Civil War veteran, Company C, 29th Iowa Infantry
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HENRY O. BEEBE, a farmer living on section 28, Taylor Township, came to the county in the autumn of 1859, and rented a farm in Magnolia Township the following year. He had obtained the place he now lives upon in 1858. He traded for eighty acres and entered sixty acres and commenced to improve his place in 1861. He built a little shanty, having to sleep in his covered wagon, the fore part of the season. With his ox-team he broke forty acres of land and put it in sod corn, potatoes and sugarcane.
In the fall of 1861 he traded for a house in Cincinnati Township, which he moved to his place. This building, 14x20 feet, served the family until 1884, when he built his present residence, the upright of which is 24x30 feet, with an ell 16x24 feet. Aside from his one hundred and twenty-acre home farm, he has a quarter section in Cincinnati Township; forty acres of meadow in the same township; eighty acres of pasture land in Taylor Township, besides sixty acres of pasture land in Cincinnati Township.
August 18, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry. He went South and was on detached service much of the time. His regiment was in several battles, in which he did not take part. They were with Gens. Steele and Prentice most of the time, in Arkansas and Louisiana. Our subject was discharges at new Orleans, August 24, 1865, and was paid off at Davenport, Iowa. After coming out of the service he went to Hampden, Mass., and remained until the spring of 1866, and then came to this county.
Mr. Beebe was born in Hampshire County, Mass., June 16, 1832, the son of Abner L and Dolly (Miller) Beebe. The father was a native of Connecticut, while the mother was born in Massachusetts. When our subject was quite young his parents moved to Hampden County, Mass., and in 1853 he went to Bureau County, Ill., returning to the “Bay State” that fall; remained at home until the spring of 1856, when he again came West, with the expectation of location in Illinois, but was unable to obtain Government land, so pushed on as far West as Omaha. He spent the winter of 1856-57 in De Soto, and in the spring took a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, in company with his brother Lyman, at a point near where Blair now stands. They did not keep this land, however, only one year, and in the summer of 1858, he farmed in Washington County, Neb., and the following season, 1859 on April 1, he stated for Pike’s Peak, crossing the plains with ox teams, returning to Harrison County the next fall.
Mr. Beebe was united in marriage in Hampden County, Mass., to Mary A. Winter, the daughter of Alpheus and Prudence Winter. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Boyd Post, No. 379, at Modale. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Beebe is no office-seeker, but has held the position of Trustee and Assessor of his Township.
Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of five children: Charles L., Ora A., Lena R., George H., and Wells W., (deceased).
source of portrait and biographical sketch (including misspelled text): "History of Harrison County, Iowa", 1891, biographical sketch on pages 413 - 414, portrait on page 412
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HENRY O. BEEBE DEAD -- RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1856.
MODALE, Ia., Aug. 5. -- The death of Henry O. Beebe occurred yesterday at his home two miles east of town. The deceased has been in poor health for some time, but had only been confined to his home a short time.
Mr. Beebe is one of the old settlers, having come to this county in 1853, and had resided here since, except the time he served in the civil war as a member of the company that was enlisted in this county, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and had resided on the farm where he died for nearly fifty years.
Tho deceased was born in Massachusetts, and was about 70 years of age. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ora Wagner of Los Angeles, Cal., and two sons, George H., who resides on the home farm, and Charles L. of Woodbine. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
source of obituary: The Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 5, 1910, page 2, column 2
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obituary available: Missouri Valley Times (Missouri Valley, Iowa), August 11, 1910
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HENRY O. BEEBE, a farmer living on section 28, Taylor Township, came to the county in the autumn of 1859, and rented a farm in Magnolia Township the following year. He had obtained the place he now lives upon in 1858. He traded for eighty acres and entered sixty acres and commenced to improve his place in 1861. He built a little shanty, having to sleep in his covered wagon, the fore part of the season. With his ox-team he broke forty acres of land and put it in sod corn, potatoes and sugarcane.
In the fall of 1861 he traded for a house in Cincinnati Township, which he moved to his place. This building, 14x20 feet, served the family until 1884, when he built his present residence, the upright of which is 24x30 feet, with an ell 16x24 feet. Aside from his one hundred and twenty-acre home farm, he has a quarter section in Cincinnati Township; forty acres of meadow in the same township; eighty acres of pasture land in Taylor Township, besides sixty acres of pasture land in Cincinnati Township.
August 18, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry. He went South and was on detached service much of the time. His regiment was in several battles, in which he did not take part. They were with Gens. Steele and Prentice most of the time, in Arkansas and Louisiana. Our subject was discharges at new Orleans, August 24, 1865, and was paid off at Davenport, Iowa. After coming out of the service he went to Hampden, Mass., and remained until the spring of 1866, and then came to this county.
