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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Living

    Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Janet Ann Gouge was born on 17 Apr 1958 in , Washington County, Tennessee, ; died in Oct 2022 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Donald Richard Beeson, Sr. was born on 3 May 1881 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, ; died on 17 Jan 1983 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .

    Notes:

    D. R. Beeson, Sr. was born May 3, 1881 in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. In 1900 Beeson attended Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania where he specialized in mathematics. He left college after two years when his funds ran low. Beeson began work as a draftsman for United States Steel in Gary, West Virginia. With his background in mathematics and drafting and his natural ability to draw, Beeson decided on architecture and completed a correspondence course in the subject.

    In 1905, Beeson moved to Bristol, Tennessee/Virginia in order to work with George L. Carter, who was consolidating railroads and coal companies in south central Appalachia to form the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway. He remained in Bristol until 1912 when he moved to Johnson City, Tennessee to open his architectural practice.

    Donald married Elma Lillian Rankin on 31 Aug 1915 in , Greene County, Tennessee, . Elma (daughter of Prof. Thomas Samuel Rankin and Mary Isabel Coile) was born on 8 May 1889 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 7 Jan 1979 in , Washington County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Elma Lillian Rankin was born on 8 May 1889 in , Greene County, Tennessee, (daughter of Prof. Thomas Samuel Rankin and Mary Isabel Coile); died on 7 Jan 1979 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .
    Children:
    1. Mary Rankin Beeson was born on 9 Sep 1916 in , Washington County, Tennessee, ; died on 5 Dec 2005 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .
    2. 1. Living
    3. Donald Richard Beeson, Jr. was born on 9 Dec 1921 in , Washington County, Tennessee, ; died on 9 Jan 2012 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .
    4. Elma Elizabeth Beeson was born on 7 Apr 1924 in , Washington County, Tennessee, ; died on 11 Dec 2013.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Prof. Thomas Samuel Rankin was born on 15 Jul 1858 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 30 Oct 1939 in , Greene County, Tennessee, .

    Thomas married Mary Isabel Coile on 11 May 1888 in , Greene County, Tennessee, . Mary was born in Jul 1866 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 9 Feb 1941 in , Greene County, Tennessee, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Isabel Coile was born in Jul 1866 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 9 Feb 1941 in , Greene County, Tennessee, .
    Children:
    1. 3. Elma Lillian Rankin was born on 8 May 1889 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 7 Jan 1979 in , Washington County, Tennessee, .
    2. Margueritte Elizabeth Rankin was born on 15 Sep 1891 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 21 Jul 1910 in , Greene County, Tennessee, .
    3. Rev. Raymond Coile Rankin was born on 16 Mar 1894 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 24 Oct 1973 in , Greene County, Tennessee, .
    4. Dr. Lynn McGauphey Rankin was born on 26 Sep 1896 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 20 Nov 1977 in , Pinellas County, Florida, .
    5. Robert Stanley Rankin was born about 1899 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died about 1976.
    6. Julian Howell Rankin was born on 4 Jan 1903 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 24 Jan 1918 in , Greene County, Tennessee, .
    7. Mary Evelyn Rankin was born on 2 Oct 1908 in , Greene County, Tennessee, ; died on 15 Jun 1995 in , Nashua County, New Hampshire, .