ELIZABETH PAUL4 BEAGARY (JOHN3, EMANUEL2, VINCENT1) was born September 05, 1838 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died October 21, 1889 in Virginia. She was the daughter of CAPTAIN JOHN BEAGARY and KEZIAH LANDERS of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
She married (1) CAPTAIN CHARLES PETER (J.) FIELD September 24, 1859 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, son of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE. He was born May 25, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died June 05, 1864 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. CAPT. FIELD died while serving for New Jersey in the Civil War.
She married (2) CHARLES GARDNER REED, Mayor of Worcester, September 25, 1873 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of SAMUEL REED and FRANCES TILTON. He was born April 02, 1835 in Massachusetts, and died November 21, 1899 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ELIZABETH was CHARLES G. REED's second wife.
Children of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES FIELD are:
i. KATHERINE ADELE5 FIELD, b. July 31, 1860, Camden, New Jersey; d. August 17, 1910, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, March 02, 1885, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Massachusetts.
ii. HARRY SAWTELL FIELD, b. May 28, 1862, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
Child of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES REED is:
iii. KARL BEAGARY5 REED, b. August 19, 1875, Seattle, King County, Washington; d. April 17, 1951, Seattle, King County, Washington; m. ETHEL G. SHORT, June 06, 1906, Haverhill, Massachusetts; b. January 14, 1877, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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WORCESTER DAILY SPY Thursday, October 24, 1889
Front Page.
MRS. REED'S DEATH.
A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.
SAD AND TRAGIC ENDING OF A PLEASURE TRIP - WHILE ENJOYING MOUNTAIN SCENERY
EX-MAYOR REED'S WIFE FALLS DEAD AT HER SISTER'S FEET.
The particulars of the almost tragic death of MRS. ELIZABETH P. REED, wife of ex-Mayor CHARLES G. REED, in the mountains of Virginia, were brought to this city by MR. REED, who came on with the body, arriving yesterday afternoon. Last Thursday MR. and MRS. REED left this city for North Carolina, MR. REED on a business trip and MRS. REED accompanying him for pleasure. Their headquarters were at Mount Airy, in the northern part of North Carolina, where MR. REED is interested in several mills engaged in getting out wheel stock from timber which grows in the mountains.
Monday a trip was planned to the mills, the route being over a rough mountain road. The party included ex-Mayor and MRS. REED, CAPT. HENRY and MRS. ANNIE REED of Mount airy, CAPT. REED, being a brother of the ex-Mayor and a former resident of this city. The trip was made in a heavy mountain wagon, the condition of the roads being such that no other vehicle could make the journey. MRS. REED, who had always been a great lover of nature, desired to make the trip because of the many advantages for views of charming scenery. Some 13 miles from Mount Airy, just over the line into Virginia, the road becomes so rough and rugged that the ladies were left at MITCHELL's Gap and the gentlemen pushed on up the mountains, intending to return to MITCHELL's Gap that all might dine together. Such is the condition of the roads that it was calculated the trip would occupy the entire day if no trouble was experienced.
When the gentlemen reached MITCHELL's Gap on the return they found that the ladies were missing. Upon inquiry, the gentlemen learned that they had started in the direction of Elks Spur Knob, a point from which one of the most delightful mountain views imaginable is obtained. MR. REED and his brother started on after them. The Knob is distant from the stopping place at MITCHELL's Gap about one and one-half miles. When the distance was a little more than half covered, ex-Mayor REED, who has recently experienced some difficulty in breathing while walking rapidly, was compelled to sit down and rest. While resting they heard calls for assistance and answered them, but not recognizing the calls they concluded the cries came from others than their friends. The calls were repeated again and again, and CAPT. REED left his brother, pushing on up the mountain alone. In a few minutes he turned breathless and excited, explaining, "LIZZIE has had a terrible fall." Being questioned by MR. REED, CAPT. REED, admitted that LIZZIE was badly injured, and finally told that he feared she was beyond help. The two brothers hurried up the mountain together and there were found the two women, the wife of CAPT. REED on the ground supporting the dead body of his sister. Her face was calm and the expression natural. She had expired without a groan or struggle, death had claimed her just as she reached the summit of the Knob, and she sank into her sister's arms lifeless. The sister's story is that they had made the journey over the rough mountain path together, chatting pleasantly and enjoying the clear, bracing mountain air and delightful scenery. MRS. CAPT. REED says: "When we reached the summit of the Knob, LIZZIE, facing the most charming portion of the view, raised her hand in the direction she was facing, exclaimed "ANNIE," and without a further sound fell into my arms and sank motionless to the ground." As soon as she realized the situation MRS. CAPT. REED began calling for help and continued her calls until CAPT. REED arrived.
