Rebecca Beasley married Joseph Newcomb

Rebecca Jane Beasley was married 24 Mar 1837 in Rush Co. IN, the daughter of Cornelius and Jane (Nipp) Beasley. She marred Joseph Smithers Newcomb (1830-1887), the son of John and Sarah (Smithers) Newcomb, as his second wife. They had eight children: Arinda Jane, George Cornelius, Luzettia Indiana, William David, Thomas F., Rosanna J., Charles A., Elizabeth Katherine. Their son William married his first cousin, Melissa Jane Beasley, the daughter of Rebecca's brother George. Rebecca died 23 Jan 1911 in Colorado Springs CO. Joseph's first wife was Harriet Miller, with whom he had three children.