David Columbus Beam, Sr

Burial record:

David Beam Sr.
BIRTH
17 Apr 1766
Switzerland
DEATH
4 Jan 1858 (aged 91)
Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Beam Cemetery
Ellenboro, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID
31502033 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 5
FLOWERS 12
Husband of Rachel Beam

80 yrs 8 mths 17 days

Family Members
Parents

John Teter Beam
1732–1807

Rebecca Reynolds Beam
1744–1779

Spouse

Rachel Cain Beam
1777–1865

Siblings

John Derrick Beam
1765–1822

Martin Beam
1771–1830

Half Siblings

Christopher Beam
1784–1849

Peter Beam
1787–1879

Elizabeth Beam Anthony
1790–1886

Teter Beam
1795 – unknown

Sarah Elizabeth Beam Cornwell
1797–1892

Joshua Beam
1800–1869

Aaron Beam
1803–1853

Children

Annie Beam Evans
1800–1858

Martin David Beam
1801–1862

Sarah Beam Gosa
1803–1888

Arabilla Abigail Beam Harrill
1805–1884

John Beam
1810–1885

Esther Beam Magness
1810–1894

Biddie Beam Crowder Edwards
1815–1899

David Beam
1818–1903

James Whitten Beam
1822–1903

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31502033/david-columbus-beam

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David Beam was born on 17 Apr 1777 in Geneva, Switzerland. He died on 4 Jan 1858 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was buried in David Beam Cemetery, Rutherford County, NC.

9,15 David became a farmer and married Rachel Cain. He lived for many years near his father on Buffalo Creek. Before his death he purchased a farm in Rutherford County.

He was a very pious, a quiet man and highly respected and loved by his neighbors. He was taught and raised in the Lutheran Church, but became a Baptist under the teachings of Rev. Drury Dobbins.

In 1812 David Beam bought land from William Green and built a two-story log house with an attic. In 1890 an addition was built to be used as a post office. The mail was brought by horseback from Mooresboro to Memory Post Office in the Drury Dobbins community. When Whitten Beam died in 1903, the post office was moved. (See Rutherford County Journal 1976. Coordinator - Jeanne Ware, Editor - Frances Spratt).

The original log house was built on a land grant from the King of England to Daniel Shipman, who received the grant of 244 acres in 1772. He sold it to William Green in 1795. William Green then sold the 244 acres to David Beam in 1812.

David Beam built his home in 1813-1814 and moved into it in 1815. When he died, he willed it to his son Monroe Beam. Monroe Beam gave it to his son Joseph Beam. Joseph Beam sold it to W. V. Beam. Mr. W. V. Beam has made a deed of 4 1/2 acres which includes the David Beam house to the trustees of the David Beam Cemetery. David Beam, the second son of John T. Beam was born in Geneva, Switzerland and came with his parents to America when quite young.

Husband of Rachel Beam

80 yrs 8 mths 17 days* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 15 2022, 16:20:15 UTC