Father: William Beers
Mother: Hannah Boyd
Married: Jane J. Davis(1842-1901), 14 August 1867, Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Children: Hattie(1868-1915), Burton Bradford(1871-1943), Tennie Caroline(1874-1940), Lyle H.(1876-1927)
Plinney has an unmarked grave. He was a Civil War veteran. He enlisted with his brother Anson and served as private in Capt. Henshaw's Independent Battery Regiment Light Artillery, Illinois. His wife and 3 children, Lyle, Tennie, Hattie are buried in this plot. His occupation was Wagonmaker.
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EXCERPTS FROM OBITUARY OF PLINNEY BEERS
(this was a long article taking a whole page of the paper it appeared in. I have shortened it considerably to fit the space.
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ANOTHER VETERAN CALLED TO REWARD
PLINY J. BEERS DIES AT AGE OF 92
Came to this Section Many Years Ago and Has Had a Varied and Interesting Life
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Taps have sounded for another civil war veteran. The rapidly diminishing line of blue is disappearing and soon the last survivor will have crossed the river to rest under the trees.
On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Pliny J. Beers, aged 92, died at the National Hotel in Earlville Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, death being the result of the infirmities of age and pneumonia complications following a severe cold contracted some two weeks previously.
Pliny J. Beers was born on a farm near Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio,June 23, 1837. At the age of 11 years he came with his parents to Freedom, in this county, arriving here March 23, 1849. In 1880 he moved to Iowa and in 1882 he went to Grand Junction, in that state, where he remained six years in the furniture and undertaking business....
He was united in marriage with Miss Jane Davis, a native of Wales, and to this union four children were born. His wife preceded him in death many years ago, and there are left of his immediate family one daughter, Mrs. T.C. Bunn of Connaught, Ohio, and one son, Burton B. Beers, of Park Ridge. He is also survived by four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The children who preceded him were Hattie E. and Lyle.
In 1861, at the age of 23, he answered his country's call and enlisted in the union army, his service exending over a period of three years lacking two months.
Monday morning the remains were taken to Chicago by auto hearse...and services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel in Forest Home cemetery, and interment was made in the family lot beside his wife.
Mother: Hannah Boyd
Married: Jane J. Davis(1842-1901), 14 August 1867, Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Children: Hattie(1868-1915), Burton Bradford(1871-1943), Tennie Caroline(1874-1940), Lyle H.(1876-1927)
Plinney has an unmarked grave. He was a Civil War veteran. He enlisted with his brother Anson and served as private in Capt. Henshaw's Independent Battery Regiment Light Artillery, Illinois. His wife and 3 children, Lyle, Tennie, Hattie are buried in this plot. His occupation was Wagonmaker.
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EXCERPTS FROM OBITUARY OF PLINNEY BEERS
(this was a long article taking a whole page of the paper it appeared in. I have shortened it considerably to fit the space.
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ANOTHER VETERAN CALLED TO REWARD
PLINY J. BEERS DIES AT AGE OF 92
Came to this Section Many Years Ago and Has Had a Varied and Interesting Life
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Taps have sounded for another civil war veteran. The rapidly diminishing line of blue is disappearing and soon the last survivor will have crossed the river to rest under the trees.
On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Pliny J. Beers, aged 92, died at the National Hotel in Earlville Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, death being the result of the infirmities of age and pneumonia complications following a severe cold contracted some two weeks previously.
Pliny J. Beers was born on a farm near Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio,June 23, 1837. At the age of 11 years he came with his parents to Freedom, in this county, arriving here March 23, 1849. In 1880 he moved to Iowa and in 1882 he went to Grand Junction, in that state, where he remained six years in the furniture and undertaking business....
He was united in marriage with Miss Jane Davis, a native of Wales, and to this union four children were born. His wife preceded him in death many years ago, and there are left of his immediate family one daughter, Mrs. T.C. Bunn of Connaught, Ohio, and one son, Burton B. Beers, of Park Ridge. He is also survived by four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The children who preceded him were Hattie E. and Lyle.
In 1861, at the age of 23, he answered his country's call and enlisted in the union army, his service exending over a period of three years lacking two months.
Monday morning the remains were taken to Chicago by auto hearse...and services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel in Forest Home cemetery, and interment was made in the family lot beside his wife.