CAPT. REED at once started for assistance. There were no men for miles around, but two strong women were secured, and, with their assistance, the body was brought down the mountain. The wagon was taken as far up the summit as possible, so far, indeed, that in getting down again the wheels had to be blocked with fence rails, and slowly the return was made to MITCHELL's Gap, thence down the mountains to Mount Airy, where the arrived just before six o'clock, some six hours after MRS. REED's death. Four physicians were summoned, and all agreed that death had been instantaneous, and that heart disease was the cause. Arrangements for bringing the body north were at once made, the residents of the place aiding the bereaved family, and covering the coffin with flowers. Ex-Mayor REED, with his brother and the body of his wife, reached the city yesterday afternoon, and this afternoon, at two o'clock, less than one week from the time of starting their journey, from which so much pleasure was anticipated, the remains of MRS. REED will be laid to rest.
MRS. REED's maiden name was ELIZABETH P. BEAGARY. She was a native of Camden, N.J., and was twice married. Few women in Worcester are better known than was MRS. CHARLES G. REED. The years of her life passed in Worcester have been devoted to a work which, while it brought her little direct return, was the source of unlimited comfort to herself, a blessing to others. She was one of those women whose chiefest aim was to make lighter the burdens of the oppressed, to relieve the needy, to share the troubles of the suffering, to make happier those already happy and to guide and direct to paths of usefulness the lives of those children with whom she came in contact. She never waited for opportunities for doing good, but sought them out, and whenever or wherever she could render assistance it was most willingly and effectively given. In all the religious and social life of Plymouth Church she was a devoted laborer, usually as a leader, for she was tireless in her efforts and possessed of capacity to organize and direct. Connected with nearly all of the women's societies of the church, she found time to engage in work out of the church, and was the first president of the Young Women's Christian Association. For the past two or three years failing health and a fear of lung trouble have compelled her to give up much of her church work, but she would never listen to a suggestion to sever her immediate connection with the infant department of Plymouth Sunday school. There, next to her home, she found life's greatest pleasures, and in the work she did there she found her chiefest source of happiness. She had the happy faculty of pleasantly greeting and entertaining all with whom she was brought in contact. A cheerful smile and pleasing look, a cheering word she had always for one and for all, and few women have, or will fill, a wider, broader field than that which she so thoroughly occupied.
She leaves, beside her husband, a daughter by her first marriage, MRS. HERBERT J. RUSSELL; a son KARL REED; a sister, MRS. CHARLES H. MORGAN, and a mother, whose home is with MRS. MORGAN. The funeral will take place at Plymouth Church this afternoon at two.
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She married (1) CAPTAIN CHARLES PETER (J.) FIELD September 24, 1859 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, son of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE. He was born May 25, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died June 05, 1864 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. CAPT. FIELD died while serving for New Jersey in the Civil War.
She married (2) CHARLES GARDNER REED, Mayor of Worcester, September 25, 1873 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of SAMUEL REED and FRANCES TILTON. He was born April 02, 1835 in Massachusetts, and died November 21, 1899 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ELIZABETH was CHARLES G. REED's second wife.
Children of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES FIELD are:
i. KATHERINE ADELE5 FIELD, b. July 31, 1860, Camden, New Jersey; d. August 17, 1910, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, March 02, 1885, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Massachusetts.
ii. HARRY SAWTELL FIELD, b. May 28, 1862, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
Child of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES REED is:
iii. KARL BEAGARY5 REED, b. August 19, 1875, Seattle, King County, Washington; d. April 17, 1951, Seattle, King County, Washington; m. ETHEL G. SHORT, June 06, 1906, Haverhill, Massachusetts; b. January 14, 1877, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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WORCESTER DAILY SPY Thursday, October 24, 1889
Front Page.
