Family History of J. Rod Rood


Maberry MASSEY was born on 15 Feb 1811. He died on 24 Jun 1871. He was buried in Green Twp., Wayne, Indiana. He married Catharine BEVERLIN on 25 Mar 1852 in , Wayne, Indiana.

BURIAL: Mt. Zion or Williamsburg Cemetery

Catharine BEVERLIN [Parents] was born on 17 May 1812 in , , Indiana. She died on 21 Feb 1858 in , Wayne, Indiana. She was buried in Williamsburg, Wayne, Indiana. She married Maberry MASSEY on 25 Mar 1852 in , Wayne, Indiana.

BURIAL: Mt. Zion or Williamsburg Cemetery


James Lloyd PEARCE was born in 1834. He died in 1915. He married Martha A. BEVERLIN on 9 Aug 1860 in , Wayne, Indiana.

Martha A. BEVERLIN [Parents] was born about 1841 in , , Indiana. She died on 11 Mar 1924 in , Wayne, Indiana. She was buried in Williamsburg, Wayne, Indiana. She married James Lloyd PEARCE on 9 Aug 1860 in , Wayne, Indiana.

BIRTH: Age given as 9 from 1850 Federal census, Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana

BURIAL: Mt. Zion or Williamsburg Cemetery

They had the following children:

  F i Cora L. PEARCE was born about 1865 in , , Indiana. She died on 29 Dec 1916.

Never Married
Birth information from 1880 Federal Census
  M ii Frederick PEARCE was born about 1868 in , , Indiana. He died .

Never Married
Birth information from 1880 Federal Census

Benjamin Franklin BEVERLIN [Parents] was born on 30 Mar 1839 in , Wayne, Indiana. He died on 13 Mar 1913 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana. He was buried on 16 Mar 1913 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana. He married Naomi LEWIS on 26 Feb 1862 in , Wayne, Indiana.

BIRTH: Age given as 11 from 1850 Federal census, Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana

BURIAL: Earlham Cemetery

Naomi LEWIS was born on 12 Jun 1842 in Green Twp, Wayne, Indiana. She died on 26 Jun 1923 in , Wayne, Indiana. She was buried in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana. She married Benjamin Franklin BEVERLIN on 26 Feb 1862 in , Wayne, Indiana.

BURIAL: Earlham Cemetery
Birthday also given as 6 Dec

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth BEVERLIN was born about 1863 in , , Indiana. She died .
  M ii Charles W. BEVERLIN
  F iii Sarah BEVERLIN was born about 1867 in , , Indiana. She died .
  F iv Clara BEVERLIN was born in 1874. She died in 1918 in , Wayne, Indiana. She was buried in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana.

BURIAL: Earlham Cemetery
  M v Frederick Arthur BEVERLIN was born on 29 Jun 1878 in , Wayne, Indiana. He died on 9 Mar 1882 in , Wayne, Indiana. He was buried in Williamsburg, Wayne, Indiana.

BURIAL: Lewis Cemetery

Samuel Sylvan BEVERLIN [Parents] was born on 31 May 1847 in , , Indiana. He died on 19 Aug 1916 in Wade Twp., Jasper, Illinois. He was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illinois. He married Jemima Jane JONES on 8 Mar 1874.

Other marriages:
MCQUESTIN, Mary

BIRTH: Age given as 3 from 1850 Federal census, Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana
Death Index of Jasper County, Illinois indicates birth in Ohio

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery

Jemima Jane JONES was born on 26 Jul 1852 in , , Indiana. She died on 26 Nov 1926. She married Samuel Sylvan BEVERLIN on 8 Mar 1874.

Mother of 12 children in 1900 & 1910 census & family Bible, 2 in 1880 census, 7 at home in 1900

They had the following children:

  F i Bertha May BEVERLIN was born on 8 Jan 1875. She died on 13 May 1875. She was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illinois.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
  F ii Mattie BEVERLIN was born on 19 Apr 1876. She died on 10 Jan 1877. She was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illinois.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
  F iii Louisa BEVERLIN was born on 2 Feb 1878. She died on 16 Jul 1880. She was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illinois.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
Died of whooping cough & measles
Name on tombstone: Louise
  F iv Lizzie Ellen BEVERLIN was born on 17 Oct 1879. She died on 14 Jul 1880. She was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illinois.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
Died of whooping cough & measles
  F v Cora Amanda BEVERLIN
  F vi Mary Inez BEVERLIN
  F vii Ada Pearl BEVERLIN
  M viii John Thomas BEVERLIN
  M ix Fred Raymond BEVERLIN was born on 26 Jul 1889. He died on 18 Aug 1899. He was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illiniois.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
Died in a hay baling accident
  M x Sylvan Samuel BEVERLIN
  F xi Effie Frances BEVERLIN
  F xii Lola Maude BEVERLIN

William Parker DEWITT [Parents] was born on 23 Apr 1848 in Batavia, Jefferson, Iowa. He died on 23 May 1928. He married Montie B. WEST on 28 Jan 1875 in , Madison, Iowa.

