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Deborah Hill

Deborah Hill

Female 1830 - 1906  (76 years)

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  • Name Deborah Hill  [1] 
    Born 24 Jan 1830  Johnstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 24 Sep 1850  La Salle County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    "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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    "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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    1. Beard, D. M., 65, female, white, Pennsylvania, came to Kansas from Illinois 
    Census 26 Jun 1900  Malvern township, Osage County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    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 
    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 
    Died 26 Apr 1906  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Highland Cemetery, Wichita, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I2780  Full
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2021 

    Father George Hill,   b. Abt 1801, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Christiana Sutton,   b. Abt 1804, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1850  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Married Bef 1830  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    • 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.
    Family ID F722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward T. "Red" Beard,   b. Abt 1830, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1873, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 29 May 1856  Lasalle County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Children 
    +1. Clara A. Beard,   b. 3 Jan 1859, Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Sep 1925, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +2. Inez A. Beard,   b. Abt 1861, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. About October 1936, San Joaquin, San Joaquin County, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
     3. Illion Beard,   b. Abt 1864, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1884, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 20 years)
    Last Modified 8 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F1251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S783] Illinois, LaSalle - 1860 U.S. Census, Illinois, LaSalle County, South Ottawa (town of), LaSalle County, Illinois, Page 376, Dwelling 3494, Family 3499, George Hill household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S5107] FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : 8 April 2017), by The Old Genealogist for Deborah M. Beard (1830-1906), citing Highland Cemetery (Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas).

    3. [S5003] 1850 U.S. census, Lasalle County, Illinois, population schedule, Grand Rapids, p. 496 (penned), p. 248b (stamped), dwelling 1074, family 1074, George Hill household; digital images FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 26 March 2016); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 115.

    4. [S5095] 1860 U.S. census, Macoupin County, Illinois, population schedule, Township 11 Range 6, p. 103 (penned), [no stamped no.], dwelling 733, family 708, Edward T. Beard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 206. [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7667/4213711_00103/37437802].

    5. [S5096] 1865 Kansas State Census, Leavenworth County, Leavenworth Ward 3, p. 12 (penned), Edwd [Edward] T. Beard household; "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing roll ks_1865_5, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.

    6. [S5094] 1860 U.S. census, Cass County, Illinois, population schedule, Pleasant Hill (town), p. 61 (penned), p. 674 (stamped, recto), dwelling 496, family 465, Deborah Beard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 767. [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7163/4273846_00383/1944330].

    7. [S5102] "A Bad Man Gone," The Osage County Chronicle (Burlingame, Kan.), 28 November 1873, p. 3, col. 3; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 8 April 2017).

    8. [S5101] "Red," Leavenworth Weekly Times (Leavenworth, Kan.), 11 December 1873, p. 2, col. 3.

    9. [S5097] 1880 U. S. census, Sedgwick County, Kansas, population schedule, Wichita, enumeration district (ED) 215, p. 34 (penned), p. 293b (stamped), dwelling 346, family 356, Deborah M. Beard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 396. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6742/4241340-00372.

    10. [S6196] ?City and County News,? Wichita Eagle, 3 November 1881, p. 3, col. 1, item for Mrs. Deborah Beard and Mrs. Inez Stillman, 30 August; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 20 February 2021).

    11. [S5577] i>The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, Kan.), 24 October 1884, p. 4, col. 1, item regarding Miss Ilion Beard; digital image, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 24 February 2019).

    12. [S5099] 1885 Kansas State Census, Osage County, Melvern township, p. 8 (penned), D. M. Beard household; "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing roll ks_1885_100, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka.

    13. [S5100] 1895 Kansas State Census, Osage County, Melvern township, p. 3 (penned), D. M. Beard household; "Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing 1895 Kansas Territory Census, v115_109, Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1088/ksv115_109-0464.

    14. [S5098] 1900 U.S. census, Osage County, Kansas, population schedule, Melver township, enumeration district (ED) 0121, sheet 14A (penned), p. 139a (stamped), dwelling 300, family 304, Debora [Deborah] Beard household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 April 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 494. https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/7602/004120159_00283.

    15. [S218] Illinois, LaSalle - census 1850 (Ancestry), Illinois, LaSalle County, (http://www.ancestry.com: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

    16. [S45] Illinois - Marriages, online, State Archives (1763 - 1900), ("Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marriage.html)), entry for Edward Beard and Deborah Hill, LaSalle County, vol. B, license no. 2506 (29 May 1856) (Reliability: 3), 9 Jan 2008.
      Edward Beard to Deborah Hill, on 29 May 1856, LaSalle County, Illinois, Volume B, License # 2506


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