MRS. REED'S DEATH.
A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.
SAD AND TRAGIC ENDING OF A PLEASURE TRIP - WHILE ENJOYING MOUNTAIN SCENERY
EX-MAYOR REED'S WIFE FALLS DEAD AT HER SISTER'S FEET.
The particulars of the almost tragic death of MRS. ELIZABETH P. REED, wife of ex-Mayor CHARLES G. REED, in the mountains of Virginia, were brought to this city by MR. REED, who came on with the body, arriving yesterday afternoon. Last Thursday MR. and MRS. REED left this city for North Carolina, MR. REED on a business trip and MRS. REED accompanying him for pleasure. Their headquarters were at Mount Airy, in the northern part of North Carolina, where MR. REED is interested in several mills engaged in getting out wheel stock from timber which grows in the mountains.
Monday a trip was planned to the mills, the route being over a rough mountain road. The party included ex-Mayor and MRS. REED, CAPT. HENRY and MRS. ANNIE REED of Mount airy, CAPT. REED, being a brother of the ex-Mayor and a former resident of this city. The trip was made in a heavy mountain wagon, the condition of the roads being such that no other vehicle could make the journey. MRS. REED, who had always been a great lover of nature, desired to make the trip because of the many advantages for views of charming scenery. Some 13 miles from Mount Airy, just over the line into Virginia, the road becomes so rough and rugged that the ladies were left at MITCHELL's Gap and the gentlemen pushed on up the mountains, intending to return to MITCHELL's Gap that all might dine together. Such is the condition of the roads that it was calculated the trip would occupy the entire day if no trouble was experienced.
When the gentlemen reached MITCHELL's Gap on the return they found that the ladies were missing. Upon inquiry, the gentlemen learned that they had started in the direction of Elks Spur Knob, a point from which one of the most delightful mountain views imaginable is obtained. MR. REED and his brother started on after them. The Knob is distant from the stopping place at MITCHELL's Gap about one and one-half miles. When the distance was a little more than half covered, ex-Mayor REED, who has recently experienced some difficulty in breathing while walking rapidly, was compelled to sit down and rest. While resting they heard calls for assistance and answered them, but not recognizing the calls they concluded the cries came from others than their friends. The calls were repeated again and again, and CAPT. REED left his brother, pushing on up the mountain alone. In a few minutes he turned breathless and excited, explaining, "LIZZIE has had a terrible fall." Being questioned by MR. REED, CAPT. REED, admitted that LIZZIE was badly injured, and finally told that he feared she was beyond help. The two brothers hurried up the mountain together and there were found the two women, the wife of CAPT. REED on the ground supporting the dead body of his sister. Her face was calm and the expression natural. She had expired without a groan or struggle, death had claimed her just as she reached the summit of the Knob, and she sank into her sister's arms lifeless. The sister's story is that they had made the journey over the rough mountain path together, chatting pleasantly and enjoying the clear, bracing mountain air and delightful scenery. MRS. CAPT. REED says: "When we reached the summit of the Knob, LIZZIE, facing the most charming portion of the view, raised her hand in the direction she was facing, exclaimed "ANNIE," and without a further sound fell into my arms and sank motionless to the ground." As soon as she realized the situation MRS. CAPT. REED began calling for help and continued her calls until CAPT. REED arrived.
CAPT. REED at once started for assistance. There were no men for miles around, but two strong women were secured, and, with their assistance, the body was brought down the mountain. The wagon was taken as far up the summit as possible, so far, indeed, that in getting down again the wheels had to be blocked with fence rails, and slowly the return was made to MITCHELL's Gap, thence down the mountains to Mount Airy, where the arrived just before six o'clock, some six hours after MRS. REED's death. Four physicians were summoned, and all agreed that death had been instantaneous, and that heart disease was the cause. Arrangements for bringing the body north were at once made, the residents of the place aiding the bereaved family, and covering the coffin with flowers. Ex-Mayor REED, with his brother and the body of his wife, reached the city yesterday afternoon, and this afternoon, at two o'clock, less than one week from the time of starting their journey, from which so much pleasure was anticipated, the remains of MRS. REED will be laid to rest.