CENSUS: Age 31, b. Ohio, 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Madison, Walnut Twp., E.D. 116, p.36

Montie B. WEST was born about 1854 in , , Iowa. She married William Parker DEWITT on 28 Jan 1875 in , Madison, Iowa.

CENSUS: Age 26, b. Indiana, 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Madison, Walnut Twp., E.D. 116, p.36

They had the following children:

  M i Courtland DEWITT was born about 1876 in , Madison, Iowa.

CENSUS: Age 4, b. Iowa, 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Madison, Walnut Twp., E.D. 116, p.36
  M ii Raymond DEWITT was born about 1878 in , Madison, Iowa.

CENSUS: Age 2, b. Iowa, 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Madison, Walnut Twp., E.D. 116, p.36
  F iii Estella DEWITT was born about Nov 1879 in , Madison, Iowa.

CENSUS: Age 8mo., b. Iowa, 1880 Federal Census, Iowa, Madison, Walnut Twp., E.D. 116, p.36

Sylvan Samuel BEVERLIN [Parents] was born on 4 Mar 1891 in Newton, Jasper , Illinois. He died on 25 Dec 1951. He was buried in , Jasper, Illinois. He married Edith Mae MITCHELL on 15 Feb 1919.

BURIAL: Vanderhoof Cemetery
Information about family from 1930 Federal Census, Newton, Jasper, Illinois

Edith Mae MITCHELL was born about 1893 in , , Illinois. She died on 7 Nov 1971. She was buried in , Jasper, Illinois. She married Sylvan Samuel BEVERLIN on 15 Feb 1919.

BURIAL: Vanderhoof Cemetery

They had the following children:

  F i Ruby Jean BEVERLIN
  F ii Mildred Ross BEVERLIN
  M iii Samuel S. BEVERLIN
  F iv Martha Jane BEVERLIN was born on 21 Feb 1936. She died on 21 Apr 1947.

Died from a blood clot

John Thomas BEVERLIN [Parents] was born on 3 Feb 1887 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois. He died on 24 Jul 1954. He was buried in Newton, Jasper, Illiniois. He married Zella BIRT on 12 Jun 1913.

BURIAL: Brick Cemetery
Information about family from 1930 Federal Census, Newton, Jasper, Illinois
Birth information from WWI Draft Registration Card

Zella BIRT was born about 1892 in , , Illinois. She married John Thomas BEVERLIN on 12 Jun 1913.

They had the following children:

  F i Hazel BEVERLIN was born on 8 Sep 1909 in , , Indiana. She died on 18 Aug 1993.
  F ii Rose Marie BEVERLIN
  F iii Beulah May BEVERLIN
  M iv Harry Franklin BEVERLIN was born on 20 Jun 1918 in , , Indiana. He died on 18 Nov 1985.
  M v Ira Eugene BEVERLIN
  F vi Pauline Genelle BEVERLIN
  M vii Glen Birt BEVERLIN
  F viii Barbara Anne BEVERLIN

Lewis JONES.Lewis married Ruth COMMONS on 19 Apr 1843 in , Wayne, Indiana.

Ruth COMMONS [Parents] died . She married Lewis JONES on 19 Apr 1843 in , Wayne, Indiana.


Reason COMMONS [Parents] was born in 1822 in , , Indiana. He died . He married Mary WOODS on 20 Apr 1843 in , Wayne, Indiana.

Mary WOODS.Mary married Reason COMMONS on 20 Apr 1843 in , Wayne, Indiana.

They had the following children:

  M i Henry COMMONS.

John WOLF died in , Hancock, Indiana. He married Charity COMMONS on 2 Jul 1840 in , Wayne, Indiana.

Charity COMMONS [Parents] was born in 1822 in , , Indiana. She died . She married John WOLF on 2 Jul 1840 in , Wayne, Indiana.

Other marriages:
CHANDLER, Simpson

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