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| Hazel, Frieda, Grace and Bessie Beckham |
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| Grace Ella Beckham |
Grace Ella Beckham was
born on January 12, 1902 in Phelps County, Missouri. She was the
youngest child of Green Columbus Beckham and Ollie Agusta Glenn. She
married Sydney Martin Copeland, son of William T Copeland and Martha
Jane Allen, on January 20, 1921. They were
marrried by the Reverend Edward M Romine.
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| Hazel Beckham Mikkelson and Grace Beckham Copeland |
They have two children:
Ivan (1921) and June (1923).
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| Dorothy, Bill Eckstein; Ivan & June Copeland; Kenneth & Lauren Beckham |
On January 17, 1939, Ivan
enlisted in the Navy in St Louis, Missouri. In april of the same
year, he married Genieve Hudson.
On October 12, 1942,
Sydney enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Jefferson Barracks.
The war years must have
been very hard for Grace and June. June married Raymond E
Prouhet in 1945.
After the war, they moved
to Colorado Springs, but they continued to to stay in touch with
their family in Missouri and they visited often.
Sydney died on May 17,
1991 and Grace died on October 6, 1994. They are buried in the St
James Cemetery, St James, Phelps County, Missouri.
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