FOURTH GENERATION

47. Alexander Glenn Beard was born on 27 Jun 1884 in Bull Creek, Travis County, Texas. ⁽⁵⁹⁾ He appeared on the census on 25 Apr 1910 in 1118 W. 6th, JP #3, 3rd Ward, Austin, Texas.⁽²⁰¹⁾ He enlisted in the Texas Rangers as a private in Company B on 11 May 1916 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. He was suspended from Ranger service pending investigation. Resigned on 1 Feb 1919. He appeared on the census on 10 Jan 1920 in Marfa, Presidio County, Texas.⁽²⁰²⁾ He appeared on the census on 9 Apr 1930 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. ⁽²⁰³⁾ He died on 20 Feb 1941 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. ⁽²⁰⁴⁾ He was buried on 22 Feb 1941 in Austin Memorial Park, Travis County, Texas.⁽²⁰⁵⁾

Glenn Beard was a Texas Ranger, and was part of a group of 16 Rangers under Captain Jerry Gray that were suspended from duty on February 1, 1917, as a result of a mission into Mexico. Afterwards was a city Marshall at Marfa, Presidio County, Texas, and a bodyguard for an oil company in Tampico, Mexico. Later he was an employee of the Sinclair refining company in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1932 until his death. He had been promoted from fireman to houseman of the Sinclair Plant shortly before his death, and fell ill while going to Austin to visit his mother. He had an operation for appendicitis in 1913.





From the Evening Fort Worth Star Telegram
February 21, 1941, Page 3


ALEXANDER GLENN BEARD

Alexander Glenn Beard, 56, an employee of the Sinclair Refining Company plant here since 1932, died Thursday night in a hospital after a brief illness. He lived at 521 Blevins Avenue.

Mr. Beard had recently been promoted from fireman to houseman of the plant and almost immediately thereafter had gone to Austin to see his mother, Mrs. Mary Beard. He became ill while in Austin and entered the hospital here upon his return.

Besides his mother he is survived by his widow; a son, Frank Beard, Baytown, three daughters, Misses Betty Carolyn and Mary Pat Beard, Fort Worth, and Mrs. A. E. Lozano, Austin; six brothers, a sister, and two grandchildren.

Th Funeral service will be conducted at 4 p.m. Friday at Riverside church of Christ by Willard Mortimer, minister. Burial will be in Austin at 2 p.m. Saturday.


The Austin Newspaper
Saturday, February 22, 1941, page 13

Mortuary

Alfred G. Beard

Alfred G. Beard, 57, former Austin resident, died Thursday at a Fort Worth hospital. Survivors are his widow, four children, Frank Beard of Bayton, Mrs. Isabelle Lozano of Austin, Bettie and Mary Beard of Fort Worth; his mother, Mary Beard of Austin; one sister, Mrs. Parrish of San Antonio; and six brothers, Carl G. Beard and Clyde R. Beard of Austin, Claude W. Beard of Fort Worth, Dick W. Beard of Houston, F. A. Beard of Alpine and Andy J. Beard of San Antonio.

Funeral services will be held at the Hyltin Funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be H. E. Brodie, Jim Belger, Roy McCuistion, C. C. Champion, Jim McCoy and R. W. Potter.

He was married to Laura A. Brodie (daughter of James Brodie and Hattie Talk) on 15 Apr 1909 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.⁽²⁰⁶⁾ Laura A. Brodie was born on 12 Sep 1886 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. She appeared on the census on 4 Feb 1920 in Austin/Fredericksburg Road, JP #5, Travis County, Texas.⁽²⁰⁷⁾ She died on 14 Nov 1922 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.⁽²⁰⁸⁾ She was buried in Masonic Cemetery of Onion Creek, Travis County, Texas.

Laura Brodie Beard was Legislative Advisor to the Texas Board of Pardon and Parole.

Newsclippings, most undated, probably from the Austin newspaper:

BEARD-BRODIE

Glenn Beard and Miss Laura Brodie United in Marriage

Glenn Beard and Miss Laura Brodie were united in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Garrett Thursday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Brodie, six miles southwest of the city. The bride was born and raised in Travis County and is a charming and popular young lady. The groom is a son of James Beard and is employed by the Waters-Pierce Oil company. Mr. and Mrs. Beard will go to housekeeping on West Sixth Street, where Mr. Beard has recently purchased a home.


April 9, 1913:

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Beard have gone to Austin, where Mr. Beard goes to the Seton infirmary for an operation for appendicitis. - Taylor Democrat.


Obituary

Funeral Notice

Mrs. Laura Brodie Beard, aged 36, wife of A. G. Beard died at home of her mother, Mrs. James Brodie, on the Oak Hill road, at 4:15 a.m. Tueday. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence by V. O. Weed. Interment in Boggy Cemetery. Mrs. Beard is survived by her husband, A. G. Beard; two children Isabelle and Frank; her mother, Mrs. James Brodie; one sister, Dedie Brodie, and five brothers, J. L., T. J., J. C., H. E., and A. B. Brodie.


Mrs. Laura Beard Dies Early Tuesday

Mrs Alura Beard, 36, wife of A. G. Beard, died at the home of her mother, Mrs. James Brodie, on the Oak Hill road, Tuesday morning at 4:15 a.m. o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted at the residence of Rev. Johnson. Interment will be in the Boggy Cemetery.

Mrs. Beard is survived by her husband, A. G. Beard; her mother, Mrs. James Brodie, two children, Isabelle and Frank; one sister, Dedie Brodie, and five brothers, J. L., T. J., J. C., H. E., and A. B. Brodie.


Alexander Glenn Beard and Laura A. Brodie had the following children:

+207 i. Frank McLaughlin Beard.
+208 ii. Laura Isabelle Beard.

He was married to Essie Irene Hunter (daughter of Henry Hunter and Elizabeth Carolyn Lee) on 6 Dec 1923 in Clinton, South Carolina. Essie Irene Hunter was born on 6 Dec 1896 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. She died on 4 Mar 1994 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. ⁽²⁰⁰⁾ She was buried in Austin Memorial Park, Travis County, Texas.
From the Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Texas
Monday, March 7, 1994


Essie Irene Beard

Essie (Hunter) Beard, age 97, died Friday, March 4, 1994, in Austin, Texas.

Essie (Hunter) Beard was born near Manor, Texas, December 6, 1896. She spent some of her youth in South Carolina, and was married there to Alexander Glenn Beard of Austin who died in 1941. She lived in Fort Worth, Texas, for most of her life where she worked as an Avon representative and was active in the Riverside and Richland Hills Churches of Christ. Her last three years she resided at Heartland Healthcare Center in Austin.

Essie Beard is survived by two daughters, Betty C. Waters of Manchaca, Texas, and Mary Pat Malloy of Los Osos, California; nine grandchildren; 19 great-granchildren; and one half-brother, Walter Turner of Sulphur Springs, Texas.

Gravesides services 2:00 PM, Tuesday at Austin Memorial Park with Mr. Ken Malloy officiating.

Arrangements by Harrell Funeral Home in Austin, 443-1366.

Alexander Glenn Beard and Essie Irene Hunter had the following children:

+209 i. Betty Caroline Beard.
+210 ii. Mary Patricia Beard.