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Joseph Peter Beistle

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Joseph Peter Beistle

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
1921 (aged 75–76)
Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Lot 154.
Memorial ID
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Son of John Philip Beistle
and his wife
Mary Elizabeth (Collins) Beistle.
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Joseph was married on Feb. 20, 1884,
to Lucy Ann Miles, in Niles,
Berrien County Michigan.
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The 1899 Directory of Berrien County
Michigan, shows Joseph P. Beistle and
wife, living at 17 Clark Street in
Buchanan, Michigan, and Joseph is
listed as a "Marble Dealer" (at the
Marble Works) on Oak Street
(marble and granite).
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The "Michigan State Gazetteer and
Business Directory", lists
Joseph Beistle as being associated
with the "Marble Works", in
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan.
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Joseph Peter Beistle, and his
brother Jerome Sylvester were artist
at stone cutting, working with marble
and granite. They owned the Buchanan Marble
Works, then located at the NW corner of
South Oak Street and Charles Court, of
which part of the original site was sold
to the City to develop Charles Court.
One of the larger examples of their work
can still be seen in the Civil War Memorial
Monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Many others can also be seen in the old
section of the cemetery, near the North
entrance.
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After the death of his brother Jerome,
in 1898,
Joseph Peter Beistle was in partnership
with James Edgar French, in the
"Buchanan Marble Works"
for about five years.
The "Beistle and French" Marble Dealers
of Buchanan, Michigan are listed in the
1904 directory.
--------------------------------
See family photo, in the memorial
for his wife Lucy.
----------------------------------
Son of John Philip Beistle
and his wife
Mary Elizabeth (Collins) Beistle.
-----------------------------
Joseph was married on Feb. 20, 1884,
to Lucy Ann Miles, in Niles,
Berrien County Michigan.
---------------------------
The 1899 Directory of Berrien County
Michigan, shows Joseph P. Beistle and
wife, living at 17 Clark Street in
Buchanan, Michigan, and Joseph is
listed as a "Marble Dealer" (at the
Marble Works) on Oak Street
(marble and granite).
----------------------------------
The "Michigan State Gazetteer and
Business Directory", lists
Joseph Beistle as being associated
with the "Marble Works", in
Buchanan, Berrien County Michigan.
--------------------------------
Joseph Peter Beistle, and his
brother Jerome Sylvester were artist
at stone cutting, working with marble
and granite. They owned the Buchanan Marble
Works, then located at the NW corner of
South Oak Street and Charles Court, of
which part of the original site was sold
to the City to develop Charles Court.
One of the larger examples of their work
can still be seen in the Civil War Memorial
Monument at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Many others can also be seen in the old
section of the cemetery, near the North
entrance.
-----------------------------------
After the death of his brother Jerome,
in 1898,
Joseph Peter Beistle was in partnership
with James Edgar French, in the
"Buchanan Marble Works"
for about five years.
The "Beistle and French" Marble Dealers
of Buchanan, Michigan are listed in the
1904 directory.
--------------------------------
See family photo, in the memorial
for his wife Lucy.
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