Elmer Elias Beebe was born on 7 Mar 1913 in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan and died at the age of 90 years old on 6 Dec 2003 in Roger's City, Presque Isle Co., Michigan.
He was the son of Frederick Beebe (1868-1916) and Ellen Jane SENSABAUGH (1875-1939). Elmer had one brother, William (1900-1962) and a baby brother who only lived 12 days in 1903.
After Elmer's father, Fred, died in 1916, his mother remarried and Elmer is found on the 1920 census with his mother and step-father living in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan (probably on his mother's property that she had with her first husband, Fred Beebe).
After his step-father neglected to pay the property taxes on Elmer's mother's property in Forest Township (and the family lost the property for back taxes), Elmer and his mother moved to Case, Presque Isle, Michigan where they are found on the 1930 census. His mother is living with the White family and Elmer was living with the Leach family.
On 1 Jul 1941, Elmer enlisted in the Army in Detroit, Michigan and he served in the Army during World War II (which is the picture I have attached to him).
Another relative included a story on our family tree that I thought I would add here. She said that while Elmer was in the service, his mother Ellen died. She said Elmer told her that the house Ellen was living in caught on fire in the middle of winter and that his mother died trying to get to shelter. What confuses me about this story is that his mother died in 1939 and Elmer didn't enlist in the Army until 1941 - two years after her death.
After the service, Elmer moved back to the Onaway area and lived on the highway that ran between Onaway and Ocqueoc. For many years, he lived in a two room tar-paper shack surrounded by the land that he loved in northern Michigan. I believe he initially had 400 acres (possibly 800), but bit-by-bit he sold it off to pay his living expenses. I believe when he died he had either 80 or 40 acres left.
Elmer's little house had no running water or electricity for many, many years, but he had an outdoor pump (possibly an in-door one, too) and a pot-belly wood-burning stove and had his little place fixed up the way he liked it. Finally, one of his nephews hooked him up with electricity and he had a hot-plate and I think a microwave. Elmer also liked to take biblical writings and paste them all over his walls. Regardless what some people may have thought of his home, I think Uncle Elmer actually enjoyed his rustic life and I know he absolutely loved to walk his property. Many times after visiting him, I can remember seeing him walk around his cabin toward the back woods and through the little archway he had built. After Elmer's death, his nephew sold the property and Elmer's two-room, tar-paper shack was torn down.
Elmer actually lived closer to Ocqueoc Falls, but was also close to the small town of Onaway. Uncle Elmer used to sit on a tree stump in his yard with his coat draped over his arm and his hat in his lap and wait for anyone passing by to stop and pick him up and take him into town. He said his neighbors would give him a ride into Onaway on Sunday's so he could attend church.
Elmer was my great uncle and I visited with him many times as did my mom and dad and my sister and brother. He was soft-spoken and a very gentle person who never married - maybe because he was kinda shy. Uncle Elmer was truly a nice person.
He was the son of Frederick Beebe (1868-1916) and Ellen Jane SENSABAUGH (1875-1939). Elmer had one brother, William (1900-1962) and a baby brother who only lived 12 days in 1903.
After Elmer's father, Fred, died in 1916, his mother remarried and Elmer is found on the 1920 census with his mother and step-father living in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan (probably on his mother's property that she had with her first husband, Fred Beebe).
After his step-father neglected to pay the property taxes on Elmer's mother's property in Forest Township (and the family lost the property for back taxes), Elmer and his mother moved to Case, Presque Isle, Michigan where they are found on the 1930 census. His mother is living with the White family and Elmer was living with the Leach family.
On 1 Jul 1941, Elmer enlisted in the Army in Detroit, Michigan and he served in the Army during World War II (which is the picture I have attached to him).
Another relative included a story on our family tree that I thought I would add here. She said that while Elmer was in the service, his mother Ellen died. She said Elmer told her that the house Ellen was living in caught on fire in the middle of winter and that his mother died trying to get to shelter. What confuses me about this story is that his mother died in 1939 and Elmer didn't enlist in the Army until 1941 - two years after her death.
After the service, Elmer moved back to the Onaway area and lived on the highway that ran between Onaway and Ocqueoc. For many years, he lived in a two room tar-paper shack surrounded by the land that he loved in northern Michigan. I believe he initially had 400 acres (possibly 800), but bit-by-bit he sold it off to pay his living expenses. I believe when he died he had either 80 or 40 acres left.
Elmer's little house had no running water or electricity for many, many years, but he had an outdoor pump (possibly an in-door one, too) and a pot-belly wood-burning stove and had his little place fixed up the way he liked it. Finally, one of his nephews hooked him up with electricity and he had a hot-plate and I think a microwave. Elmer also liked to take biblical writings and paste them all over his walls. Regardless what some people may have thought of his home, I think Uncle Elmer actually enjoyed his rustic life and I know he absolutely loved to walk his property. Many times after visiting him, I can remember seeing him walk around his cabin toward the back woods and through the little archway he had built. After Elmer's death, his nephew sold the property and Elmer's two-room, tar-paper shack was torn down.
Elmer actually lived closer to Ocqueoc Falls, but was also close to the small town of Onaway. Uncle Elmer used to sit on a tree stump in his yard with his coat draped over his arm and his hat in his lap and wait for anyone passing by to stop and pick him up and take him into town. He said his neighbors would give him a ride into Onaway on Sunday's so he could attend church.
Elmer was my great uncle and I visited with him many times as did my mom and dad and my sister and brother. He was soft-spoken and a very gentle person who never married - maybe because he was kinda shy. Uncle Elmer was truly a nice person.
