Ruth Matella Claggett

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Mattie

Born October 1, 1856 - Warrenton, Fauquier, Virginia, USA
Deceased January 23, 1915 - Normal, McLean, Illinois, USA,aged 58 years old
Buried January 26, 1915 - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United States

Parents

James Augustine Claggett 1824-1886
Catherine Johnson 1822-1900

Spouses and children

Married August 20, 1882, Lexington, McClean, Illinois, USA, to Luther Sanford Beasley 1859-1925 (Parents : Thomas Wesley Beasley 1824-1897 & Ann Elizabeth Claggett 1835-1898)(see note)with
- Frances Folsom Beasley 1882-1979 Married February 14, 1900, Bloomington, Mclean County, Illinois, USA, to William Melvin Grimes 1868-1920
- Johnson Tucker Beasley 1883-1950 Married April 18, 1913, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA, to Elizabethe Margarethe Wilhelmine Bremser 1888-1952
- Beulah Beasley 1884-1959 Married April 2, 1908 to Zacharias 'Zachary' T. Garrett ca 1888-ca 1955
- Guy Claggett Beasley 1888-1976 Married August 15, 1912 to Olga T. Bredesen 1892-1931
  Guy Claggett Beasley 1888-1976 Married in 1935 to Alma Kron 1903-
- Ruth Matella Beasley 1891-1984 Married April 9, 1913, Lexington, McLean, Illinois, United States, to Ray Haymond Ricketts 1886-1967
- Felix Matthews Beasley 1894-1964 With Frances Cleveland 1886-
  Felix Matthews Beasley 1894-1964 Married September 4, 1922, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan, to Mary Bass 1904-
  Felix Matthews Beasley 1894-1964 Married to Nancy Elizabeth Evans
- Ann Catherine Beasley 1896-1948 Married August 24, 1916 to Lyle Murphy 1895-
  Ann Catherine Beasley 1896-1948 Married March 9, 1941 to Earl James Nocton 1898-1961

Siblings

William 'Moses' Johnson Claggett 1846-1873
Baby Claggett †
James William Claggett 1851-1912
Ruth Matella Claggett 1856-1915
Randolph Tucker Claggett 1858-1937

Notes

Individual Note

Religion: Baptist
Based on notes compiled by Ruth Matella Beasley. "My mother came to Illinois on Christmas Day, 1866."

Obituary:

MRS. LUTHER BEASLEY

Well Known Lexington Woman Died at Brokaw Hospital Saturday

Matella, daughter of James A. and Catherine Claggett, was born at Warrenton, Farquier [sic] county, Virginia, Oct. 1: 1855 and died at the Brokaw hospital in Normal, Jan. 23, 1915. She came to Illinois with her parents on Christmas day in 1866 and they located on a farm her father purchased south of Lexington, which continued to be the family home until after her father's death in 1886.

Here she was married to Luther S. Beasley August 4, 1882. Seven children were born to this union, all of whom survive their mother. They are: Johnson T. and Guy C., of Chicago, Mrs. William Grimes of Chenoa;, Mrs. Zack T. Garrett, Mrs. Ray Pickens, Felix M. and Katherine of Lexington. She is also survived by her husband, one brother, R. T. Claggett and three grandchildren.

Mrs. Beasley had been ill for about three weeks and was taken to the Brokaw hospital Wednesday where she underwent a severe operation Thursday. All that could be done for her was done but without avail and she passed away about nine o'clock Saturday evening. The body was brought to home Sunday morning where the funeral service was held at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Rev. C. S. Osborn, pastor of the Baptist church, of which Mrs. Beasley was a member, officiated. The burial was in the Lexington cemetery.

Mrs. Beasley was a loving wife and a mother, a kind neighbor and a faithful friend and she will be greatly missed in her home and by all who knew her.

-- Thursday, January 28, 1915

-- GEDCOM (FAM) --1 SLGS2 STAT SUBMITTED3 DATE 25 Feb 2003

Family Note

Luther and Matella were first cousins.

Sources

Individual: Family History Library - 35 N West Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA - International Genealogical Index - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000
Death: Cemetery Record - Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, McLean County, Illinois