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Has 6 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Lloyd Neeley Beckstead |
| Birth |
16 Sep 1897 |
Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
25 Sep 1918 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWCZ-FRJ |
| Death |
2 Aug 1974 |
Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Burial |
Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I50489 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Amasa Beckstead, b. 12 Jan 1867, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 30 Nov 1931, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Myriam Neeley, b. 19 Sep 1874, Franklin, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 19 Aug 1938 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
13 Nov 1895 |
Logan, Cache, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F14978 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Adrienne Woolley, b. 6 Feb 1897, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 18 Mar 1982, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) |
| Marriage |
25 Sep 1918 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Shirley Beckstead, b. 28 Jan 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 9 Dec 1982 (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. Lloyd Neeley Beckstead, Jr, b. 16 May 1923, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 18 Nov 1979, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 56 years) |
| + | 3. Spencer Woolley Beckstead, b. 4 Oct 1927, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 23 Aug 1997, Bethany, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States (Age 69 years) |
| + | 4. David Woolley Beckstead, b. 6 May 1932, Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 10 Jun 2018, Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 5. Anthony Woolley Beckstead, b. 24 Dec 1937, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 30 Jul 2001, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 63 years) |
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| Family ID |
F18796 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 16 Sep 1897 - Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 25 Sep 1918 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 25 Sep 1918 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 2 Aug 1974 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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 | Burial - - Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States |
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| Notes |
- LLOYD NEELEY BECKSTEAD
Lloyd Neeley Beckstead was born at Preston, Idaho, September 16, 1897, t h e oldest child of Amasa Beckstead and Mary Myriam Neeley. He grew up o n h is father’s farm south of Preston. At a very young age, he drove a fo ur-h orse team to haul beets. His father owned one of the first automobil es i n Franklin County. Amasa had Lloyd learn how to drive it first and t hen t each him.
Amasa spent a good deal of time in church work and Lloyd learned respons i bility early.
Lloyd had three sisters, five brothers, and one half brother. One broth e r died at birth. Two sisters and his half brother preceded him in deat h . Lloyd graduated from the old Oneida Academy. He played basketball wi t h Harold B. Lee (later a prophet for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt er -day Saints) while at the academy. He attended the University of Utah , H ennegars Business College, and Utah State Agricultural College (in Lo gan) . He enjoyed playing basketball in college.
He married Adrienne Woolley in the Salt Lake Temple on Sept. 25, 1918. T h ey started to farm on part of his father’s place. Lloyd loved the lan d an d tried to be a progressive farmer. He improved his land by puttin g in ti le drains, which were a new innovation at that time .
During the depression, he hired German immigrants to dig trenches u p t o 8 feet deep to put the tile in. Lloyd then saw his alkaline soil be com e productive. He had one of the first tractors in the valley, also on e o f the first beet toppers.
He built three nice homes on his farm during his married life. Five chil d ren were born to Lloyd and Adrienne—four boys and 1 girl.
Lloyd Jr. was a music teacher in the Granite School District in Salt La k e City. He played the violin and enjoyed playing with the orchestra i n Sa lt Lake. He and June had 6 children.
Shirley has been a secretary and a housewife. She and Raymond Nelson liv e d in Richmond, Utah, where her husband farmed. They had one child.
Spencer graduated in chemical engineering. He was a packaging and labeli n g engineer for Kerr-McGee Company in Oklahoma. He and Anne had four chi ld ren.
David became a Veterinarian. He and Pauline had 8 children and lived o n t he family farm.
Anthony became a civil engineer for the County of Los Angeles. He late r m oved to Bountiful. He and DeAnn had five children.
Lloyd helped all his children get an education. At one time he was suppo r ting two families in college—each with three children. Anytime his chil dr en or grandchildren needed financial help they didn’t hesitate to as k “Gr andpa.”
He loved to hear his grandchildren perform musical numbers for him. Al l o f his grandchildren have spent many hours in his home. He and Adrienn e ca red for Michael, Lloyd, Jr.’s son, for several years in their own ho me.
Lloyd has been active in the church. He has served as ward genealogy pre s ident, Superintendent of the Sunday School for 7 years, and group lead e r of the High Priest Quorum. He served a short-term mission with his wi f e in the Central States in 1962. He was President of his Sunday Schoo l Cl ass. For a number of years he was teacher of the High Priest class , the p osition he held at his death. He really enjoyed and appreciated t his wor k and he studied hard to prepare his lessons.
He loved the cattle roundup in the fall. He loved to fly in airplanes . H e thought that was the only way to travel .
Lloyd began each day with family prayer and realized the blessings of fa m ily home evenings. Each time in his family prayer he prayed for his gra nd children to study and do well in school.
Lloyd bought two wheel move sprinkler lines. He wanted to improve his ir r igating methods and felt this was the way to go. He was very proud of t h e beets and corn that were growing on his farm. His grandchildren kne w Gr andpa would like a basket of these crops by his casket. He always gr ew go od sugar beets. He never missed a year planting them.
Lloyd and his family knew of the seriousness of his heart condition, b u t it was hard for him to slow down. He was out supervising work and che ck ing on his sprinklers almost every day in the summer. He died quickl y a t home from a heart attack after a restful night of sleep on Aug. 2 , 1974 .
Written by Adrienne Woolley Beckstead
Comments – His son, David, said that he was a quiet, patient man. He w a s also very hard of hearing in his later years.
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