From the Union County Courier, D.T. (South Dakota) May 8, 1878, page 3:
"In Memoriam. William Beaumont, Sheriff of Union County, D.T. , was born in Cambridgeshire, England, June 9th A.D. 1844 and died in this city at his home, May 5th at 6 0'clock p.m. inst. Had he lived to June 9th he would have been thirty-four years old. The subject of this notice, unattended by any of his family, came to this country when a youth of sixteen years - Green Lake county, Wis. became his adopted home. He enlisted as a soldier in the Union army March 1st 1864, and on the 5th of May following, just fourteen years to a day before his death, he left Madison, the capital of the State, as a member of the 36th Regiment of Infantry to take a part in the sanguine struggle, which opened up really on the 6th of May, called 'the Battle of the Wilderness'.
The Regiment soon reached the scene of carnage and death. It was immediately placed in the line of battle in the thickest of the fight. In these terrible encounters with a desperate foe this regiment of one thousand noble men was decimated to one hundred men. In short, it was as an organization, completely annihilated. Among the wounded disabled soldiers, we find the name of William Beaumont, as having fallen on the 23rd of May; only eighteen days from the time the young soldier of twenty years left his adopted state he lays upon the stormy battle field with a shattered broken arm and bruised body; a fit subject for the hospital. Thirty days from this sad event, a furlough was granted him and the last of June following, found him at his home, with the young wife to whom he was wedded the day before his enlistment.
In November following he was honorably discharged for disability. His death no doubt, may be traced back to the loss of his arm, as the foundation cause. For months following the 23rd of May he was a great sufferer: yet his courage and cheerfulness were remarkable. Nothing that could be done by human hearts and hands was left undone, via medical attendance, nursing and sympathy.
In June 1871, he came with his family to this Territory, and settled in the northern part of the county. There he opened up a farm, but soon found his health and strength unequal to the task of opening up and carrying on the business of farming. In 1873 he was elected Sheriff of this county, and in 1875 was re-elected, and again re-elected in 1877. For integrity, devotion, and straight forwardness, he had the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
He was a prudent, sincere, honest man, and officer. His is a clear, clean record. Rarely has it been our lot to hear a public officer so universally commended and praised - His acts speak to his associates and coadjutors in public trust, 'go thou and do likewise'. For more than five years, he has suffered from time to time with attacks of hemorrhage from the lungs, but especially so, for six moths past, which terminated in consumption. For four months past he has not been able to give much personal attention to his official duties, only via, of advice to his deputy. A. Bovee. During these months he has been hopeful and cheerful. He made the needful arrangements for the funeral and the final disposition of his body. He was ready and willing to die. His was a triumphant departure. He leaves a wife, and three daughters to mourn his loss to them. The funeral was largely attended at 9 o'clock a.m. at the Baptist Chapel, Rev. Geo. W. Freeman preached from the text chosen by the deceased, John 10.14. The remains were sent to Green Lake Co., Wisconsin, in the care of friends, for burial."
From the Union County Courier, May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Mrs. William Beaumont has returned to our city for Ripon, Wis., where she went with her late husband for interment,"
Another article from May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Card of Thanks. I desire to express my humble and sincere thanks to the citizens of Elk Point and vicinity for their unwearied attention and care given to my dear husband during the last months of his severe illness. 'The Board of County Commissioners' have laid me under special obligations to them, and the people of Union county, Members of the Bar - officers of the county, ex-soldiers of U.S., with our city pastors and singers, who bore important parts in the funeral services, so quietly and orderly conducted; I wish to return grateful acknowledgements. I desire the blessings of him 'who went about doing good' to rest on you all. Signed Mrs. Louisa Beaumont."
"In Memoriam. William Beaumont, Sheriff of Union County, D.T. , was born in Cambridgeshire, England, June 9th A.D. 1844 and died in this city at his home, May 5th at 6 0'clock p.m. inst. Had he lived to June 9th he would have been thirty-four years old. The subject of this notice, unattended by any of his family, came to this country when a youth of sixteen years - Green Lake county, Wis. became his adopted home. He enlisted as a soldier in the Union army March 1st 1864, and on the 5th of May following, just fourteen years to a day before his death, he left Madison, the capital of the State, as a member of the 36th Regiment of Infantry to take a part in the sanguine struggle, which opened up really on the 6th of May, called 'the Battle of the Wilderness'.
The Regiment soon reached the scene of carnage and death. It was immediately placed in the line of battle in the thickest of the fight. In these terrible encounters with a desperate foe this regiment of one thousand noble men was decimated to one hundred men. In short, it was as an organization, completely annihilated. Among the wounded disabled soldiers, we find the name of William Beaumont, as having fallen on the 23rd of May; only eighteen days from the time the young soldier of twenty years left his adopted state he lays upon the stormy battle field with a shattered broken arm and bruised body; a fit subject for the hospital. Thirty days from this sad event, a furlough was granted him and the last of June following, found him at his home, with the young wife to whom he was wedded the day before his enlistment.
