Fifth Generation

235. Edward Beam⁴¹ was born on May 8, 1859. He was elected as Sheriff in 1892 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. In 1900 he was a Government in Washington, DC. He died on March 13, 1951 in Marion, NC. He was buried in Brittain Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, NC.

Edward Beam and Mary Kate Bennett were married on December 17, 1884. Mary Kate Bennett⁹ was born on July 10, 1865. She died on September 1, 1925. She was buried in Brittain Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, NC. Edward Beam and Mary Kate Bennett had the following children:

+1151	i.	Gordon DeWitt Beam.
+1152	ii.	Dr. Russell Sage Beam.
+1153	iii.	Walter Raleigh Beam.
+1154	iv.	Sarah Margaret (Sallie) Beam.
1155	v.	Mary Bennett Beam was born on June 10, 1893. She died on August 7, 1896. She was buried in Brittain Church Cemetery, Rutherford County, NC.9
+1156	vi.	Edward Beam Jr..
+1157	vii.	Kate Eliza Beam.

Edward Beam and Nancy Goforth were married. Nancy Goforth was born on March 29, 1868 in Union Mills, N.C.. She died on February 5, 1971.⁸⁹

Edward Beam and Nancy Green were married. Nancy Green (daughter of Joseph William Green and Catherine Harrill) was born in 1860 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She died in 1951.

Nancy Green was born on March 29, 1868 in Union Mills, N.C.. She died on February 5, 1971.