Mr. Beard was born in Eminence, Schoharie county, February 28, 1875, the son of Marion F. and Rose (Fancher) Beard. Forty-four years ago he married Miss Mae Freeman and the couple settled on a farm in South Gilboa. In 1930 they moved to Ephratah, where they continued to farm and deal in cattle.
For the past eight years, Mr. Beard had resided in Milford. He attended the Methodist church.
Surviving are his wife and four sons, Walter, Cobleskill; Frank, Johnstown; Charles and Ashley, Milford; two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Beck, Milford, and Miss Mae Beard, Gloversville; three brothers, Albert, Mayfield; Morgan, Cobleskill, and Ashley, Ephratah; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Berry, Ephratah, and Miss Pauline Beard, Utica, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Milford Methodist church at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The Rev. Wilbur C. Dodge officiated. The body was placed in the Tillapaugh vault, Cooperstown, to await burial in the family plot at Ephratah.
[The Otsego Farmer & Republican, Page 4, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, January 11, 1946]
Mr. Beard was born in Eminence, Schoharie county, February 28, 1875, the son of Marion F. and Rose (Fancher) Beard. Forty-four years ago he married Miss Mae Freeman and the couple settled on a farm in South Gilboa. In 1930 they moved to Ephratah, where they continued to farm and deal in cattle.
For the past eight years, Mr. Beard had resided in Milford. He attended the Methodist church.
Surviving are his wife and four sons, Walter, Cobleskill; Frank, Johnstown; Charles and Ashley, Milford; two daughters, Mrs. Theodore Beck, Milford, and Miss Mae Beard, Gloversville; three brothers, Albert, Mayfield; Morgan, Cobleskill, and Ashley, Ephratah; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Berry, Ephratah, and Miss Pauline Beard, Utica, and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the Milford Methodist church at 2 p. m. Tuesday. The Rev. Wilbur C. Dodge officiated. The body was placed in the Tillapaugh vault, Cooperstown, to await burial in the family plot at Ephratah.
[The Otsego Farmer & Republican, Page 4, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York, January 11, 1946]
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