In November following he was honorably discharged for disability. His death no doubt, may be traced back to the loss of his arm, as the foundation cause. For months following the 23rd of May he was a great sufferer: yet his courage and cheerfulness were remarkable. Nothing that could be done by human hearts and hands was left undone, via medical attendance, nursing and sympathy.
In June 1871, he came with his family to this Territory, and settled in the northern part of the county. There he opened up a farm, but soon found his health and strength unequal to the task of opening up and carrying on the business of farming. In 1873 he was elected Sheriff of this county, and in 1875 was re-elected, and again re-elected in 1877. For integrity, devotion, and straight forwardness, he had the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
He was a prudent, sincere, honest man, and officer. His is a clear, clean record. Rarely has it been our lot to hear a public officer so universally commended and praised - His acts speak to his associates and coadjutors in public trust, 'go thou and do likewise'. For more than five years, he has suffered from time to time with attacks of hemorrhage from the lungs, but especially so, for six moths past, which terminated in consumption. For four months past he has not been able to give much personal attention to his official duties, only via, of advice to his deputy. A. Bovee. During these months he has been hopeful and cheerful. He made the needful arrangements for the funeral and the final disposition of his body. He was ready and willing to die. His was a triumphant departure. He leaves a wife, and three daughters to mourn his loss to them. The funeral was largely attended at 9 o'clock a.m. at the Baptist Chapel, Rev. Geo. W. Freeman preached from the text chosen by the deceased, John 10.14. The remains were sent to Green Lake Co., Wisconsin, in the care of friends, for burial."
From the Union County Courier, May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Mrs. William Beaumont has returned to our city for Ripon, Wis., where she went with her late husband for interment,"
Another article from May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Card of Thanks. I desire to express my humble and sincere thanks to the citizens of Elk Point and vicinity for their unwearied attention and care given to my dear husband during the last months of his severe illness. 'The Board of County Commissioners' have laid me under special obligations to them, and the people of Union county, Members of the Bar - officers of the county, ex-soldiers of U.S., with our city pastors and singers, who bore important parts in the funeral services, so quietly and orderly conducted; I wish to return grateful acknowledgements. I desire the blessings of him 'who went about doing good' to rest on you all. Signed Mrs. Louisa Beaumont."
From the Union County Courier, D.T. (South Dakota) May 8, 1878, page 3:
"In Memoriam. William Beaumont, Sheriff of Union County, D.T. , was born in Cambridgeshire, England, June 9th A.D. 1844 and died in this city at his home, May 5th at 6 0'clock p.m. inst. Had he lived to June 9th he would have been thirty-four years old. The subject of this notice, unattended by any of his family, came to this country when a youth of sixteen years - Green Lake county, Wis. became his adopted home. He enlisted as a soldier in the Union army March 1st 1864, and on the 5th of May following, just fourteen years to a day before his death, he left Madison, the capital of the State, as a member of the 36th Regiment of Infantry to take a part in the sanguine struggle, which opened up really on the 6th of May, called 'the Battle of the Wilderness'.
The Regiment soon reached the scene of carnage and death. It was immediately placed in the line of battle in the thickest of the fight. In these terrible encounters with a desperate foe this regiment of one thousand noble men was decimated to one hundred men. In short, it was as an organization, completely annihilated. Among the wounded disabled soldiers, we find the name of William Beaumont, as having fallen on the 23rd of May; only eighteen days from the time the young soldier of twenty years left his adopted state he lays upon the stormy battle field with a shattered broken arm and bruised body; a fit subject for the hospital. Thirty days from this sad event, a furlough was granted him and the last of June following, found him at his home, with the young wife to whom he was wedded the day before his enlistment.
In November following he was honorably discharged for disability. His death no doubt, may be traced back to the loss of his arm, as the foundation cause. For months following the 23rd of May he was a great sufferer: yet his courage and cheerfulness were remarkable. Nothing that could be done by human hearts and hands was left undone, via medical attendance, nursing and sympathy.
In June 1871, he came with his family to this Territory, and settled in the northern part of the county. There he opened up a farm, but soon found his health and strength unequal to the task of opening up and carrying on the business of farming. In 1873 he was elected Sheriff of this county, and in 1875 was re-elected, and again re-elected in 1877. For integrity, devotion, and straight forwardness, he had the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
He was a prudent, sincere, honest man, and officer. His is a clear, clean record. Rarely has it been our lot to hear a public officer so universally commended and praised - His acts speak to his associates and coadjutors in public trust, 'go thou and do likewise'. For more than five years, he has suffered from time to time with attacks of hemorrhage from the lungs, but especially so, for six moths past, which terminated in consumption. For four months past he has not been able to give much personal attention to his official duties, only via, of advice to his deputy. A. Bovee. During these months he has been hopeful and cheerful. He made the needful arrangements for the funeral and the final disposition of his body. He was ready and willing to die. His was a triumphant departure. He leaves a wife, and three daughters to mourn his loss to them. The funeral was largely attended at 9 o'clock a.m. at the Baptist Chapel, Rev. Geo. W. Freeman preached from the text chosen by the deceased, John 10.14. The remains were sent to Green Lake Co., Wisconsin, in the care of friends, for burial."