MRS. REED's maiden name was ELIZABETH P. BEAGARY. She was a native of Camden, N.J., and was twice married. Few women in Worcester are better known than was MRS. CHARLES G. REED. The years of her life passed in Worcester have been devoted to a work which, while it brought her little direct return, was the source of unlimited comfort to herself, a blessing to others. She was one of those women whose chiefest aim was to make lighter the burdens of the oppressed, to relieve the needy, to share the troubles of the suffering, to make happier those already happy and to guide and direct to paths of usefulness the lives of those children with whom she came in contact. She never waited for opportunities for doing good, but sought them out, and whenever or wherever she could render assistance it was most willingly and effectively given. In all the religious and social life of Plymouth Church she was a devoted laborer, usually as a leader, for she was tireless in her efforts and possessed of capacity to organize and direct. Connected with nearly all of the women's societies of the church, she found time to engage in work out of the church, and was the first president of the Young Women's Christian Association. For the past two or three years failing health and a fear of lung trouble have compelled her to give up much of her church work, but she would never listen to a suggestion to sever her immediate connection with the infant department of Plymouth Sunday school. There, next to her home, she found life's greatest pleasures, and in the work she did there she found her chiefest source of happiness. She had the happy faculty of pleasantly greeting and entertaining all with whom she was brought in contact. A cheerful smile and pleasing look, a cheering word she had always for one and for all, and few women have, or will fill, a wider, broader field than that which she so thoroughly occupied.
She leaves, beside her husband, a daughter by her first marriage, MRS. HERBERT J. RUSSELL; a son KARL REED; a sister, MRS. CHARLES H. MORGAN, and a mother, whose home is with MRS. MORGAN. The funeral will take place at Plymouth Church this afternoon at two.
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ELIZABETH PAUL4 BEAGARY (JOHN3, EMANUEL2, VINCENT1) was born September 05, 1838 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, and died October 21, 1889 in Virginia. She was the daughter of CAPTAIN JOHN BEAGARY and KEZIAH LANDERS of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
She married (1) CAPTAIN CHARLES PETER (J.) FIELD September 24, 1859 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, son of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE. He was born May 25, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died June 05, 1864 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. CAPT. FIELD died while serving for New Jersey in the Civil War.
She married (2) CHARLES GARDNER REED, Mayor of Worcester, September 25, 1873 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of SAMUEL REED and FRANCES TILTON. He was born April 02, 1835 in Massachusetts, and died November 21, 1899 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ELIZABETH was CHARLES G. REED's second wife.
Children of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES FIELD are:
i. KATHERINE ADELE5 FIELD, b. July 31, 1860, Camden, New Jersey; d. August 17, 1910, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, March 02, 1885, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Massachusetts.
ii. HARRY SAWTELL FIELD, b. May 28, 1862, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
Child of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES REED is:
iii. KARL BEAGARY5 REED, b. August 19, 1875, Seattle, King County, Washington; d. April 17, 1951, Seattle, King County, Washington; m. ETHEL G. SHORT, June 06, 1906, Haverhill, Massachusetts; b. January 14, 1877, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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WORCESTER DAILY SPY Thursday, October 24, 1889
Front Page.
MRS. REED'S DEATH.
A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.
SAD AND TRAGIC ENDING OF A PLEASURE TRIP - WHILE ENJOYING MOUNTAIN SCENERY
EX-MAYOR REED'S WIFE FALLS DEAD AT HER SISTER'S FEET.
The particulars of the almost tragic death of MRS. ELIZABETH P. REED, wife of ex-Mayor CHARLES G. REED, in the mountains of Virginia, were brought to this city by MR. REED, who came on with the body, arriving yesterday afternoon. Last Thursday MR. and MRS. REED left this city for North Carolina, MR. REED on a business trip and MRS. REED accompanying him for pleasure. Their headquarters were at Mount Airy, in the northern part of North Carolina, where MR. REED is interested in several mills engaged in getting out wheel stock from timber which grows in the mountains.
