, whose father gave to Beardstown, Cass county, Illinois, his name. We remember Ed. Beard as a jolly, rollicking young man, without a single bad trait in his make up. He married an estimable young lady near Virginia, Cass county. The writer of this article met "Red" last July at Wichita, for the first time since he left Illinois, ten or twelve years ago. He then gave us his solemn promise that so soon as the Texas "season" was over, he would abandon forever his wild, infamous life. The next time we saw him was in his coffin, and while we stood and gazed on that lifeless clay, going back in thought to his wild, reckless life for the last twelve years, in California, Oregon and Arizona, where his name was a terror to everybody, we could hardly convince ourselves that this was the handsome, jovial, gifted Ed. Beard. Verily, the way of the transgressor is hard. Peace to his ashes."

• Census: 9 Jun 1880, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, Deborah M., white, female, 49, widowed, keeping house, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Illion [C.?], white, female, 18, daughter, single, at home, Illinois, Illinois, Pennsylvania
• NEWS: 3 Nov 1881, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; "Mrs. Inez Stillman and her two children are down from Osage City visiting her mother, Mrs. Deborah Beard."
• Newspaper Article: 24 Oct 1884, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; From the Wichita Beacon: \"Miss Ilion Beard, daughter of Mrs Deborah Beard, died at the home of Mr. Jesse Garret last evening at half past seven o\'clock. She had been sick for several weeks with hemorrhage of the lungs and quick consumption. Up to within a few hours of her death her friends believed that she was recovering and fondly anticipated her complete recovery. The remains will be shipped to Osage county where her mother now lives. She was about twenty-one years old. After life\'s fitful fever she sleeps well.\"
• Census: 1885, Melvern township, Osage County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, D. M., 54, female, white, widowed, born Pennsylvania, came to Kansas from Illinois 2. Stillman, Geo. D., 35, male, white, married, painter, born New York, to Kansas from New York, 3. _____, Inez A., 34, female, married, born Illinois, to Kansas from Illinois 4. _____, Burdette, 6, male, Kansas 5. _____, Agnes, 5, female, Kansas
• Census: 1895, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, D. M., 65, female, white, Pennsylvania, came to Kansas from Illinois
• Census: 26 Jun 1900, Malvern township, Osage County, Kansas, USA; 1. Beard, Debora, head, white, female, Jan 1830, 70, widowed, 0 children 0 living, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Wash., DC, seamstress, can read and write, owns home free of mortgage

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• RESEARCH: Land records, LaSalle Co IL Looked line by line through the grantee index, vol 1-3, 1835-1848, FHL film 1428842; available online at FamilySearch. Found NO George Hill. Spent time on Fold3, as he would be the right age for CW service. Several William A. Hills from IL, but nothing to suggest which one might be him. Also soldiers/sailors site, which offered these possibles: Hill, William A. Side: Union Location: Illinois Battle Unit: 148th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Function: Infantry Hill, William A. Side: Union Location: Illinois Battle Unit: 156th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Function: Infantry Hill, William A. Side: Union Location: Illinois Battle Unit: 49th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Function: Infantry Two Hill wills in Will Book A (1847-1859), pp. 94 (Eli) and 210 (Eldridge). Eldridge mentions brother John W., checked 1850 census and Eldridge was a reasonably young man and from Rhode Island, not PA. Neither appeared to be likely relatives of George Hill. Checked Probate book A (1849-1851), only Eli Hill.
• Research Path: Probate records, LaSalle County, IL, available online at FHC
• Census: 24 Sep 1850, La Salle County, Illinois, USA; POSSIBLE CENSUS FAMILY 1. Hill, George, 49, male, farmer, real estate $500, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Christiana, 46, female, Pennsylvania 3. _____, Deborah, 20, female, Pennsylvania 4. _____, George [M. ?], 18, male, farmer, Pennsylvania 5. _____, John, 16, male, farmer, Pennsylvania, attended school 6. _____, Wm, 14, male, Pennsylvania, attended school
• Census: 23 Jul 1860, South Ottawa, La Salle County, Illinois, USA; 1. Hill, George, 60, male, constable, real estate $400, personal $200, Pennsylvania 2. _____, Anna, 54, female, Pennsylvania
• Occupation: 1862, La Salle County, Illinois, USA; George was still constable as late as 1862.

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Name:
POSSIBLE PARENT OF WILLIAM A, HILL

George married Christiana Sutton before 1830 in Pennsylvania, USA. Christiana was born about 1804 in Pennsylvania, USA; died after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Also seen as "Christina Sutton."

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Married:
Marriage date deduced from age of eldest dau in 1850 LaSalle Co IL census, and place from the fact that she and her husband and their children were all born in PA.