Rev. Marion Beasley was born March 4, 1834 in Hardin County, Tennessee. Served during the civil war as a member of the Missouri State Guard from 1861 until the summer of 1864 while residing in Dunkin County, Missouri.
Moved to Nacona, Texas in 1880 where he lived until his death on October 8, 1930. He was the oldest man in Montague County, and believed to have been the oldest man in the State of Texas at that time. He was 96 years of age.

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