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Laura E. Cargile was born February 9, 1870, at Quitman, in Conway County, Arkansas, the daughter of Dennis Stell Cargile and Sarah Elizabeth Williams.
Laura, age one-month, appears with her family on the 1870 Conway County census, in Benton Township, near Quitman. The 1880 Van Buren County census, Cadron Township, lists Laura as 10 years old.
Laura married Jackson Ross Beckett on December 23, 1891, at Quitman. Jackson Ross Beckett was born February 16, 1858, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, the son of William Marion Beckett and Lucinda Miles.
Laura died March 3, 1904, at Rose Bud, in White County, Arkansas. She is buried in the Quitman Cemetery.
Jackson died September 28, 1943, at Rose Bud.
Children of Jackson Beckett and Laura Cargile
1. Pearl Beckett, b. Jan 17, 1892, Mt. Vernon, Faulkner Co, AR; d. Feb 3, 1946, Mt. Vernon; m. Emmett Fletcher Cook at Mt. Vernon
2. Jewel A. Beckett, b. Nov 18, 1894, Mt. Vernon, Faulkner Co, AR; d. Mar 15, 1986, Mt. Vernon; m. William C. Leach on Sept 12, 1912, Mt. Vernon
3. William Bryan Beckett, b. Dec 21, 1896, Mt. Vernon, Faulkner Co, AR; d. Aug 6, 1922, Mt. Vernon; m. Ruth Noggle at Rose Bud, White Co, AR
4. Ruby Beckett, b. May 16, 1900, Mt. Vernon, Faulkner Co, AR; m. ____ Leach
5. Miles Dell Beckett, b. Sept 12, 1903, Mt. Vernon, Faulkner Co, AR; d. Jan 10, 1964; m. Bertha E. Wilson at Rose Bud, White Co, AR