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Lemuel Holmes Beckley

Birth	:	15 Feb 1834 Coshocton County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	9 Oct 1909 Story County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Mercer Cemetery, Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6544914, -84.5821762
Description	:	LEMUEL HOLMES BECKLEY Is a farmer and stock-raiser, of Union Township, Story county, Iowa, and is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred on February 15, 1834, he being the fifth in a family of ten children born to George and Nancy Beckley, both of whom were born in West Virginia on the 25th and 24th of December, 1804 and 1803, respectively. He was of German lineage, his parents having been born in Germany, and by occupation he was an agriculturist, and prior to his death, which occurred in his seventy-ninth year, could well remember the scenes of the... Read More	LEMUEL HOLMES BECKLEY Is a farmer and stock-raiser, of Union Township, Story county, Iowa, and is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred on February 15, 1834, he being the fifth in a family of ten children born to George and Nancy Beckley, both of whom were born in West Virginia on the 25th and 24th of December, 1804 and 1803, respectively. He was of German lineage, his parents having been born in Germany, and by occupation he was an agriculturist, and prior to his death, which occurred in his seventy-ninth year, could well remember the scenes of the War of 1812. His widow survives him at the age of eighty-seven years, being a resident of Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Their children's names are as follows: Marie M. (Mrs. Morgan, resides in Ohio), Mary Jane (Mrs. Mills, died at the age of forty-three years), Samuel (married Miss Castile, a native of Ohio, and resides in Buchanan County, Iowa), Jacob (was married to S. McCray, a native Ohioan, and died at the age of forty-eight years, having been a school teacher and preacher, his education having been received in Springfield, Ohio), Lemuel H. (next in order of birth), then came Josiah (residing on the old home farm near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, his wife being a Miss Beach, a native of that State), Henry (came to Iowa in 1864, but now lives in Missouri, being engaged in farming; he first married a Miss Parrott, and after her death a Miss Boyle, both natives of Ohio), Sarah Ann (Mrs. Buchanan, resides in Ohio), Louisa (Mrs. Parrott, also lives there) and Talitha (who is the wife of Taylor Eky, of Ohio, a horticulturist and fruit-grower). Lemuel Holmes Beckley obtained his education in the old subscription schools of Ohio, and acquired a sufficient fund of useful information to fit him for the practical duties of life. At the age of twenty he began the life of an agriculturist on his own responsibility, his means that time being less than a dollar, but on the 26th of March of the same year he was married in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, to Miss Delilah Stecher, who was born in Pennsylvania, May 26, 1835. In time a family of nine children were born to them, their names being as follows: John (who married Frances Crouse, is engaged in farming), Warner (is a city drayman in Aurora, Hamilton County, Neb., and is married to Agnes Tipton, a native of Ohio), David (is farming in Story County, and was married to a Miss Jacobson), George (who is tilling the soil in Story County), Charles S. (who married Fannie E. Cronk, June 25, and who is working on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway), Allie, Bertha and Effie, the latter of whom expects to become a school teacher. Minnie B., a bright little girl, died at the age of nine years. Mr. Beckley has always been a Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for John C. Fremont. He has been a director in his school district ever since he has resided in Union Township, and is a stanch supporter of the public school system - the bulwark of the State and nation. In 1867 they came to Story County, Iowa, from Ohio, coming through with a four-horse team, and they can tell with accuracy of the primitive condition of Story County, even at that date. They came across country from Nevada to Cambridge, as there were no highways at that time, and narrate with interest their experience in crossing the numerous sloughs between those places. Mr. Beckley has an excellent farm of 180 acres, and one of the prettiest building sites west of Cambridge. He can farm every foot of his land, although at one time a man on horseback could not pass overthe same ground. This desirable state of things is the result of a thorough system of farming and draining, and their farm, which is one of the finest for its size in this portion of the county, has been earned by honest and faithful endeavor, frugality and economy. They now have all necessary comforts, and here, surrounded by numerous friends, acquaintances and their dutiful family of children, they expect to spend the rest of their days. They have ever been noted in their neighborhood as open-hearted and benevolent patrons of worthy enterprises, and as friends and neighbors have not their superiors. While living in the East, Mr. Beckley was a member of the Lutheran Church, but since his residence in the West has not been connected with any religious denomination. In conclusion, it might be added that Mrs. Beckley's maternal grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and that a pension is lying at Washington, D. C., for his heirs. Contributor: Jean Wilson (48841367) • [email protected]

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Lemuel Holmes Beckley's memorial is located at: Mercer Cemetery, Mendon, Mercer County, USA.
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Lemuel Holmes Beckley death on 9 Oct 1909 in Story County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.6544914
Longitude: -84.5821762

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Delilah Stecher Beckley

(1836 - 1914)

Siblings

Children

David Stacher Beckley

(1861 - 1953)

(unknow - unknow)

Talitha Beckley Clawson

(1869 - 1957)

Minnie B Beckley

(1883 - 1886)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Mercer Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6544914, -84.5821762

2. Chivington Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6587710, -84.5838620

3. Palmer Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6735992, -84.5631027

4. Roebuck Cemetery
Mercer, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6351700, -84.5455700

5. Hamilton Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6539001, -84.5282974

6. Stringtown Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6556015, -84.6380997

7. Roebuck Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6918983, -84.6113968

8. Union Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6116982, -84.6007996

9. Coil Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6755981, -84.5291977

10. Roberts Cemetery
Celina, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6116982, -84.5618973

11. Shindeldecker Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6925011, -84.6219025

12. Krugh Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6939011, -84.5444031

13. Friends Cemetery
Chattanooga, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6335983, -84.6466980

14. Mount Olive Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7043991, -84.6074982

15. Fairview Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6082993, -84.5421982

16. Frysinger Cemetery
Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7136002, -84.5839005

17. Smith Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6904420, -84.6445790

18. Sherer Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6767006, -84.5092010

19. Fryer Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6917000, -84.5152969

20. Mendon Cemetery
Mendon, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6906013, -84.5139008

21. Berry Cemetery
Center Township, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5897750, -84.5564250

22. Buck Cemetery
Celina, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.5950012, -84.6333008

23. Riverside Cemetery
Rockford, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6974983, -84.6583023

24. Hankins Cemetery
Neptune, Mercer County, USA
Coordinate: 40.6338997, -84.4897003