Elmer Elias Beebe was born on 7 Mar 1913 in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan and died at the age of 90 years old on 6 Dec 2003 in Roger's City, Presque Isle Co., Michigan.
He was the son of Frederick Beebe (1868-1916) and Ellen Jane SENSABAUGH (1875-1939). Elmer had one brother, William (1900-1962) and a baby brother who only lived 12 days in 1903.
After Elmer's father, Fred, died in 1916, his mother remarried and Elmer is found on the 1920 census with his mother and step-father living in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan (probably on his mother's property that she had with her first husband, Fred Beebe).
After his step-father neglected to pay the property taxes on Elmer's mother's property in Forest Township (and the family lost the property for back taxes), Elmer and his mother moved to Case, Presque Isle, Michigan where they are found on the 1930 census. His mother is living with the White family and Elmer was living with the Leach family.
On 1 Jul 1941, Elmer enlisted in the Army in Detroit, Michigan and he served in the Army during World War II (which is the picture I have attached to him).
Another relative included a story on our family tree that I thought I would add here. She said that while Elmer was in the service, his mother Ellen died. She said Elmer told her that the house Ellen was living in caught on fire in the middle of winter and that his mother died trying to get to shelter. What confuses me about this story is that his mother died in 1939 and Elmer didn't enlist in the Army until 1941 - two years after her death.
After the service, Elmer moved back to the Onaway area and lived on the highway that ran between Onaway and Ocqueoc. For many years, he lived in a two room tar-paper shack surrounded by the land that he loved in northern Michigan. I believe he initially had 400 acres (possibly 800), but bit-by-bit he sold it off to pay his living expenses. I believe when he died he had either 80 or 40 acres left.
Elmer's little house had no running water or electricity for many, many years, but he had an outdoor pump (possibly an in-door one, too) and a pot-belly wood-burning stove and had his little place fixed up the way he liked it. Finally, one of his nephews hooked him up with electricity and he had a hot-plate and I think a microwave. Elmer also liked to take biblical writings and paste them all over his walls. Regardless what some people may have thought of his home, I think Uncle Elmer actually enjoyed his rustic life and I know he absolutely loved to walk his property. Many times after visiting him, I can remember seeing him walk around his cabin toward the back woods and through the little archway he had built. After Elmer's death, his nephew sold the property and Elmer's two-room, tar-paper shack was torn down.
Elmer actually lived closer to Ocqueoc Falls, but was also close to the small town of Onaway. Uncle Elmer used to sit on a tree stump in his yard with his coat draped over his arm and his hat in his lap and wait for anyone passing by to stop and pick him up and take him into town. He said his neighbors would give him a ride into Onaway on Sunday's so he could attend church.
Elmer was my great uncle and I visited with him many times as did my mom and dad and my sister and brother. He was soft-spoken and a very gentle person who never married - maybe because he was kinda shy. Uncle Elmer was truly a nice person.
He was the son of Frederick Beebe (1868-1916) and Ellen Jane SENSABAUGH (1875-1939). Elmer had one brother, William (1900-1962) and a baby brother who only lived 12 days in 1903.
After Elmer's father, Fred, died in 1916, his mother remarried and Elmer is found on the 1920 census with his mother and step-father living in Forest Township, Genesee Co., Michigan (probably on his mother's property that she had with her first husband, Fred Beebe).
After his step-father neglected to pay the property taxes on Elmer's mother's property in Forest Township (and the family lost the property for back taxes), Elmer and his mother moved to Case, Presque Isle, Michigan where they are found on the 1930 census. His mother is living with the White family and Elmer was living with the Leach family.
On 1 Jul 1941, Elmer enlisted in the Army in Detroit, Michigan and he served in the Army during World War II (which is the picture I have attached to him).
Another relative included a story on our family tree that I thought I would add here. She said that while Elmer was in the service, his mother Ellen died. She said Elmer told her that the house Ellen was living in caught on fire in the middle of winter and that his mother died trying to get to shelter. What confuses me about this story is that his mother died in 1939 and Elmer didn't enlist in the Army until 1941 - two years after her death.
After the service, Elmer moved back to the Onaway area and lived on the highway that ran between Onaway and Ocqueoc. For many years, he lived in a two room tar-paper shack surrounded by the land that he loved in northern Michigan. I believe he initially had 400 acres (possibly 800), but bit-by-bit he sold it off to pay his living expenses. I believe when he died he had either 80 or 40 acres left.
Elmer's little house had no running water or electricity for many, many years, but he had an outdoor pump (possibly an in-door one, too) and a pot-belly wood-burning stove and had his little place fixed up the way he liked it. Finally, one of his nephews hooked him up with electricity and he had a hot-plate and I think a microwave. Elmer also liked to take biblical writings and paste them all over his walls. Regardless what some people may have thought of his home, I think Uncle Elmer actually enjoyed his rustic life and I know he absolutely loved to walk his property. Many times after visiting him, I can remember seeing him walk around his cabin toward the back woods and through the little archway he had built. After Elmer's death, his nephew sold the property and Elmer's two-room, tar-paper shack was torn down.
Elmer actually lived closer to Ocqueoc Falls, but was also close to the small town of Onaway. Uncle Elmer used to sit on a tree stump in his yard with his coat draped over his arm and his hat in his lap and wait for anyone passing by to stop and pick him up and take him into town. He said his neighbors would give him a ride into Onaway on Sunday's so he could attend church.
Elmer was my great uncle and I visited with him many times as did my mom and dad and my sister and brother. He was soft-spoken and a very gentle person who never married - maybe because he was kinda shy. Uncle Elmer was truly a nice person.
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