Monday a trip was planned to the mills, the route being over a rough mountain road. The party included ex-Mayor and MRS. REED, CAPT. HENRY and MRS. ANNIE REED of Mount airy, CAPT. REED, being a brother of the ex-Mayor and a former resident of this city. The trip was made in a heavy mountain wagon, the condition of the roads being such that no other vehicle could make the journey. MRS. REED, who had always been a great lover of nature, desired to make the trip because of the many advantages for views of charming scenery. Some 13 miles from Mount Airy, just over the line into Virginia, the road becomes so rough and rugged that the ladies were left at MITCHELL's Gap and the gentlemen pushed on up the mountains, intending to return to MITCHELL's Gap that all might dine together. Such is the condition of the roads that it was calculated the trip would occupy the entire day if no trouble was experienced.
When the gentlemen reached MITCHELL's Gap on the return they found that the ladies were missing. Upon inquiry, the gentlemen learned that they had started in the direction of Elks Spur Knob, a point from which one of the most delightful mountain views imaginable is obtained. MR. REED and his brother started on after them. The Knob is distant from the stopping place at MITCHELL's Gap about one and one-half miles. When the distance was a little more than half covered, ex-Mayor REED, who has recently experienced some difficulty in breathing while walking rapidly, was compelled to sit down and rest. While resting they heard calls for assistance and answered them, but not recognizing the calls they concluded the cries came from others than their friends. The calls were repeated again and again, and CAPT. REED left his brother, pushing on up the mountain alone. In a few minutes he turned breathless and excited, explaining, "LIZZIE has had a terrible fall." Being questioned by MR. REED, CAPT. REED, admitted that LIZZIE was badly injured, and finally told that he feared she was beyond help. The two brothers hurried up the mountain together and there were found the two women, the wife of CAPT. REED on the ground supporting the dead body of his sister. Her face was calm and the expression natural. She had expired without a groan or struggle, death had claimed her just as she reached the summit of the Knob, and she sank into her sister's arms lifeless. The sister's story is that they had made the journey over the rough mountain path together, chatting pleasantly and enjoying the clear, bracing mountain air and delightful scenery. MRS. CAPT. REED says: "When we reached the summit of the Knob, LIZZIE, facing the most charming portion of the view, raised her hand in the direction she was facing, exclaimed "ANNIE," and without a further sound fell into my arms and sank motionless to the ground." As soon as she realized the situation MRS. CAPT. REED began calling for help and continued her calls until CAPT. REED arrived.
CAPT. REED at once started for assistance. There were no men for miles around, but two strong women were secured, and, with their assistance, the body was brought down the mountain. The wagon was taken as far up the summit as possible, so far, indeed, that in getting down again the wheels had to be blocked with fence rails, and slowly the return was made to MITCHELL's Gap, thence down the mountains to Mount Airy, where the arrived just before six o'clock, some six hours after MRS. REED's death. Four physicians were summoned, and all agreed that death had been instantaneous, and that heart disease was the cause. Arrangements for bringing the body north were at once made, the residents of the place aiding the bereaved family, and covering the coffin with flowers. Ex-Mayor REED, with his brother and the body of his wife, reached the city yesterday afternoon, and this afternoon, at two o'clock, less than one week from the time of starting their journey, from which so much pleasure was anticipated, the remains of MRS. REED will be laid to rest.
MRS. REED's maiden name was ELIZABETH P. BEAGARY. She was a native of Camden, N.J., and was twice married. Few women in Worcester are better known than was MRS. CHARLES G. REED. The years of her life passed in Worcester have been devoted to a work which, while it brought her little direct return, was the source of unlimited comfort to herself, a blessing to others. She was one of those women whose chiefest aim was to make lighter the burdens of the oppressed, to relieve the needy, to share the troubles of the suffering, to make happier those already happy and to guide and direct to paths of usefulness the lives of those children with whom she came in contact. She never waited for opportunities for doing good, but sought them out, and whenever or wherever she could render assistance it was most willingly and effectively given. In all the religious and social life of Plymouth Church she was a devoted laborer, usually as a leader, for she was tireless in her efforts and possessed of capacity to organize and direct. Connected with nearly all of the women's societies of the church, she found time to engage in work out of the church, and was the first president of the Young Women's Christian Association. For the past two or three years failing health and a fear of lung trouble have compelled her to give up much of her church work, but she would never listen to a suggestion to sever her immediate connection with the infant department of Plymouth Sunday school. There, next to her home, she found life's greatest pleasures, and in the work she did there she found her chiefest source of happiness. She had the happy faculty of pleasantly greeting and entertaining all with whom she was brought in contact. A cheerful smile and pleasing look, a cheering word she had always for one and for all, and few women have, or will fill, a wider, broader field than that which she so thoroughly occupied.
