Father of Forty Children

Father of Forty Children

"He has had two wives, the first dying several years ago. She was the mother of twenty-four of his lusty offspring and his second wife who is still living and strong and health has up to this time presented him with sixten. She is only 42 years old, so there is a chance that, she may yet reach, if she does not eclipse, the record of her predecessor in the heart and affection of her husband."

"Mr. Beasley says it is impossible for him to remember the names of all of his children 'right off.' He has a record of them at home and he keeps up with them as well as he can as they go out into the world to make their living."

"After witing a year or so Mr. Beasley married again. By this time he was 46 years old. But his second wife was a young woman in her teens."

The Atlanta Journal

Jan 1, 1930