Mr. Beebe was born in Hampshire County, Mass., June 16, 1832, the son of Abner L and Dolly (Miller) Beebe. The father was a native of Connecticut, while the mother was born in Massachusetts. When our subject was quite young his parents moved to Hampden County, Mass., and in 1853 he went to Bureau County, Ill., returning to the “Bay State” that fall; remained at home until the spring of 1856, when he again came West, with the expectation of location in Illinois, but was unable to obtain Government land, so pushed on as far West as Omaha. He spent the winter of 1856-57 in De Soto, and in the spring took a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, in company with his brother Lyman, at a point near where Blair now stands. They did not keep this land, however, only one year, and in the summer of 1858, he farmed in Washington County, Neb., and the following season, 1859 on April 1, he stated for Pike’s Peak, crossing the plains with ox teams, returning to Harrison County the next fall.
Mr. Beebe was united in marriage in Hampden County, Mass., to Mary A. Winter, the daughter of Alpheus and Prudence Winter. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Boyd Post, No. 379, at Modale. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Beebe is no office-seeker, but has held the position of Trustee and Assessor of his Township.
Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of five children: Charles L., Ora A., Lena R., George H., and Wells W., (deceased).
source of portrait and biographical sketch (including misspelled text): "History of Harrison County, Iowa", 1891, biographical sketch on pages 413 - 414, portrait on page 412
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HENRY O. BEEBE DEAD -- RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1856.
MODALE, Ia., Aug. 5. -- The death of Henry O. Beebe occurred yesterday at his home two miles east of town. The deceased has been in poor health for some time, but had only been confined to his home a short time.
Mr. Beebe is one of the old settlers, having come to this county in 1853, and had resided here since, except the time he served in the civil war as a member of the company that was enlisted in this county, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and had resided on the farm where he died for nearly fifty years.
Tho deceased was born in Massachusetts, and was about 70 years of age. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ora Wagner of Los Angeles, Cal., and two sons, George H., who resides on the home farm, and Charles L. of Woodbine. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
source of obituary: The Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 5, 1910, page 2, column 2
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obituary available: Missouri Valley Times (Missouri Valley, Iowa), August 11, 1910
Civil War veteran, Company C, 29th Iowa Infantry
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HENRY O. BEEBE, a farmer living on section 28, Taylor Township, came to the county in the autumn of 1859, and rented a farm in Magnolia Township the following year. He had obtained the place he now lives upon in 1858. He traded for eighty acres and entered sixty acres and commenced to improve his place in 1861. He built a little shanty, having to sleep in his covered wagon, the fore part of the season. With his ox-team he broke forty acres of land and put it in sod corn, potatoes and sugarcane.
In the fall of 1861 he traded for a house in Cincinnati Township, which he moved to his place. This building, 14x20 feet, served the family until 1884, when he built his present residence, the upright of which is 24x30 feet, with an ell 16x24 feet. Aside from his one hundred and twenty-acre home farm, he has a quarter section in Cincinnati Township; forty acres of meadow in the same township; eighty acres of pasture land in Taylor Township, besides sixty acres of pasture land in Cincinnati Township.
August 18, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry. He went South and was on detached service much of the time. His regiment was in several battles, in which he did not take part. They were with Gens. Steele and Prentice most of the time, in Arkansas and Louisiana. Our subject was discharges at new Orleans, August 24, 1865, and was paid off at Davenport, Iowa. After coming out of the service he went to Hampden, Mass., and remained until the spring of 1866, and then came to this county.
Mr. Beebe was born in Hampshire County, Mass., June 16, 1832, the son of Abner L and Dolly (Miller) Beebe. The father was a native of Connecticut, while the mother was born in Massachusetts. When our subject was quite young his parents moved to Hampden County, Mass., and in 1853 he went to Bureau County, Ill., returning to the “Bay State” that fall; remained at home until the spring of 1856, when he again came West, with the expectation of location in Illinois, but was unable to obtain Government land, so pushed on as far West as Omaha. He spent the winter of 1856-57 in De Soto, and in the spring took a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, in company with his brother Lyman, at a point near where Blair now stands. They did not keep this land, however, only one year, and in the summer of 1858, he farmed in Washington County, Neb., and the following season, 1859 on April 1, he stated for Pike’s Peak, crossing the plains with ox teams, returning to Harrison County the next fall.
Mr. Beebe was united in marriage in Hampden County, Mass., to Mary A. Winter, the daughter of Alpheus and Prudence Winter. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Boyd Post, No. 379, at Modale. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Beebe is no office-seeker, but has held the position of Trustee and Assessor of his Township.
Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of five children: Charles L., Ora A., Lena R., George H., and Wells W., (deceased).
source of portrait and biographical sketch (including misspelled text): "History of Harrison County, Iowa", 1891, biographical sketch on pages 413 - 414, portrait on page 412
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HENRY O. BEEBE DEAD -- RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1856.
MODALE, Ia., Aug. 5. -- The death of Henry O. Beebe occurred yesterday at his home two miles east of town. The deceased has been in poor health for some time, but had only been confined to his home a short time.
Mr. Beebe is one of the old settlers, having come to this county in 1853, and had resided here since, except the time he served in the civil war as a member of the company that was enlisted in this county, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and had resided on the farm where he died for nearly fifty years.
Tho deceased was born in Massachusetts, and was about 70 years of age. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ora Wagner of Los Angeles, Cal., and two sons, George H., who resides on the home farm, and Charles L. of Woodbine. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
source of obituary: The Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 5, 1910, page 2, column 2
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obituary available: Missouri Valley Times (Missouri Valley, Iowa), August 11, 1910
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HENRY O. BEEBE, a farmer living on section 28, Taylor Township, came to the county in the autumn of 1859, and rented a farm in Magnolia Township the following year. He had obtained the place he now lives upon in 1858. He traded for eighty acres and entered sixty acres and commenced to improve his place in 1861. He built a little shanty, having to sleep in his covered wagon, the fore part of the season. With his ox-team he broke forty acres of land and put it in sod corn, potatoes and sugarcane.
In the fall of 1861 he traded for a house in Cincinnati Township, which he moved to his place. This building, 14x20 feet, served the family until 1884, when he built his present residence, the upright of which is 24x30 feet, with an ell 16x24 feet. Aside from his one hundred and twenty-acre home farm, he has a quarter section in Cincinnati Township; forty acres of meadow in the same township; eighty acres of pasture land in Taylor Township, besides sixty acres of pasture land in Cincinnati Township.
August 18, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry. He went South and was on detached service much of the time. His regiment was in several battles, in which he did not take part. They were with Gens. Steele and Prentice most of the time, in Arkansas and Louisiana. Our subject was discharges at new Orleans, August 24, 1865, and was paid off at Davenport, Iowa. After coming out of the service he went to Hampden, Mass., and remained until the spring of 1866, and then came to this county.
Mr. Beebe was born in Hampshire County, Mass., June 16, 1832, the son of Abner L and Dolly (Miller) Beebe. The father was a native of Connecticut, while the mother was born in Massachusetts. When our subject was quite young his parents moved to Hampden County, Mass., and in 1853 he went to Bureau County, Ill., returning to the “Bay State” that fall; remained at home until the spring of 1856, when he again came West, with the expectation of location in Illinois, but was unable to obtain Government land, so pushed on as far West as Omaha. He spent the winter of 1856-57 in De Soto, and in the spring took a claim of one hundred and sixty acres, in company with his brother Lyman, at a point near where Blair now stands. They did not keep this land, however, only one year, and in the summer of 1858, he farmed in Washington County, Neb., and the following season, 1859 on April 1, he stated for Pike’s Peak, crossing the plains with ox teams, returning to Harrison County the next fall.
Mr. Beebe was united in marriage in Hampden County, Mass., to Mary A. Winter, the daughter of Alpheus and Prudence Winter. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to Boyd Post, No. 379, at Modale. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. Mr. Beebe is no office-seeker, but has held the position of Trustee and Assessor of his Township.
Our subject and his estimable wife are the parents of five children: Charles L., Ora A., Lena R., George H., and Wells W., (deceased).
source of portrait and biographical sketch (including misspelled text): "History of Harrison County, Iowa", 1891, biographical sketch on pages 413 - 414, portrait on page 412
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HENRY O. BEEBE DEAD -- RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY SINCE 1856.
MODALE, Ia., Aug. 5. -- The death of Henry O. Beebe occurred yesterday at his home two miles east of town. The deceased has been in poor health for some time, but had only been confined to his home a short time.
Mr. Beebe is one of the old settlers, having come to this county in 1853, and had resided here since, except the time he served in the civil war as a member of the company that was enlisted in this county, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry, and had resided on the farm where he died for nearly fifty years.
Tho deceased was born in Massachusetts, and was about 70 years of age. He is survived by the widow, one daughter, Mrs. Ora Wagner of Los Angeles, Cal., and two sons, George H., who resides on the home farm, and Charles L. of Woodbine. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been made.
source of obituary: The Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), August 5, 1910, page 2, column 2
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obituary available: Missouri Valley Times (Missouri Valley, Iowa), August 11, 1910
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