Descendants of Anna Beene b: 1800-1810
                               
    5     Anna Beene    b: 1800-1810 in TN    d: 1857 in Claiborne Parish, LA           ..        

         +Edwin Foster    b: Abt. 1803 in TN or SC            Father:     Mother:    Fact 1: bought land in Yalobusha Co, MS in 1833
..........    6     Lemuel B. Foster     b: 1828 in MS                   
..........    6     Joel Kuykendall Foster     b: March 23, 1830 in MS or TN    d: November 1902 in Anderson Co, TX                 Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery
...............        +Mary C. Teague     b: September 05, 1836 in MS    d: January 1888 in Anderson Co, TX    m: February 07, 1855 in Claiborne Parish, LA     Father:    Mother:    Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
.......................    7     Anna "Annie" Foster     b: June 10, 1856   d: February 10, 1895       Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX          
...........................        +Isom Lafayette "Fite" Welch  b: February 1, 1852  d: September 27, 1912    Father:     Mother :     Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery
...................................    8     Lucy Ann Welch    b: December 09, 1877    d: February 04, 1906                 Fact 1: Buried in Muse cemetery, Anderson Co, TX, near intersection FM 294 and FM 228
........................................         +William Obediah Beene  photo  photo b: July 03, 1865 in Itawamba Co, MS    d: November 30, 1956 in Houston, Texas     m: Abt. 1892    Father: Obediah Franklin Beene     Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Livingstone     Fact 1: Primitive Baptist Preacher
................................................    9      Reuben Raymond Beene  photo photo photo b: August 30, 1894     d: December 06, 1984 in Houston, TX
....................................................         +Rosa I. Moore    b: March 29, 1900    d: April 06, 1947 in Houston, TX         Father:    Mother:    
............................................................    10      Bobby Dean Beene    photo  photos photo
.................................................................         +Andrea Lee "Ann" Warnock" photos   Father: Mother: 
.........................................................................     11     Teresa Beene   photo     photo    photo            
.........................................................................     11     Janice "Jan" Beene    photo    photo                
.........................................................................     11     Catherine "Cathy" Beene   photo  photo               
................................................         *2nd Wife of Reuben Raymond Beene:
....................................................         +Virginia Crutcher photo Father:     Mother:   
................................................    9      [2] Dixon Franklin Beene  photo  photo b: September 13, 1896     d: March 1977 in Teague, Texas                
....................................................         +[1] Bertha Lee Foster photo photo   b: September 12, 1900    d: January 25, 1985 in Palestine, Texas         Father: David Foster    Mother: Ida Bell Gilliam   
................................................    9      William Russell Beene  photo  b: December 07, 1898     d: December 19, 1977 in Palestine, Texas                 Fact 1: Known as Will
....................................................         +Ollie Cook                 Father:     Mother:   
................................................    9      Mary Inez Beene    b: August 14, 1902     d: June 01, 1904                 Fact 1: Buried in Muse cemetery, Anderson Co, TX, near intersection FM 294 and FM 228
................................................    9      James Lafayette Beene photo   b: December 14, 1904 in Freestone Co, TX    d: May 30, 1978 in Gardenia, CA                
....................................................         +Fay Stokes                 Father:     Mother:   
............................................................    10      James Lafayette Beene                        
.................................................................         +Armida J. Whitmore    b: December 22, 1926 in Munising, MI             Father:     Mother:   
.........................................................................     11     Edith (Edie) Beene    photo
.............................................................................         +John R. Fouch  Father:    Mother: 
.....................................................................................     12     William Scott Fouch   
.....................................................................................     12     Denise Lorraine Fouch 
.........................................................................     11     Unknown Beene                        
................................................         *2nd Wife of James Lafayette Beene:
....................................................         +Lorraine Unknown       Father:    Mother: 
...................................    8     William T. Welch    b: February 03, 1885    d: November 11, 1887   Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...................................    8     Plummer Welch                        
...................................    8     Marshall "Marsh" Welch    b: February 22, 1890    d: April 27, 1986                 Fact 1: Buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
........................................        +Minnie Unknown    b: August 08, 1892    d: November 06, 1977     m: May 29, 1910    Father:    Mother:     Fact 1: Buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...................................    8     Jim Welch                        
...................................    8     Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Welch    b: January 16, 1882     d: May 21, 1980        Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX        
........................................        +John Franklin Rich    b: August 28, 1878    d: March 17, 1973    Father:   Mother:    Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...................................    8     Janie Welch  b: October 18, 1893  d: October 04, 1987         Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX       
........................................         +Berchie C. Monk    b: October 25, 1888    d: November 20, 1970         Father:    Mother:     Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...................................    8     Leacy Welch    b: December 10, 1874  d: February 25, 1940          Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
