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Dr Robert S. Beazley

Birth	:	14 Oct 1822 Orange County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	18 Jan 1910 Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Beazley Cemetery, Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.2609170, -78.4483610
Description	:	Dr. Robert Sanford Beazley, third son of Captain James and Elizabeth (Mills)Beazley, and uncle of Dr. Wyatt Sanford Beazley, whom in early childhood he nursed through two severe spells of illness, was born in Greene county, Virginia, October 14, 1821, and died January 18, 1910. He was a student at the University of Virginia, and received his diploma in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When but a lad, his father, while trying to determine which of his two boys, Wyatt S. and Robert S., should be educated in medicine and which in law, was brought to the... Read More	Dr. Robert Sanford Beazley, third son of Captain James and Elizabeth (Mills)Beazley, and uncle of Dr. Wyatt Sanford Beazley, whom in early childhood he nursed through two severe spells of illness, was born in Greene county, Virginia, October 14, 1821, and died January 18, 1910. He was a student at the University of Virginia, and received his diploma in medicine from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When but a lad, his father, while trying to determine which of his two boys, Wyatt S. and Robert S., should be educated in medicine and which in law, was brought to the decision by an accident in which a negro boy on the farm had a toe almost severed from the foot. The boys in question chanced to be present-Wyatt S., the embryo lawyer, fainting, while Robert S., the born physician, sewed it back and nursed it until well again. With this beginning, and taking later as his motto, "While there is life, there is hope," it is no wonder that he held on to his patients with a grip that seemed to challenge death, making his success in healing almost phenomenal. After sixty-four years of active practice, done almost wholly on horseback, he continued frequent visits to the sick until his death in his eighty-ninth year. There was an intermission of nine years in the sixty-four, during which, at the earnest solicitation of the people of Albemarle and Greene counties, he reluctantly gave up his chosen work to serve as their representative in the state senate. While there it was said of him as of Henry Clay, "He never said a word too much, never said a word too little, and always said the right word in the right place." One of his colleagues said that before voting on any important matter he desired no better information than that as to how Dr. Beazley would vote. His life there was not all sunshine, for while seated in a window in the House of Delegates, when the latter was crowded to its utmost capacity, the galleries fell, killing many, and crushed through the floor beneath. He received a bad cut on the head by the falling plastering, but being forced to view so long the heartrending scene below while helpless to aid was by far, he said, the most trying part of his experience. His unexpired term in the senate was because of his resignation on account of the long illness and death of his wife. For this reason he also declined his election to the famous Underwood Constitutional Convention. He never lost interest in the affairs and activities of life, but to the end kept pace with all advancement, especially in his own profession, and until his last moment was in full possession of his faculties. He lived the simple, temperate, natural life, and was never ill. Possessed of a remarkable purity, calmness and equanimity, and having "high erected ideas seated in a heart of courtesy" he was often referred to as a true type of the "old Virginia gentleman." Dr. Beazley married Sarah Early, of Albemarle County, Virginia, and they were the parents of two daughters: Elizabeth Fanny and Sallie Early, and one son, James E., who married Edwina Graves, of Orange County, Virginia. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/greene/bios/beazley162gbs.txt

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Dr Robert S. Beazley's memorial is located at: Beazley Cemetery, Stanardsville, Greene County, USA.
When did Dr Robert S. Beazley death?
Dr Robert S. Beazley death on 18 Jan 1910 in Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.2609170
Longitude: -78.4483610

Family Members:

Parent

CPT James Beazley

(1795 - 1870)

Elizabeth Mills Beazley

(1797 - 1872)

Siblings

Wyatt Starke Beazley

(1820 - 1881)

James Beazley Jr.

(1826 - 1901)

Children

Elizabeth Frances Beazley Cassaday

(1846 - 1933)

Sallie Early Beazley

(1848 - 1910)

James Early Beazley

(1849 - 1932)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Beazley Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2609170, -78.4483610

2. Tibbs Family Cemetery
Ruckersville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2577780, -78.4436110

3. Murray Family Cemetery
Amicus, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2516390, -78.4453890

4. McDaniel Family Cemetery
Quinque, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2656600, -78.4370110

5. Redmond Family Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2659040, -78.4368920

6. Amicus Road Cemetery
Ruckersville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2495100, -78.4444100

7. Shifflett Family Cemetery
Quinque, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2653150, -78.4267930

8. Frye Family Cemetery #2
Quinque, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2561240, -78.4264430

9. Dunnivan Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2794440, -78.4493330

10. Davis Graveyard
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2424650, -78.4626470

11. Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2829380, -78.4400850

12. Dowell Family Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2790430, -78.4300230

13. Melone Graveyard
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2832710, -78.4400660

14. Mallory Family Cemetery
Amicus, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2389650, -78.4380780

15. Crow Family Graveyard
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2760070, -78.4716140

16. Williams Family Cemetery
Quinque, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2379600, -78.4382240

17. Parrott Graveyard
Ruckersville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2432720, -78.4241450

18. Geer - Southard Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2872560, -78.4554610

19. Chapman Graveyard
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2529720, -78.4821000

20. Breeden's Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2882130, -78.4421470

21. Keasley Family Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2803330, -78.4224440

22. Steo Family Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2672340, -78.4832750

23. Austin Cemetery
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2441670, -78.4816670

24. Moyers Graveyard
Stanardsville, Greene County, USA
Coordinate: 38.2862400, -78.4751400