She leaves, beside her husband, a daughter by her first marriage, MRS. HERBERT J. RUSSELL; a son KARL REED; a sister, MRS. CHARLES H. MORGAN, and a mother, whose home is with MRS. MORGAN. The funeral will take place at Plymouth Church this afternoon at two.
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She married (1) CAPTAIN CHARLES PETER (J.) FIELD September 24, 1859 in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, son of JOHN FIELD and ERNESTINE ABERCROMBIE. He was born May 25, 1834 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and died June 05, 1864 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. CAPT. FIELD died while serving for New Jersey in the Civil War.
She married (2) CHARLES GARDNER REED, Mayor of Worcester, September 25, 1873 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, son of SAMUEL REED and FRANCES TILTON. He was born April 02, 1835 in Massachusetts, and died November 21, 1899 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts. ELIZABETH was CHARLES G. REED's second wife.
Children of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES FIELD are:
i. KATHERINE ADELE5 FIELD, b. July 31, 1860, Camden, New Jersey; d. August 17, 1910, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. HERBERT JOHN RUSSELL, March 02, 1885, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; b. November 17, 1855, Worcester, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. December 30, 1934, Worcester, Massachusetts.
ii. HARRY SAWTELL FIELD, b. May 28, 1862, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey; d. September 05, 1838, Camden, Camden County, New Jersey.
Child of ELIZABETH BEAGARY and CHARLES REED is:
iii. KARL BEAGARY5 REED, b. August 19, 1875, Seattle, King County, Washington; d. April 17, 1951, Seattle, King County, Washington; m. ETHEL G. SHORT, June 06, 1906, Haverhill, Massachusetts; b. January 14, 1877, Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
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WORCESTER DAILY SPY Thursday, October 24, 1889
Front Page.
MRS. REED'S DEATH.
A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE IN THE VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS.
SAD AND TRAGIC ENDING OF A PLEASURE TRIP - WHILE ENJOYING MOUNTAIN SCENERY
EX-MAYOR REED'S WIFE FALLS DEAD AT HER SISTER'S FEET.
The particulars of the almost tragic death of MRS. ELIZABETH P. REED, wife of ex-Mayor CHARLES G. REED, in the mountains of Virginia, were brought to this city by MR. REED, who came on with the body, arriving yesterday afternoon. Last Thursday MR. and MRS. REED left this city for North Carolina, MR. REED on a business trip and MRS. REED accompanying him for pleasure. Their headquarters were at Mount Airy, in the northern part of North Carolina, where MR. REED is interested in several mills engaged in getting out wheel stock from timber which grows in the mountains.
Monday a trip was planned to the mills, the route being over a rough mountain road. The party included ex-Mayor and MRS. REED, CAPT. HENRY and MRS. ANNIE REED of Mount airy, CAPT. REED, being a brother of the ex-Mayor and a former resident of this city. The trip was made in a heavy mountain wagon, the condition of the roads being such that no other vehicle could make the journey. MRS. REED, who had always been a great lover of nature, desired to make the trip because of the many advantages for views of charming scenery. Some 13 miles from Mount Airy, just over the line into Virginia, the road becomes so rough and rugged that the ladies were left at MITCHELL's Gap and the gentlemen pushed on up the mountains, intending to return to MITCHELL's Gap that all might dine together. Such is the condition of the roads that it was calculated the trip would occupy the entire day if no trouble was experienced.