........................................        +Unknown Goette   Fact 1: Civil War veteran, several sons born to he and Leacy Welch       
.......................    7     John H. Foster     b: 1857 in AR                    
...........................        +Nancy Ann Eliza Merritt     b: 1856    d: 1935            Father:     Mother:    Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...................................    8     Harvey Vincent Foster    b: 1878    d: 1959    Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX                   
...................................    8     Joel Kuykendall Foster                        
...................................    8     Ida Foster   Fact 1: twin to ? Both lived to be over 100 years old.
...................................    8     Rilla Ann Foster                        
...................................    8     Elizabeth Foster                        
...................................    8     Samuel Foster                        
...................................    8     Floyd Foster   b: November 30, 1892    d: February 01, 1971    Fact 1: Tex. PFC 332 FLD RMT Sq. WWI
...................................    8     Ava Foster   Fact 1: twin to Ada, both lived to be over 100 years old
...................................    8     Ada Foster   Fact 1: twin to Ava, both lived to be over 100 years old.
...................................    8     Coleman Foster                        
...................................    8     Johnnie "Baby" Foster   
.......................    7     Charles Lemuel Foster     b: April 23, 1859 in AR    d: December 24, 1900 in Anderson Co, TX  Fact 1: buried Muse Cemetery, Anderson Co, TX
...........................        +Gertrude Annie McIver    b: July 28, 1871 in Cooke Co, TX    d: December 15, 1900 in Anderson Co, TX    m: 1888    Father: William Wood McIver    Mother: Annie Gipson   
...................................    8     William Aaron Foster    b: November 06, 1889 in Anderson Co, TX     d: January 08, 1927 in Abilene, TX                
........................................        +Susie Mae Carter    b: November 18, 1889 in Anderson Co, TX    d: May 17, 1970 in San Antonio, TX    m: Abt. 1910    Father:   William Dolphus Carter  Mother:   Margaret Elizabeth Burke
................................................    9      Willard A. Foster    b: May 15, 1916 in Anderson Co, TX    d: May 30, 1941                
....................................................         +Nelda Charlene Harper   Father:    Mother: 
...................................    8     Loura Foster                        
...................................    8     Cora Foster                        
...................................    8     Louis Russell Foster                        
...................................    8     Essie Foster                        
.......................    7     Sarah E. Foster     b: 1861 in AR                    
.......................    7     William T. Foster     b: 1862 in AR                    
...........................        +Willie McIver                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Gertruda Foster                        
...................................    8     Preston Foster                        
...................................    8     Garrett Foster                        
...................................    8     Hettie Foster                        
...................................    8     Jessie Foster                        
...................................    8     Hosa Foster                        
...................................    8     W. T. Foster                        
...................................    8     Olan Foster                        
...................................    8     Stevie May Foster                        
...................................    8     Marva Lee Foster                        
...................................    8     Delvin Foster                        
.......................    7     Edwin A. Foster     b: 1865 in LA                    
...........................        +Mary Lou Watts                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Mary Foster                        
...................................    8     Ella Foster                        
...................................    8     Clara Foster                        
...................................    8     June Foster                        
...................................    8     Bud Foster                        
...................................    8     Goldberg Foster                        
...................................    8     Jimmy Foster                        
...................................    8     Ruth Foster                        
...................................    8     Eula Foster                        
...................................    8     Ruby Foster                        
.......................    7     Francis L. Foster     b: 1867 in LA                    
.......................    7     Aaron Foster     b: 1868 in LA                    
.......................    7     Benjamin F. Foster     b: 1871 in LA                    
...........................        +Nan Goff                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Florence Foster                        
...................................    8     Mittie Foster                        
...................................    8     Autie Foster                        
...................................    8     Irene Foster                        
...................................    8     Ira Foster                        
...................................    8     Clara Foster                        
...................................    8     Modelle Foster                        
...................................    8     Okanetta Foster                        
.......................    7     Eliza Jane Foster     b: 1872 in LA    Fact 1: never married
.......................    7     David Foster   b: March 01, 1876  d: December 29, 1905
...........................        +Ida Bell Gilliam  photo photo photo   b: 1878 in TX    d: November 19, 1918 in Freestone Co, TX        Father: James W. Gilliam     Mother: Frances Ann "Frank" Beene    Fact 1: twin sister of Prudence Gilliam
...................................    8     [1] Bertha Lee Foster photo photo  b: September 12, 1900    d: January 25, 1985 in Palestine, Texas                
........................................         +John Young                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................        *2nd Husband of [1] Bertha Lee Foster:                        
