528. Leota Pearl⁵ Small (Henry H.⁴, George W.³, Archibald Elsworth², George¹) was born in Adams Township, Hamilton County, IN on August 2, 1894.⁽⁵⁸⁵⁶⁾ Leota died on April 29, 1961 in Tipton County, IN, at age 66.⁽⁵⁸⁵⁷⁾ Her body was interred in the East Union Cemetery in an unmarked grave after April 29, 1961 in Adams Township, Hamilton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁵⁸⁾ She is buried in an unmarked grave.

She married twice. She married James Harvey Beam on February 6, 1915 in Hamilton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁵⁹⁾ The following individual is also linked to this event: Hugh Anthony Maker J.P. (judge). James was born on April 11, 1878 in Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁰⁾ An alternate birth date of April 15, 1873 has been suggested. James was the son of Thomas Allen Beam and Sarah Anna Pope.

James died on February 22, 1941 in Sheridan, Hamilton County, IN, at age 62.⁽⁵⁸⁶¹⁾ James was listed as a son in Thomas Allen Beam's household on the 1900 Census in Jefferson Township, Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶²⁾ The following individuals are also linked to this event: John H. Goodknight (enumerator); Albert Hinkle (neighbor); Edward Bouse (neighbor); Effie S. Beam (daughter); Mary Beam (daughter); Grace E. Beam (granddaughter); George Beam (son); Sarah Anna Pope (wife). James worked as a farmer in Sheridan, Hamilton County, IN on February 6, 1915.⁽⁵⁸⁶³⁾ He resided in Sheridan, Hamilton County, IN on February 6, 1915.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁴⁾ When James was age unknown and Leota Pearl Small was age unknown they became the parents of Martha Beam ca 1915 in Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁵⁾ James was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Cicero Township, Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁶⁾ The following individuals are also linked to this event: Lora M. Lawson (enumerator); Harold H. Vawter (neighbor); Charles J. Kiger (neighbor); Martha Beam (daughter); Leota Pearl Small (wife). James, as Leota Pearl Small's husband, resided with Leota in Tipton, Tipton County, IN on July 6, 1927.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁷⁾ She married Rex Daugherty after 1941 in Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁸⁾ Rex was born est 1891.

An unknown person was listed as a daughter in Henry H. Small's household on the 1900 Census in Adams Township, Hamilton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁶⁹⁾ The following individuals are also linked to this event: William F. Myers Jr. (enumerator); John Ward McGuire (neighbor); Sallee Perry (neighbor); Vester Small (son); Henrietta V. McGuire (wife). Leota was listed as a daughter in Henry H. Small's household on the 1910 Census in Adams Township, Hamilton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁷⁰⁾ The following individuals are also linked to this event: Harry Mendenhall (enumerator); Oscar Bowers (neighbor); Thomas R. Gunn (neighbor); Dessie Pauline Small (daughter); Walter W. Small (son); Henrietta V. McGuire (wife). When Leota was age unknown and James Harvey Beam was age unknown they became the parents of Martha Beam ca 1915 in Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁷¹⁾ Leota was listed as James Harvey Beam's wife on the 1920 Census in Cicero Township, Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁷²⁾ The following individuals are also linked to this event: Lora M. Lawson (enumerator); Harold H. Vawter (neighbor); Charles J. Kiger (neighbor); Martha Beam (daughter). She resided in Tipton, Tipton County, IN on July 6, 1927.⁽⁵⁸⁷³⁾ The following individual is also linked to this event: James Harvey Beam (husband). Her funeral was held after April 29, 1961 in Tipton, Tipton County, IN.⁽⁵⁸⁷⁴⁾ The funeral was arranged by the Leatherman-Morris-Boyer Funeral Home.

Leota Pearl Small and James Harvey Beam had the following child:

816 i. Martha⁶ Beam (living status unknown).

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