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Transcribed
by
Ann Selvig, from:
Allerton, Iowa Centennial, THE FAMILY OF
WINNIE BEAVERS
Winnie Fleming Beavers is the only child of
Addie Mae Scott and Dr. Ellis Fleming.
The family name “Scott” is between 700 and
1000 years old, all living in Scotland, of which
that state derived its name. Research
of the family tree, or genealogical chart,
discovered stories and legends of Clans,
Highlanders, Castles, Lords and great migrations. In 1603
James 4th of Scotland became James 1st
of England. One
of the Scott women married English Royalty. The Scotch
were of Presbyterian faith and because of religious
difficulties, they migrated to Ulster Country of
North Ireland in 1606.
Here they were persecuted by the Catholic
faith causing a migration back to Scotland. In 1607
North England, Ireland and Scotland were beginning
to migrate to America.
Capt. Newport with 105 men in 3 ships left
England for America arriving at Chesapeake Bay in
1609. Sir
Walter Scott provided most of the money for the
Scotts to make this trip. They
settled at Jamestown, Va. 1619 a boatload of 80
Scotch women came to the Jamestown settlement and
became the wives of the men there. Later some
settled in Pa. and Ohio. About 150
years after the Scotch came to America, they
received the term “Scotch-Irish” from that
blood-line. Around
1757 other Scotts still in Scotland, migrated to
America.
In 1778 Gen. George R. Clark, of Scott blood,
with his Scotch-Irish soldier, by his conquest with
the British of the territory north of the Ohio,
saved to the United States, the states of Ohio,
Ind., Mich., Ill., Ia., Wisc., and Minn. from
becoming a portion of the Dominion of Canada.
Between 1789 and 1885 the Scotts furnished
Pa. half of her governors, Va. one third, Ohio one
half, Ind., Ill., and Mo., one third each. From 1860
to 1892 the U. S. Senators, over 90 speakers of the
house 10. In
Literature-Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe,
Alexander Scott, Sir Walter Scott and others, In
Science-Charles Morrison and S.F.B. Morse. Music-Edward
McDowel, Charles H. Gabriel. U. S.
Presidents – Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, James
Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Chester A. Arthur, William
McKinley and Woodrow Wilson with “Scott” on both
sides of his mother and father. Am.
Generals and warriors since the revolution – Andrew
Jackson, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S.
Grant, George B. McClellan, John Hancock a signer of
the Declaration of Independence, James A. Logan,
Theodore Roosevelt and 40 others, of Scotch blood. 1789 –
1903, 70 “Scott” commissioned officers and 27 in
service 1812-15.
In the 1800’s most of the Scotts who migrated
westward were in the mercantile business and settled
in Ind., Ill., Mo., Ia., and Kans. In 1903
Wm. McKinley stated in an address, the “Scotts” were
the first to proclaim for freedom in these United
States. Theodore
Roosevelt gave large credit to the Scotch blood for
winning American Independence. Scott
county, Iowa was named in 1837 for Major Gen.
Winfield Scott who negotiated the 1st
treaty purchasing land in Iowa from the Indians.
Winnie Beavers is a descendant of those named
above, all from the same Scott bloodline as her
mother Addie Mae Scott. She is
eligible to belong to the D.A.R.
Family of Winnie Beavers – Great-grandfather
Richard Scott (born 6-15-1807) married Matilda Pryor
(born 9-22-1808).
To this union 9 children were born; Lucy;
James P.; Precious; Isaac; John; Malinda; Benjamin;
Howard and Minerva. Her
grandparents – Isaac Scott (born 10-12-1834) and
Julia Minear (born 11-4-1839) married 10-12-1859 in
Ohio. To
this union 8 children were born; Addie Mae, Lettie
M., Dick C., Clara B., Florence C., William A., D.
Ottis and Bertha E.
Her parents – Addie Mae (born 10-4-1860)
married Dr. Ellis Fleming at Scott Town, Ohio
9-23-1886. One
child was born to this union, Winnie, at Woodland,
Iowa 11-19-1891.
