Joseph Beck Larn

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Birth: Mar. 24, 1875 Throckmorton County Texas, USA
Death: Sep. 17, 1875


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The Larns' second son, Joseph Beck, was born March 24, 1975, but died six months later on September 17. His tombstone became the first of the four markers that stand guard over the landscape today.

Family links:
Parents:
John M. Larn (1849 - 1878)
Mary Jane Matthews Larn Brown (1857 - 1946)


Burial:
Putnam Ranch Cemetery
Throckmorton
Throckmorton County
Texas, USA

Notes:

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Birth:

Birth:
Source: the book " Bravo of Los Brazos: John Larn of Fort Griffin Texas" by Robert K DeArment

Larn was a shadowy figure in his time and mystery still surrounds his memory. Even his name has been confounded many. It has been recorded as "Larne, Lorn, Laren, Lauren, Laurence and Lawrence". Little is known of his early life prior to 1870 whwn, at the age of twenty-one, he seems to have settled permanently in Cleark Fork country. He told his wife he was born March 1, 1849 in Alabama and christened John M. Larn. That is the way his signature, written in clear and firm hand, appears on many documents in Shackelford and Throckmorton County court records.

It appears from federal census records that the man known as John Larn in Texaswas born in Georgia, raised in Alabama, and that his name was actually "Laren". A federal census taken in Calhoun County, Alabamam on 5 June 1860, enumerated the family of George A. Laren, a farmer from Missouri, and his wife, Elizabeth, from Georgia. The Larens had eight children, ranging in the age from three to eighteen. The sixth oldest children, including John, the fifth, were born in Georgia, the youngest two in Alabama. John Laren's age was listed as twelve, a discrepancy of a year from the March 1, 1849, birth date provided by Larn, but sensus records, especially early ones, are notorious for minor errors of this kind.

Some Shackelford County residents recalled Larn saying he had been raised in Atlanta, Alabama, but there is no Atlanta in Alabama. The town he mentioned was probably Anniston, the county seat of Calhoun County. He told others he ran away from home as a boy, went to Mobile, and worked as a "butcher boy", peddling newspapers on trains.

John married Mary Jane Matthews on 28 Nov 1872 in Texas, USA. Mary (daughter of Joseph Beck Matthews and Carolina Spears) was born on 6 Jun 1857 in Albany, Shackelford County, Texas, USA; died on 12 Feb 1946 in California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Jun. 6, 1857
Death: Feb. 12, 1946

Facts:
She was the 3rd of six children born to Joseph Beck and Caroline Spears Matthews.

She married John Larn November 28, 1872.

She had two children by John Larn, William Alexander and Joseph Beck.

John died June 24, 1878 and was buried on the ranch.

On October 23, 1880 she married a Presbyterian minister, the Rev. John Brown.

She had three children by John Brown.

The marriage lasted fifteen years.

She lived her final days in California.

Family links:
Parents:
Joseph Beck Matthews (1824 - 1895)
Caroline Spears Matthews (1828 - 1924)

Children:
Will Alexander Larn (1873 - 1937)*
Joseph Beck Larn (1875 - 1875)*

Spouse:
John M. Larn (1849 - 1878)*


Burial:
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Glendale
Los Angeles County
California, USA

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Married:
United States Census, 1900 Shackelford county, Albany trownship.
Parent Mary J Brown F
John Brown M
Mary L Brown F
William A Larn M

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Source http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17378344

Birth: Aug. 24, 1824
Death: Jun. 27, 1895

Facts:
J.B. and his wife were one of the earliest settlers of Shackelford County. He lived close to the Clear Fork when white residents were few.

Joseph and his wife Caroline came west when their son was only a baby.

He devoted his time and energies to the cattle business.

He had five daughter and one son.

1880 - J. B. introduced Barbed Wire to the Clear Fork country.
(Info from Tracks along the Clear Fork)

Family links:
Children:
Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews Reynolds (1851 - 1935)*
John Alexander Matthews (1853 - 1941)*
Mary Jane Matthews Larn Brown (1857 - 1946)*

Spouse:
Caroline Spears Matthews (1828 - 1924)


Burial:
Albany Cemetery
Albany
Shackelford County
Texas, USA
Plot: Masonic, Sec. D, Lot 35

Joseph married Carolina Spears on 30 Oct 1850 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Carolina was born on 16 Jul 1828; died on 7 Oct 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Jul. 16, 1828
Death: Oct. 7, 1924

J.B. Matthews and wife Caroline came with family come from Alabama by way of Louisiana to Texas.

She and Joseph Beck Matthews married 30 Oct 1850 in Union Parish, LA.She was the daughter of Alexander Spears who was a merchant in Spearsville, Union Parish, LA. Sources:Union Co., AR Marriage Bk 1, pg. 40Original Record, Union Parish, LA Succession Record Bk K pgs 640-680, (LDS), pgs. 640-680 Estate of Alexander Spears

Family links:
Children:
Lucinda Elizabeth Matthews Reynolds (1851 - 1935)*
John Alexander Matthews (1853 - 1941)*
Mary Jane Matthews Larn Brown (1857 - 1946)*

Spouse:
Joseph Beck Matthews (1824 - 1895)*


Burial:
Albany Cemetery
Albany
Shackelford County
Texas, USA
Plot: Masonic, Sec. D, Lot 35

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Married:
1870 census
Home in 1870: Texas, United States
J B Matthews M 43y
Caroline Matthews F 41y
John Alex Matthews M 17y
Mary Jane Matthews F 12y
Martha Ann Matthews F 10y
Susan Alice Matthews F 7y
Rose Ella Matthews F 5y
Nathan L Bartholomew M 27y