William W. Beene

William Warren Beene (Direct grandfather)

William was born on October 20th, 1808 in Tennessee.  William's father was Lemuel Rufus Beene and his mother was Sarah (Sally) Beene.  His paternal grandparents were Captain Robert Bean Sr. (Beene) and Martha (Womack) Beene. He had four brothers named Russell, Robert, Obediah and Lemuel.  He was the oldest of the five children.  He died at the age of 84 on October 28th, 1892.

• General Notes

  William Beene, settled in 1860. Mr. Beene, Sr., was born in 1808, in Tennessee, where he grew to manhood, and then removed to Mississippi and successfully engaged in agriculture. While there he was prominently identified in the politics of that State, representing Itawamba county in the Legislature, and later was elected to the Senate, serving fifteen-years in both houses. In the fall of 1859 he came to Texas and settled near Centreville, Leon county, but remained there only a year, when he purchased the present home of our subject, where he resided for a number of years. He now makes his home with his son-in-law, I. R. Beets, having attained the ripe old age of eighty-tour years. He is a man of strict integrity and more than average intelligence, and now, in his declining years he has the comfort of knowing that nothing but good can be said about him. The Primitive Baptist Church has had an active member in him for over fifty years.  His parents were natives of Tennessee. The mother of our subject, Isabella (Patton) Beene, was a native of Tennessee and the   daughter of John Patton, natives of the same State. Mrs. Beene died June, 1888, after a married life of sixty years, she having been married to Mr. Beene in 1828. Twelve children were added to their family as follows: the first two died in infancy; Russell O., a farmer of Freestone county; Samuel Shelton, a farmer and stockman of Leon county; Reuben W., a farmer of Freestone county; William P., deceased; subject; Samuel Houston, a farmer of Freestone county; Obadiah J., deceased; Thomas J., deceased; Sarah E., wife of I. R. Betts of Freestone county; and Ida Emeline, deceased, was the wife of James Sawyer. 

Details of William's family with Isabella (Patton) Beene