Martha Burns Beck

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• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Martha B. Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Martha Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Martha B. Noland

Notes:

...Martha B. (Beck) Noland, born July 22, 1820 near West Charleston in Bethel Township, married James Nelson Noland May 2, 1839 in Shelby County. in December 1840 they settled in Piqua. after the death of her husband in 1887 she lived with her daughter, Almeda on East Main Street, Huntersville in Springcreek Township. there she died April 21, 1893.
...Her husband, James Nelson Noland was born in 1814 in Adams county, Ohio and was a carpenter and erected a brick home on Chestnut and Sycamore in Piqua. In 1874 he did the work on the catch basin at Lockington and served on the water works board. In spring of 1887 he was appointed Assessor of 3rd Ward to fill vacancy caused by the death of William Bennett. Mr Noland died at home on Sycamore and Chestnut October 23, 1887.
...Martha's father was of Scottish descent but born in Ireland. Her parents, James and Margaret Beck were born and married in County Down, Ireland. Soon after their marriage in 1804, they immigrated to America and located in the city of Philadelphia. After a short residence there they came west and settled in Dayton, Ohio. In 1810 he taught a subscription school, the second school in Dayton, which was then a mere village without a school system. some years later they moved to a farm near West Charleston where Martha was born. her father later taught several other schools in Montgomery and Miami Counties.
...Of Martha and James Noland's twelve children at least six married. Margaret Ann married John. H. Rain. James Frank married 1st) Mary E. Peck, 2nd) Tasty S. Winter and 3rd Mary J. Myers. John Nelson married Clara L. Freeman. Almeda married Andrew J. Cron. Volney Dorsey married Catherine Gorman and N. Adeska married Alphus Jeffryes.
...Two sons served in the Civil War. James Frank was in Company I 71st Regiment. John Nelson Noland was in Company E. 71st Regiment O.V.I. They are mentioned in Civil War Soldiers From Piqua, Ohio. At the Battle of Shiloh by T. Wright 1994, page 34. James F. collected data in 1917 for The Piqua Daily Call September 5 & 6 for The Part Which Miami County Ohio Took In Our Civil War, J. C. Smiley, compiler. In The First Century of Piqua - Biography and Reminiscences beginning on 359 James F., in 1907, wrote a ten page story telling of his boyhood in "grand old Piqua". James F.'s name appears also in Piqua Daily Call Monday, June 28, 1920. He was elected president of the organization of The Beck Family Reunion.
...Others elected at the reunion were Warren Beck, vice president and A. T. Beck, secretary and treasurer , Charles J. Hall of Dayton gave an interesting talk on ancestors and descendants of James Beck. Mrs. Nancy A. Hall, of Dayton, at eighty-five years of age was the oldest living descendant of James Beck present. Martha Noland Ryall, aged two years was the youngest descendant present.
...Pictured in a three-foot long photograph are 116 descendants of James and Margaret Beck, parents of Martha Noland. A circuit camera was used to scan across the group posed in front of the dining hall at Fountain Park in Piqua. The photo belonged to N. Adeska (Noland) Jeffryes, grandmother of James N. Jeffryes. (Source: Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society; typed and indexed by Lois J. Fair, "Miami County Family Histories Tired Iron book", (Ohio Genealogical Society. Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society, c2006, pg. 163, 164)

Martha married James Nelson Noland on 2 May 1839 in Shelby County, Ohio, United States. James was born in 1814 in Adams County, Ohio, United States; died in 1887 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Oct 1887 in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Margaret Ann Rain
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Margaret Ann Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Margaret Noland, milliner, in the household of James Noland

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• Name: Minerva Beckel
• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Minerva J. Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Minnervia Noland, milnerr, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Manerva Noland

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• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James Franklin Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as James F. Nolandr, in the household of James Noland

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• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John A. Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John N. Nolandr, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as John Noland, Railroad Man

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• Census: 1850, Washington Township, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Francis F. Noland, in the household of James Noland

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• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Dimmett Nolandr, in the household of James Noland

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• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as G. Voleney Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Volney D. Noland

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• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Almeda Nolandr, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Almanda Noland

Almeda married Andrew Jackson Cron on 31 Jul 1873. Andrew was born on 1 Jul 1852 in Huntersville, Hardin County, Ohio, United States; died on 2 Jul 1905 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 5 Jul 1905 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Aduska Noland
• Census: 1860, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Martha Noland, in the household of James Noland
• Census: 1870, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States; as Martha Noland

Martha married Alpheus Jeffryes in 1882. Alpheus was born in 1859 in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, United States; died in Dec 1888 in Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried on 23 Dec 1888 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Minnie M. _____. Minnie was born in 1879 in Ohio, United States; died in Jun 1930; was buried on 4 Jun 1930 in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: _____ Lortz. _____ and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George M. Bertling. George was born in 1886 in Ohio, United States; died in Mar 1959; was buried on 30 Mar 1959 in Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: _____ McFarland. _____ and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 20 Jun 1884; Hazel B. Jeffrin

Hazel married David Ray Campbell on 20 Nov 1926 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. David and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: 29 Jan 1886; Leona M. Jeffryes

Leona married George Stahl on 28 Jul 1938 in Jay County, Indiana, United States. George was born on 23 Dec 1890 in Bradford, Miami County, Ohio, United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Nels Jeffryes

Notes:

...James Nelson Jeffryes was born July 29, 1887 in Piqua, Ohio to Alpheus & Adeska (Noland) Jeffryes. He went by his middle name and was called Nels (pronounced to rhyme with else). Nels was the youngest of three children with sisters Hazel and Mabel. The family lived in Springcreek Township in the section called Huntersville. Today it is known as Shawnee in Piqua.
...Nels married Rose Strohmeyer, the daughter of Henry & Catherine (Brinkman) Strohmeyer, in 1927 in Piqua. Nels and Rose had one child, James (Jim) N. Jeffreys on May 25, 1934 in Piqua.
...In the January 30, 1912 issue of the Xenia Daily Gazette an article title "James Jeffryes celebrates his ninety-first birthday" states that "His trade as cabinet maker, Mr. Jeffryes learned from his brother-in-law, Uriah Jeffryes, a distant relative who married his eldest sister.: In 1832 Silas brought his family to Cedarville, Greene County from Greenville County, Virginia near Jamestown. The head of the family in this country was one of the early English settlers of Virginia who married an Indian maiden.
...In May 1918 Nels was drafted into the Army and served until august 1919. Nels owned and operated Jeffryes Grocery at 445 East Ash Street in Piqua until 1937. He became a molder in the brass foundry at Hobart Manufacturer in Troy until he died March 8, 1952 in Piqua at the age of 64. (Source: Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society; typed and indexed by Lois J. Fair, "Miami County Family Histories Tired Iron book", (Ohio Genealogical Society. Miami County Historical & Genealogical Society, c2006 ), pg. 103)

James married Rose Josephine Strohmeyer on 8 Feb 1927 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. Rose was born on 25 Feb 1894; died on 21 Aug 1973 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Aug 1973 in Miami County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]