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John Houston Beard

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John Houston Beard

Birth
Williamson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
17 Apr 1914 (aged 80)
Adair County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Cane Valley, Adair County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Last Friday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, Mr. John H. Beard died at his home in the Cane Valley country. Had he lived until the 21st of next August he would have been eighty one years old. When the civil war broke out he espoused the cause of the Union, entered the Third Kentucky Infantry, of which Thomas E. Bramlett was the Colonel. He was a gallant soldier, and since the close of hostilities, was one of Adair's best citizens. The funeral was largely attended. The deceased was a brother-in-law of Mr. J.P. Beard, this place (The Adair County News, Apr 22, 1914).

3rd Kentucky Infantry Co. A, Civil War
Son of David J. Beard and Mary Fuller.
Last Friday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, Mr. John H. Beard died at his home in the Cane Valley country. Had he lived until the 21st of next August he would have been eighty one years old. When the civil war broke out he espoused the cause of the Union, entered the Third Kentucky Infantry, of which Thomas E. Bramlett was the Colonel. He was a gallant soldier, and since the close of hostilities, was one of Adair's best citizens. The funeral was largely attended. The deceased was a brother-in-law of Mr. J.P. Beard, this place (The Adair County News, Apr 22, 1914).

3rd Kentucky Infantry Co. A, Civil War
Son of David J. Beard and Mary Fuller.

Gravesite Details

His middle name is given as Houston on his death certificate, and Hall in his wife's obituary.



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  • Created by: BC
  • Added: Aug 10, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56887428/john_houston-beard: accessed ), memorial page for John Houston Beard (21 Aug 1833–17 Apr 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56887428, citing Mount Carmel Cemetery, Cane Valley, Adair County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by BC (contributor 47306211).