1. | Robert Milton "Bob" Beckwith was born 9 Jul 1928, Grant Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (son of Milton Miles Beckwith and Marjorie Ruth Mateer). Other Events:
Notes: Bob learned to play piano at an early age and kept it as a hobby most of his life, thus carrying on the family musical tradition. As a teenager, he joined the Boy Scouts of which his father was the leader. In high school he attended Lane Technical magnet school in Chicago, Illinois. Robert married Jeanette Lee Clabo 25 Aug 1950, Original First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County, Tennessee. Jeanette (daughter of Eddie Lee Clabo and Charity Alice Reagan, daughter of Media Edards "Edd" Shields and Davie Eliza Shults) was born 12 Mar 1927, Eddie & Charity Clabo homestead, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Milton Miles Beckwith was born 27 Sep 1901, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois (son of Moritz Georg "George" von Beschwitz and Maude Eleanor Elizabeth Wheeler); died 25 Aug 1981, Dunedin, Pinellas County, Florida; was buried 10 Oct 1981, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Milton changed his name from Milton Morris von Beschwitz. The Morris was probably an Anglicized Moritz. Milton married Marjorie Ruth Mateer 24 Sep 1927, Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Marjorie (daughter of Fred De Loss Mateer and Blanche Ridenour) was born 8 Jan 1904, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 12 May 1994, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Jul 1994, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Marjorie Ruth Mateer was born 8 Jan 1904, Joliet, Will County, Illinois (daughter of Fred De Loss Mateer and Blanche Ridenour); died 12 May 1994, Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried 30 Jul 1994, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Popular Young People to Marry
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4. | Moritz Georg "George" von Beschwitz was born 31 Jan 1867, Alt-Hörnitz, Hörnitz, Sachsen, Germany (son of Wolf Leopold Moritz "Leopold" von Beschwitz and Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler); died 8 Mar 1945, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1945, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Born in knight estate Alt Hörnitz 2 miles West of Zittau, Sachsen, Germany. Moritz married Maude Eleanor Elizabeth Wheeler 22 May 1901, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. Maude (daughter of Edmund Lyon Wheeler and Eleanor Elizabeth Sarah Smith) was born 29 Aug 1873, Spencer Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; died 3 Sep 1961, Mercer Island, Washington; was buried 8 Sep 1961, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
5. | Maude Eleanor Elizabeth Wheeler was born 29 Aug 1873, Spencer Street, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (daughter of Edmund Lyon Wheeler and Eleanor Elizabeth Sarah Smith); died 3 Sep 1961, Mercer Island, Washington; was buried 8 Sep 1961, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Born on Spencer Street, Brooklyn, New York in grand parents home six months after her grandmother's death.
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6. | Fred De Loss Mateer was born 8 Sep 1876, Joliet, Will County, Illinois (son of Samuel Alexander Mateer and Mary Charlotte Butler); died 12 Dec 1971, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: There is speculation that his name is connected to Fred DeLoss, 17 year old step son of the family listed in the 1880 Will County, Illinois census next to his grandfather John Butler. Fred married Blanche Ridenour 24 Sep 1902, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Blanche (daughter of Daniel Webster Ridenour and Anna Olivia Sawyer) was born 13 May 1882, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa; died 18 Nov 1974, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
7. | Blanche Ridenour was born 13 May 1882, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa (daughter of Daniel Webster Ridenour and Anna Olivia Sawyer); died 18 Nov 1974, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
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8. | Wolf Leopold Moritz "Leopold" von Beschwitz was born 14 Nov 1826, Groß-Schweidnitz, Sachsen, Germany (son of Hans Christoph Moritz von Beschwitz and Henriette Agnes von Gersdorff); died 27 Nov 1888, Schmochtitz, Sachsen, Germany; was buried 29 Nov 1888, Taucherfriedhof, Bautzen, Sachsen, Germany. Other Events:
Notes: Royal Saxonian peace judge and inherited knight estate Alt-Hörnitz. Wolf married Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler 1 Nov 1852, Zittau, Sachsen, Germany. Johanna (daughter of Ferdinand Gustav Carl Ernst von Schwemler and Johanne Emilie Caroline Krümmel) was born 22 Jul 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; was christened 19 Aug 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; died 7 May 1914, Blankenburg, Germany. [Group Sheet] |
