#757
Joseph Beason (1848-1930)
Photo
by Hames Studio
From Ben Humphries collection
Photograph taken in front of an early Cliffside barbershop, year unknown. Beason married Mary Ellen Bridges (1851-1936), daughter of Silvia Raney Jolly and Timmons Bridges. One of Joe's and Ellen's children was Prella Beason Greene, the mother of Ginny Anne Reid. According to Ginny Anne, Joe was a horse trader, farmer, and did “anything to make a dollar.” He kept a ledger from January 1886 through November 1929. In it, he recorded his many activities, including trading with Raleigh Haynes, helping build Hayne's house, and helping build roads at Cliffside.
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