........................................        +[2] Dixon Franklin Beene  photo  b: September 13, 1896    d: March 1977 in Teague, Texas        Father: William Obediah Beene    Mother: Lucy Ann Welch   
...................................    8     Ethel Foster   photo photo                     
........................................         +Unknown Kinnon                 Father:     Mother:
................................................    9      William Doyle Kinnon   
...................................    8     Nema Foster   photo                     
...................................    8     Drue Foster  photo photo  b: August 30, 1905    d: June 04, 1968
........................................        +Unknown 
................................................    9      David Foster
...................................        *2nd Wife of Drue Foster
........................................        +Loree Strahan                Father:     Mother: 
................................................    9      Drue Irvin Foster    b: January 13, 1943 in Belton, Texas    d: January 06, 1998                
....................................................         +Vicki L.                 Father:     Mother:   
............................................................    10      Katherine Foster                        
.................................................................         +Craig Stewart  Father:     Mother:   
.........................................................................     11     Kaitlin Stewart                        
............................................................    10      Sherrie Foster                        
.................................................................         +Leonard Nicol    Father:     Mother:   
.........................................................................     11     Drue Nicol                        
.........................................................................     11     Layne Nicol                        
............................................................    10      Douglas M. Foster                        
................................................    9      Oma Rae Foster
....................................................         +Unknown Baker
............................................................    10      Unknown Baker
............................................................    10      Unknown Baker
............................................................    10      Unknown Baker                    
...................................    8     Herman Foster  photo  Fact 1: Died as a young person, maybe only 6 or 7 yrs old
.......................    7     Levi L. Foster     b: 1880 in LA                    
...........................        +Lela Tims                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Leon Foster                        
...................................    8     Cora Foster                        
...................................    8     Mary Foster                        
...................................    8     Stanford Foster                        
...................................    8     Vada Foster                        
...................................    8     Pauline Foster                        
..........    6     Martha Jane Foster     b: 1831 in MS                    
...............        +James A. Smith                 Father:     Mother:   
..........    6     Mary Ann Foster     b: 1831 in MS                    
...............        +James A. Smith                 Father:     Mother:   
..........    6     Sarah Elizabeth Foster     b: 1835 in MS                    
...............        +James R. Nelson                 Father:     Mother:   
..........    6     Major Russell Foster b: 1837 in MS   Fact 1: Major is his given name
...............        +Margaret Askew                 Father:     Mother:   
.......................    7     Andy Foster                         Fact 1: never married
.......................    7     Jim Foster                         Fact 1: never married
..........        *2nd Wife of Major Russell Foster:                        
...............        +Lou House                 Father:     Mother:   
.......................    7     Mary Foster                        
.......................    7     Sara Foster                        
.......................    7     Janie Foster                        
...........................        +Walter Powell                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Mattie Powell                        
.......................    7     Johnny Foster                        
...........................        +Janie Beasley                 Father:     Mother:   
...................................    8     Willard Foster                        
...................................    8     Ima Foster                        
...................................    8     Russell Foster                        
...................................    8     Amy Foster                        
...................................    8     Eva Mae Foster                        
...................................    8     Melba Foster                        
...................................    8     Doris Foster                        
...................................    8     Naomi Foster                        
...................................    8     Nelda Jean Foster                        
..........    6     William C. Foster     b: 1839 in LA                    
...............        +Elizabeth Hubbard             m: March 29, 1860 in Claiborne Parish, LA    Father:    Mother:    
..........    6     Rachel Foster    b: 1843 in LA                    
...............        +Unknown Smith                 Father:     Mother:   
..........    6     Nancy M. Foster     b: 1848 in LA                    
...............        +Unknown Butler                 Father:     Mother:

Back to Lemuel Beene b: 1782  

Sources include, but are not limited to:

  1. Over the Mountain, A Narrative History of the Bean, Selman, and Germany Families, by Martha L. Crabb, Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1990, Martha L. Crabb, 414 Floyd Ave. Dumas TX 79029 (806) 935-2958

  2. The Bean Tree, Robert Bean and Martha Womack and their Descendants 1764-1985, copyright 1986 by Estalee Beane Rankin, first printing March 1986, published in USA by Madaloni Press, a Division of M.A. Publishing Syndicate, 1 South Lawrence Street, Mobile, Alabama 36602

  3. Muse Cemetery Booklet, compiled by Mrs. Harmon Watts; I believe that the booklet was published in conjunction with dedication of State of Texas Historical Commission marker at the cemetery, about 1987. Cemetery located in Anderson Co, TX near intersection of FM 294 and FM 228.

  4. Aaron Obediah Beene