Fourth Generation

30. Martin Samuel Beam Sr.^31,32,33 was born on March 13, 1801. He died on February 28, 1862 in Rutherford County, North Carolina.⁹ He was buried in Oak Grove Methodist Cemetery, Ellenboro, Rutherford, NC.

Martin Samuel Beam Sr. and Rebecca Harrill were married on September 2, 1822. Rebecca Harrill^34,35 (daughter of Samuel Harrill and Susannah Hamrick) was born on June 7, 1802 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She died on August 30, 1892. She was buried in Oak Grove Methodist Cemetery, Ellenboro, Rutherford, NC.⁹ Martin Samuel Beam Sr. and Rebecca Harrill had the following children:

+195	i.	Amelia Rilo Beam.
+196	ii.	Priscilla Caroline Beam.
197	iii.	James Oliver Beam36 was born on November 8, 1827.
+198	iv.	Mary Beam.
+199	v.	Capt. William Posey Beam.
+200	vi.	Martha Ann Beam.
+201	vii.	Sarah Rebecca Beam.
202	viii.	David Beam36 was born on April 15, 1842. He died on March 11, 1862. He served in the military in Civil War, Company B, 34th Regiment.
+203	ix.	John Housen Beam.
+204	x.	Martin Samuel Beam Jr..