Family
Histories of Coleman County, Texas
The Dr. G. B. Beaumont Family
By
Mrs. Salomi Long
From A
History of Coleman County and Its People,
1985
edited by
Judia and Ralph Terry, and Vena Bob Gates -
used by permission
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Dr. Gabriel Bouthroyd Beaumont, son
of William Henry and Susan Bell (Cook)
Beaumont, was born September 20, 1845, in
Clarksville, Tennessee. He came with
his parents to Texas in 1848. G. B.
Beaumont was a student at Soule
University, Chappell Hill, Texas, when the
first hostilities of the Civil War
started. He joined Terry's Texas
Rangers Cavalry in 1861, was shot at the
battle of Murfreesboro. After the
war, G. B. completed his medical studies
at Tulane University, New Orleans in
1869. He started his medical career
in Harris County near Houston. Later
he went to Navasota, Grimes County, where
he met and married Nancy Davis Duke,
daughter of Matthew Jackson and Martha
Edward Phillips Duke, on December 6,
1870. Their eight children were:
(1) Rebecca Gertrude,
December 25, 1872-November 3, 1951 in
Palestine. She married Seth G. Gay
of Huntsville and had two daughters:
Salome Irene, born April 4, 1902, married
Carlton Henry Long of Boston, June 25,
1918. Their four children: Norma
Lucille, Carlton Henry, Jr., William
Nelson, and Melvin Gay. Evelyn Stella
married C. S. Kersh December 29,
1928. Had one daughter Mary Yvonne.
(2) Gabriel
Bouthroyd, Jr.
(3) Salome
Hortense, September 10, 1877, Navasota,
married Thomas L. Stevens (see J. E.
Stevens) January 16, 1901. Reared a
niece, Ruth Beaumont.
(4) Gulielmus
Alexander. D.D.S., September 21, 1880,
married Eleanor Ward of Ballinger,
1912. Children: Mary Eleanor and
Stella.
(5) Edgar
Chetwyn, April 12, 1883 in Navasota,
married Jimmie Clark, November, 1903
Practiced as a physician and surgeon many
years in San Saba. Had three
children: Nonnie Duke, Daisy Elizabeth,
Edgar Chetwyn, III. Chetwyn died
April 16, 1926, and was buried in Coleman.
(6) Stella
Juanita (see McCord).
(7) Aubrey Duke,
April 11, 1890, married Hester Humphries.
Had three children: Aubrey Duke, Jr.,
Audry Bell, and Ruth Mildred. He
died August 19, 1923 in Coleman.
(8) Roger Davis,
stillborn.
Dr. Beaumont
brought his young family to Coleman in
1886. He was the doctor for the
Santa Fe Railway and a general
practitioner until his death September 29,
1933. Mrs. Beaumont died March 18,
1935 in Coleman.
pictures
to be added
Nancy Davis Duke Beaumont
Dr. Gabriel Bouthroyd Beaumont
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