Father: William Beers
Mother: Hannah Boyd
Married: Jane J. Davis(1842-1901), 14 August 1867, Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Children: Hattie(1868-1915), Burton Bradford(1871-1943), Tennie Caroline(1874-1940), Lyle H.(1876-1927)
Plinney has an unmarked grave. He was a Civil War veteran. He enlisted with his brother Anson and served as private in Capt. Henshaw's Independent Battery Regiment Light Artillery, Illinois. His wife and 3 children, Lyle, Tennie, Hattie are buried in this plot. His occupation was Wagonmaker.
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EXCERPTS FROM OBITUARY OF PLINNEY BEERS
(this was a long article taking a whole page of the paper it appeared in. I have shortened it considerably to fit the space.
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ANOTHER VETERAN CALLED TO REWARD
PLINY J. BEERS DIES AT AGE OF 92
Came to this Section Many Years Ago and Has Had a Varied and Interesting Life
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Taps have sounded for another civil war veteran. The rapidly diminishing line of blue is disappearing and soon the last survivor will have crossed the river to rest under the trees.
On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Pliny J. Beers, aged 92, died at the National Hotel in Earlville Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, death being the result of the infirmities of age and pneumonia complications following a severe cold contracted some two weeks previously.
Pliny J. Beers was born on a farm near Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio,June 23, 1837. At the age of 11 years he came with his parents to Freedom, in this county, arriving here March 23, 1849. In 1880 he moved to Iowa and in 1882 he went to Grand Junction, in that state, where he remained six years in the furniture and undertaking business....
He was united in marriage with Miss Jane Davis, a native of Wales, and to this union four children were born. His wife preceded him in death many years ago, and there are left of his immediate family one daughter, Mrs. T.C. Bunn of Connaught, Ohio, and one son, Burton B. Beers, of Park Ridge. He is also survived by four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The children who preceded him were Hattie E. and Lyle.
In 1861, at the age of 23, he answered his country's call and enlisted in the union army, his service exending over a period of three years lacking two months.
Monday morning the remains were taken to Chicago by auto hearse...and services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel in Forest Home cemetery, and interment was made in the family lot beside his wife.
Mother: Hannah Boyd
Married: Jane J. Davis(1842-1901), 14 August 1867, Ottawa, LaSalle Co., Illinois
Children: Hattie(1868-1915), Burton Bradford(1871-1943), Tennie Caroline(1874-1940), Lyle H.(1876-1927)
Plinney has an unmarked grave. He was a Civil War veteran. He enlisted with his brother Anson and served as private in Capt. Henshaw's Independent Battery Regiment Light Artillery, Illinois. His wife and 3 children, Lyle, Tennie, Hattie are buried in this plot. His occupation was Wagonmaker.
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EXCERPTS FROM OBITUARY OF PLINNEY BEERS
(this was a long article taking a whole page of the paper it appeared in. I have shortened it considerably to fit the space.
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ANOTHER VETERAN CALLED TO REWARD
PLINY J. BEERS DIES AT AGE OF 92
Came to this Section Many Years Ago and Has Had a Varied and Interesting Life
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Taps have sounded for another civil war veteran. The rapidly diminishing line of blue is disappearing and soon the last survivor will have crossed the river to rest under the trees.
On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Pliny J. Beers, aged 92, died at the National Hotel in Earlville Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, death being the result of the infirmities of age and pneumonia complications following a severe cold contracted some two weeks previously.
Pliny J. Beers was born on a farm near Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio,June 23, 1837. At the age of 11 years he came with his parents to Freedom, in this county, arriving here March 23, 1849. In 1880 he moved to Iowa and in 1882 he went to Grand Junction, in that state, where he remained six years in the furniture and undertaking business....
He was united in marriage with Miss Jane Davis, a native of Wales, and to this union four children were born. His wife preceded him in death many years ago, and there are left of his immediate family one daughter, Mrs. T.C. Bunn of Connaught, Ohio, and one son, Burton B. Beers, of Park Ridge. He is also survived by four grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. The children who preceded him were Hattie E. and Lyle.
In 1861, at the age of 23, he answered his country's call and enlisted in the union army, his service exending over a period of three years lacking two months.
Monday morning the remains were taken to Chicago by auto hearse...and services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the chapel in Forest Home cemetery, and interment was made in the family lot beside his wife.
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from military records, marriage & death records, letters, family sources, the name is spelled Plinney, Pliney, Pliny or P.G. There seems to be no official spelling so I have used the most common usage.
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