When the gentlemen reached MITCHELL's Gap on the return they found that the ladies were missing. Upon inquiry, the gentlemen learned that they had started in the direction of Elks Spur Knob, a point from which one of the most delightful mountain views imaginable is obtained. MR. REED and his brother started on after them. The Knob is distant from the stopping place at MITCHELL's Gap about one and one-half miles. When the distance was a little more than half covered, ex-Mayor REED, who has recently experienced some difficulty in breathing while walking rapidly, was compelled to sit down and rest. While resting they heard calls for assistance and answered them, but not recognizing the calls they concluded the cries came from others than their friends. The calls were repeated again and again, and CAPT. REED left his brother, pushing on up the mountain alone. In a few minutes he turned breathless and excited, explaining, "LIZZIE has had a terrible fall." Being questioned by MR. REED, CAPT. REED, admitted that LIZZIE was badly injured, and finally told that he feared she was beyond help. The two brothers hurried up the mountain together and there were found the two women, the wife of CAPT. REED on the ground supporting the dead body of his sister. Her face was calm and the expression natural. She had expired without a groan or struggle, death had claimed her just as she reached the summit of the Knob, and she sank into her sister's arms lifeless. The sister's story is that they had made the journey over the rough mountain path together, chatting pleasantly and enjoying the clear, bracing mountain air and delightful scenery. MRS. CAPT. REED says: "When we reached the summit of the Knob, LIZZIE, facing the most charming portion of the view, raised her hand in the direction she was facing, exclaimed "ANNIE," and without a further sound fell into my arms and sank motionless to the ground." As soon as she realized the situation MRS. CAPT. REED began calling for help and continued her calls until CAPT. REED arrived.
CAPT. REED at once started for assistance. There were no men for miles around, but two strong women were secured, and, with their assistance, the body was brought down the mountain. The wagon was taken as far up the summit as possible, so far, indeed, that in getting down again the wheels had to be blocked with fence rails, and slowly the return was made to MITCHELL's Gap, thence down the mountains to Mount Airy, where the arrived just before six o'clock, some six hours after MRS. REED's death. Four physicians were summoned, and all agreed that death had been instantaneous, and that heart disease was the cause. Arrangements for bringing the body north were at once made, the residents of the place aiding the bereaved family, and covering the coffin with flowers. Ex-Mayor REED, with his brother and the body of his wife, reached the city yesterday afternoon, and this afternoon, at two o'clock, less than one week from the time of starting their journey, from which so much pleasure was anticipated, the remains of MRS. REED will be laid to rest.
MRS. REED's maiden name was ELIZABETH P. BEAGARY. She was a native of Camden, N.J., and was twice married. Few women in Worcester are better known than was MRS. CHARLES G. REED. The years of her life passed in Worcester have been devoted to a work which, while it brought her little direct return, was the source of unlimited comfort to herself, a blessing to others. She was one of those women whose chiefest aim was to make lighter the burdens of the oppressed, to relieve the needy, to share the troubles of the suffering, to make happier those already happy and to guide and direct to paths of usefulness the lives of those children with whom she came in contact. She never waited for opportunities for doing good, but sought them out, and whenever or wherever she could render assistance it was most willingly and effectively given. In all the religious and social life of Plymouth Church she was a devoted laborer, usually as a leader, for she was tireless in her efforts and possessed of capacity to organize and direct. Connected with nearly all of the women's societies of the church, she found time to engage in work out of the church, and was the first president of the Young Women's Christian Association. For the past two or three years failing health and a fear of lung trouble have compelled her to give up much of her church work, but she would never listen to a suggestion to sever her immediate connection with the infant department of Plymouth Sunday school. There, next to her home, she found life's greatest pleasures, and in the work she did there she found her chiefest source of happiness. She had the happy faculty of pleasantly greeting and entertaining all with whom she was brought in contact. A cheerful smile and pleasing look, a cheering word she had always for one and for all, and few women have, or will fill, a wider, broader field than that which she so thoroughly occupied.
She leaves, beside her husband, a daughter by her first marriage, MRS. HERBERT J. RUSSELL; a son KARL REED; a sister, MRS. CHARLES H. MORGAN, and a mother, whose home is with MRS. MORGAN. The funeral will take place at Plymouth Church this afternoon at two.
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