Finley & Lucille Beard, Oregon 1927

Lucille Beard was born in Arkansas in 1902/1903 after her brother Finley Beard 3/23/1901. She was adopted in 1903 to a family by the name of Tull in Shawnee, Oklahoma where her biological father, Benjamin Beard also resided. In records Lucille writes different last names, different parent names, and birth year/state (usually Minnesota). She reunited with her brother Finley, both of Oregon in 1927 until his death in 1948. Their biological mother is undetermined but likely a Jennie Curry. She married Ben Beard in Arkansas Nov 1899. After Lucille's adoption, he married Nannie Wallace in Nov 1904 where they resided in the home of Robert T Wallace in 1910 census, listing Finley as a boarder.