Dr. Fleming moved to Iowa Apr. 1889 and Addie
came in May 1890.
They settled in Woodland, Decatur Co., Iowa. Dr.
Fleming died Apr. 4, 1898 and Addie was re-married
in 1904 to Harvey D. Richardson. Mr.
Richardson came to Decatur Co., Iowa in 1848. At that
time the Indians were still in this territory. In 1851 he
settled in Garden Grove Twp. He died in
1912.
Winnie was married to Erle Layton Beavers
(born 11-20-1885) 8-31-1908. 6 children
were born to this union Wayne Fleming (born
3-10-1909), Robert Ellsworth (born 11-28-1910),
Clarence Withney (born 10-7-1913), Mildred Lucille
(born 4-27-1916), Margaret Lee (born 6-28-1919), E.
Lynn (born 12-3-1923).
All were born at Woodland, Ia., except Lynn
who was born on a farm west of Allerton. Erle died
9-30-1966.
Her children’s marriages, her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; Wayne of Waterloo, Ia.,
married Dorothy Standard (born 4-2-1913) 2-7-1936. Robert,
single, Allerton.
Clarence of Newton, Ia., married Nell Shelton
(born 1-11-1913) 6-27-1943 at Astoria, Ore. They have
2 children; Glenn Hugh of Ames, Ia., (born
10-31-1944) and Carol Louise of Dallas, Tex., (born
9-20-1947). Mildred,
Allerton, married Carl Owen Ruark (born 5-5-1912)
5-16-1936. They
have one son Richard Lee (born 6-8-1939) married
Barbara Marie Foster (born 2-9-1941) 2-24-1962. They have
2 sons Timothy Richard (born 7-22-1965) and Thomas
Paul (born 6-14-1967).
Margaret, Allerton, married Lee Eugene
Bracewell (born 1-2-1917) died 3-24-1961 – married
11-4-1943 at St. Louis, Mo. They have
2 sons, Mark Clinton of Kansas City, Mo., (born
2-7-1949) married Cheryl Christine Cox of Corydon
8-31-1968 – divorced 1971; Ward Broughton, Ankeny
(born 10-19-1950) married Cheryl Kay Craig of
Millerton (born 12-19-1950) 8-31-1970. They have
1 son Lee Alan (born 4-14-1971). Margaret
remarried – Dr. Alfred John Aselmeyer (born
10-4-1897) at Atlanta, Ga., 6-17-1964. E. Lynn of
Phoenix, Ariz., married Juanita Marick (born
6-18-1922) 12-27-1944.
They have 2 sons, Errol of Phoenix, Ariz.,
(born 8-10-1945) and Victor of Mesa, Ariz., (born
11-6-1949) married Linda Marie Lette (born
5-20-1952) 3-25-1972.
In 1921 Winnie and Erle moved from Woodland
to a farm just west of Allerton. In the
summer of 1925 Winnie and children came to Allerton
to live with her mother, who had come here in 1921. 1930 she
was Hospital Assistant at Dr. B. B. Parker’s
hospital at Allerton and remained there until it was
torn down in 1936.
When Winnie was 12 years old, her stepfather,
Mr. Richardson, bought her a piano. She
started giving music lessons in 1917 and with the
exception of a few years, is still giving music
lessons today at the same piano. She was
pianist at the Christian Church from 1926-1972 and
pianist for Rebekah Lodge of which she is a member,
for over 20 years.
Her hobby is quilting. Although
she has never advertised her quilting, she has
quilted 266 quilts since 1926 which have gone to
nearly every state in the union and none for
herself. All
have been quilted on a pair of quilting frames
bought many years ago at a sale for $1.50. Today at
the age of 82 her greatest pleasures are music and
quilting. An
article about her music and quilting appeared in
Herb Owen’s column “Along The Way” and is in the
book of Wayne County people, which was compiled by
Ginny Gilson, Wayne County Farm Bureau Office, to be
presented to the Wayne County Historical Museum.
(Family history was compiled by her daughter
Margaret Lee from her Family Record Book.)
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