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William Ezra Beckstead



Birth13 March 1829Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Selected Pension Application Files Relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-48 (Washington DC: NARA), database with images, FamilySearch, William Ezra Beckstead, 25 Feb. 1907; citing California, can. no 770, bundle no 13; Bureau of Pensions, United States; FHL microfilm 7716301, images 275-437..

    Endowment House Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints , Endowments of the living, 1851-1884 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), database with images, FamilySearch, William Ezra Beckstead, 1 April 1854; citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States, p. 77, line 14; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 1255545.

    FamilySearch Memories (https://www.familysearch.org/memories/, May 06,2022), database with images, FamilySearch, MaryAnnK, "death certificate," memories for William Ezra Beckstead, ID: LBY5-XJ7..

    County clerk offices, California, California Great Registers, 1850-1920 (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1935764, May 06,2022), database with images, FamilySearch, William Ezra Beckstead, 13 July 1898; citing East Colton Precinct, San Bernardino, California, United States, p. 58, line 3; County clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 5030111..

Death17 May 1909San Bernardino County, California, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt William Ezra Beckstead (1827-1909), memorial #17969462.

    Department of Health Services, California Death Index, 1905-1939 (Sacramento: Vital Statistics Department), database with images, FamilySearch, William E Beckstead, 17 May 1909; citing San Bernardino, California, United States, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento, image 197; FHL microfilm 1686044.

Burial1909Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Pvt William Ezra Beckstead (1827-1909), memorial #17969462.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for William Ezra Beckstead, ID: MC7L-3Q8.

FatherFrancis Beckstead Sr
MotherCatherine Lang

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   • Mary Winn
Married8 January 1849Davis, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Wm. E. Becksted and Mary Winn (7 January 1849); citing Davis, Pottawattamie, Iowa, county courthouses, Iowa, citing p. 4; FHL microfilm 227280.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Mary Winn and William Ezra Beckstead, ID: 9HX8-1DW and ID: LBY5-XJ7.

          Children:
               Matilda Ann Beckstead
               Mary Melissa Beckstead
               Martha Jane Beckstead
               Rachel Sariah Beckstead
               Mitchel Beckstead
               William Beckstead
               Nancy Elizabeth Beckstead
               Margaret Olive Beckstead


   • Dolores Garcia
Married1 April 1873San Bernardino County, California, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), database with images, FamilySearch, W. E. Becksted and Dolores Garcia (1 April 1873); citing San Bernardino County, California, county courthouses, California, "Marriage records, 1855-1905; index, 1854-1909," p. 95; FHL microfilm 1290190.

          Children:
               Louisa Thoma Beckstead
               Victoria Beckstead
               Sarah Beckstead
               Lucinda Beckstead


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Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1880Riverside, San Bernardino, California, United States
• 1900Colton Twp, San Bernardino, California, United States

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• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1880 Population CensusRiverside, San Bernardino, CaliforniaExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusColton Township, San Bernardino, CaliforniaExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure24 May 1847
       Arrival29 Jul 1847

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