Sidney Marcus BECKSTEAD
DEATH: After the death of his father, Sidney Marcus went to the Salt Lake Valley with his Uncle Alexander and George Wesley Beckstead. In the Spring of 1864, he was called as a mechanic to go back to the Missouri River with Capt. John Murdock's company of teamsters. While on this trip he visited his mother and other relatives in Sarpin County, Nebraska, on the river. On the return trip, he must have stood his rifle in a bush while he mounted his horse. They found him on the ground by his horse, shot in the head, the barrel of his gun clutched in his hand. The captain said the hammer of the gun had caught in the bush and discharged killing him instantly. They buried him by the side of the
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He married Ann Sophia Rollins 11 Jun 1850 at Bellvue, Sarpy, Nebraska . Ann Sophia Rollins was born at Bangor, Penobscot, Maine 5 Mar 1831 daughter of Enoch Perham Rollins and Sophia Wing Philbrook .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Mary Lucetta Beckstead
born 1847.
Sarah Ann Beckstead
born 14 Mar 1851.
Sabre Jane Beckstead
born 20 Oct 1853.
Lillian Sophia Beckstead
born 7 Sep 1855.
Mary Emily Beckstead
born 6 Dec 1857.
Rossetta Beckstead
born 17 Aug 1859.
Loretta Delenoy Beckstead
born 26 Sep 1861.
Cordelia Beckstead
born 28 Oct 1863.
Adopted Infant Beckstead
born Abt 1865.
Sidney Marcus Beckstead died 7 Aug 1864 at 14 Miles From Pl, Colorado .
Ann Sophia Rollins died 13 May 1885 at Annabella, Sevier, Utah .