From the Union County Courier, May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Mrs. William Beaumont has returned to our city for Ripon, Wis., where she went with her late husband for interment,"
Another article from May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Card of Thanks. I desire to express my humble and sincere thanks to the citizens of Elk Point and vicinity for their unwearied attention and care given to my dear husband during the last months of his severe illness. 'The Board of County Commissioners' have laid me under special obligations to them, and the people of Union county, Members of the Bar - officers of the county, ex-soldiers of U.S., with our city pastors and singers, who bore important parts in the funeral services, so quietly and orderly conducted; I wish to return grateful acknowledgements. I desire the blessings of him 'who went about doing good' to rest on you all. Signed Mrs. Louisa Beaumont."
"In Memoriam. William Beaumont, Sheriff of Union County, D.T. , was born in Cambridgeshire, England, June 9th A.D. 1844 and died in this city at his home, May 5th at 6 0'clock p.m. inst. Had he lived to June 9th he would have been thirty-four years old. The subject of this notice, unattended by any of his family, came to this country when a youth of sixteen years - Green Lake county, Wis. became his adopted home. He enlisted as a soldier in the Union army March 1st 1864, and on the 5th of May following, just fourteen years to a day before his death, he left Madison, the capital of the State, as a member of the 36th Regiment of Infantry to take a part in the sanguine struggle, which opened up really on the 6th of May, called 'the Battle of the Wilderness'.
The Regiment soon reached the scene of carnage and death. It was immediately placed in the line of battle in the thickest of the fight. In these terrible encounters with a desperate foe this regiment of one thousand noble men was decimated to one hundred men. In short, it was as an organization, completely annihilated. Among the wounded disabled soldiers, we find the name of William Beaumont, as having fallen on the 23rd of May; only eighteen days from the time the young soldier of twenty years left his adopted state he lays upon the stormy battle field with a shattered broken arm and bruised body; a fit subject for the hospital. Thirty days from this sad event, a furlough was granted him and the last of June following, found him at his home, with the young wife to whom he was wedded the day before his enlistment.
In November following he was honorably discharged for disability. His death no doubt, may be traced back to the loss of his arm, as the foundation cause. For months following the 23rd of May he was a great sufferer: yet his courage and cheerfulness were remarkable. Nothing that could be done by human hearts and hands was left undone, via medical attendance, nursing and sympathy.
In June 1871, he came with his family to this Territory, and settled in the northern part of the county. There he opened up a farm, but soon found his health and strength unequal to the task of opening up and carrying on the business of farming. In 1873 he was elected Sheriff of this county, and in 1875 was re-elected, and again re-elected in 1877. For integrity, devotion, and straight forwardness, he had the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.
He was a prudent, sincere, honest man, and officer. His is a clear, clean record. Rarely has it been our lot to hear a public officer so universally commended and praised - His acts speak to his associates and coadjutors in public trust, 'go thou and do likewise'. For more than five years, he has suffered from time to time with attacks of hemorrhage from the lungs, but especially so, for six moths past, which terminated in consumption. For four months past he has not been able to give much personal attention to his official duties, only via, of advice to his deputy. A. Bovee. During these months he has been hopeful and cheerful. He made the needful arrangements for the funeral and the final disposition of his body. He was ready and willing to die. His was a triumphant departure. He leaves a wife, and three daughters to mourn his loss to them. The funeral was largely attended at 9 o'clock a.m. at the Baptist Chapel, Rev. Geo. W. Freeman preached from the text chosen by the deceased, John 10.14. The remains were sent to Green Lake Co., Wisconsin, in the care of friends, for burial."
From the Union County Courier, May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Mrs. William Beaumont has returned to our city for Ripon, Wis., where she went with her late husband for interment,"
Another article from May 22, 1878, page 3:
"Card of Thanks. I desire to express my humble and sincere thanks to the citizens of Elk Point and vicinity for their unwearied attention and care given to my dear husband during the last months of his severe illness. 'The Board of County Commissioners' have laid me under special obligations to them, and the people of Union county, Members of the Bar - officers of the county, ex-soldiers of U.S., with our city pastors and singers, who bore important parts in the funeral services, so quietly and orderly conducted; I wish to return grateful acknowledgements. I desire the blessings of him 'who went about doing good' to rest on you all. Signed Mrs. Louisa Beaumont."
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