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Here is a listing of all the children of Jesse and Nancy Dickerson Beasley.

1. Irene Price Beasley born Jun 6, 1868 in Smith County died May 10, 1924.
She may have been married three times. Her first marriage was to Smith Barlow Vaughn.
They had eight children. The eldest was Orville Roscoe Vaughn who graduated from Georgetown
University with a law degree and moved to California. He was the president of the California Society
of the Sons of the American Revolution and was honored at the dedication of the Isham Beasley grave
marker ceremony in 1934. The write-up of this ceremony may be viewed on this website under "In
Service to Their Country". Orville died Sep 2, 1964 in San Mateo.

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2. James Sherman Beasley was born Aug 14, 1873 in Smith County,
died in Nashville Mar 17, 1925 and was buried in the Centerville Cemetery in Centerville,
Tennessee. He married Minnie Edwards and they had two children. He was a lawyer and the first
Commissioner of Corrections for the state of Tennessee.

3.Stokes Beasley may have died as an infant.

4.William Pickering "Pick" Beasley was born Nov 12, 1875 at Pleasant Shade and
died in Nashville on Apr 4, 1917. He was married three times and was the father of three children.
He was a teacher and is buried in the Whitley Cemetery at Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee.

5. Henry Haynie Beasley was born Mar 17, 1876 and died Feb 3, 1962 in Nashville.
He was married to Sarah Ann Harper and is buried in the Bethany Cemetery in Macon County.
They had eight children.

6. John Snodgrass Beasley was born in 1880 and died Dec 25, 1957 at Centerville,
Tennessee. He was married twice and Lula Church was the mother of his two children. He
was a medical doctor and mayor of Centerville and is buried in the Centerville Cemetery.
(Note by Tom Dickerson: There have been two recent (spring 2002) reprints published
in the Centerville newspaper on the John Beasley 1940's political machine.

7.Sammie Beasley probably died as an infant.

8. Isham Calvin Beasley was born Sep 9, 1884 and died on Apr 3, 1963 a
t Hartsville, Tennessee. He was married to Ida Ann Eden and they had five children.
He is buried in the Drury Cemetery in Macon County.

9.Rufus Perry Beasley was born Mar 17, 1886 in Macon County. He was married to
Willymat Walker and had four children. He was a medical doctor and mayor of Dickson, Tennessee.
He died in an auto accident Aug 21, 1962 and is buried in the Dickson County Memorial Gardens.

10. Clarence Beasley was married to Ruby Rungeon and they had one son.
No dates are available for Clarence.

11.Mattie Baine Beasley was born Feb 17, 1890 in Macon County and died Aug. 2. 1937. She married
Claude Buckmer, had two children and is buried in the Whitley Cemetery at Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee.

12.Logan Isaac "Judge" Beasley was born Jan 25, 1894 in Macon County and died Dec 2,1955
at Centerville, Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Overall and they had two children. He was a lawyer.