9. | Johanna Maria Magdalena von Schwemler was born 22 Jul 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany; was christened 19 Aug 1834, Frankfurt, Oder, Germany (daughter of Ferdinand Gustav Carl Ernst von Schwemler and Johanne Emilie Caroline Krümmel); died 7 May 1914, Blankenburg, Germany. Notes: IGI lists surname as von Schwemmler:
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10. | Edmund Lyon Wheeler was born 20 Apr 1845, New York, New York (son of Lucius Russel Wheeler and Sarah (Lurith) Roberts); died 26 May 1920, 2015 Ogeechee Avenue, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia; was buried 28 May 1920, Hillcrest Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Other Events:
Notes: Enlisted in Civil War at Battleboro, Vermont Company D, 8th Vermont Infantry 18 February 1862. His personal description was light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, five feet eight inches tall, cabinet-maker. Listed as wounded 27 May 1863 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. Mustered out at Brattleboro, Vermont 22 June 1864. Edmund married Eleanor Elizabeth Sarah Smith Nov 1872, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York; divorced 24 Dec 1907. Eleanor (daughter of Samuel Joseph Smith and Eleanor Frances Elizabeth Perrington) was born 1 Nov 1852, London, England; was christened 12 Jun 1853, Saint Leonard's Church of England, Shoreditch, London, England; died 11 Jan 1938, Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 13 Jan 1938, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
11. | Eleanor Elizabeth Sarah Smith was born 1 Nov 1852, London, England; was christened 12 Jun 1853, Saint Leonard's Church of England, Shoreditch, London, England (daughter of Samuel Joseph Smith and Eleanor Frances Elizabeth Perrington); died 11 Jan 1938, Norwegian American Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 13 Jan 1938, Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Cook County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Eleanor Elizabeth Smith Wheeler taught piano lessons and held a monthly musicale at home. She is named in a lot purchase on 2 July 1875 of lot #228 in Glendale, Queens County, Long Island, New York on Clinton Avenue north of Myrtle Avenue from James B. McKewan for $350.00. Notes: Eleanor Elizabeth (Smith) Wheeler divorced Edmund Wheeler 24 December 1907 on grounds of disertion.
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12. | Samuel Alexander Mateer was born 9 Jan 1843, Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania (son of Francis Andrew "Frank" Mateer and Catherine Ann Barnes); died 16 Nov 1929, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 19 Nov 1929, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Member of Masonic Lodge and Knight Temple in Joliet IL - member of Shrine Medinah Temple in Chicago IL. Member of 1st Presbyterian Church, Joliet, IL. "Was second cousin to the two Mateer missionaries in China. They were first cousins to Samuel Mateer's father." Samuel married Mary Charlotte Butler 5 Nov 1868, Will County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of John W. Butler and Martha Wells) was born 28 Jun 1850, Lockport, Niagara County, New York; died 10 Jul 1947, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1947, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
13. | Mary Charlotte Butler was born 28 Jun 1850, Lockport, Niagara County, New York (daughter of John W. Butler and Martha Wells); died 10 Jul 1947, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1947, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: License number 3432, groom surname listed as Matuer.
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14. | Daniel Webster Ridenour was born 19 Nov 1841, Campbell County, Tennessee (son of Alexandor T. Ridenour and Sara T. Loy); died 4 Jan 1902, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 6 Jan 1902, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Notes: Listed in 1850 Campbell County, Tennessee census with uncle and aunt Peter and Philpena Loy and grandmother Philpena Sharp Loy. Listed in Preble County, Ohio 1860 census living in the home of Mary Piatt. Daniel married Anna Olivia Sawyer 3 May 1872, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. Anna (daughter of Alfred Sawyer and Lury Ann Macomber Fay) was born 22 Jan 1848, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont; died 23 Mar 1932, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 25 Mar 1932, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] |
15. | Anna Olivia Sawyer was born 22 Jan 1848, Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont (daughter of Alfred Sawyer and Lury Ann Macomber Fay); died 23 Mar 1932, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 25 Mar 1932, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Other Events:
Notes: Moved to Joliet about 1901. She was a member of the First Presbyterian church and Bethany Circle, The King's Daughters. Died suddenly one night of "intestinal blockage" at her home 508 Oneida Street.
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