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Pvt James Edward Beach

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Birth	:	1838 Newland, Forest of Dean District, Gloucestershire, England
Death	:	17 Nov 1917 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	Section 29 - Lot 13 - Space 6
Description	:	Son of Mary/Elizabeth Howell and James Beach. Married to Isabella Atkinson on 23 Oct 1862 in Gallipolis, Ohio. Co. A 4th WV Reg. Vol. Inf. ********************************************* The Emporia Gazette, 19 Nov 1917, Mon JAMES BEACH DEAD James Beach died Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock, at his home, 818 Sylvan Street. He was well known in Emporia and Lyon County, having been a resident of the town and county for nearly forty years. He was born in England but came to America when but a child, and was living in West Virginia when the war for the Union began. He, with five other members of... Read More	Son of Mary/Elizabeth Howell and James Beach. Married to Isabella Atkinson on 23 Oct 1862 in Gallipolis, Ohio. Co. A 4th WV Reg. Vol. Inf. ********************************************* The Emporia Gazette, 19 Nov 1917, Mon JAMES BEACH DEAD James Beach died Saturday evening at 8:15 o'clock, at his home, 818 Sylvan Street. He was well known in Emporia and Lyon County, having been a resident of the town and county for nearly forty years. He was born in England but came to America when but a child, and was living in West Virginia when the war for the Union began. He, with five other members of his family, was the first to answer the call of Abraham Lincoln, and enlisted in the Fourth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, and served during the war. He participated with his regiment in most of the big battles for the Union in the West, notably in the siege of Vicksburg, and in the sanguinary charge of the fortifications of that city on the 22nd of May, 1863, when the regiment lost 140 men in killed and wounded in ten minutes, out of a total of 400 men in the regiment. He was among the earlier members of Post 55, then called Emporia Post, and had been a member of the Grand Army ever since. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Isabella Beach, to whom he was married in 1862, in Gallipolis, Ohio, while still in the army. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are living: Mrs. Mary Brainard, Mrs. Anna Cilly, Mrs. Elizabeth Louise Williams, all of Emporia, and Mrs. Silva Johnson, of Greensburg, Kan., and Robert H. Beach, of Emporia. The funeral will take place at the home, 818 Sylvan Street, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30, conducted by Rev. J. H. J. Rice. The officers of Plumb Post, G.A.R., will have charge of the funeral, after the religious exercises, and lay the remains to rest in Maplewood. All members of Woman's Relief Corps, No. 70, auxiliary to the Grand Army, who possibly can are requested to attend the funeral Tuesday afternoon.

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Pvt James Edward Beach's memorial is located at: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA.
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Pvt James Edward Beach death on 17 Nov 1917 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Spouse

Isabella Atkinson Beach

(1844 - 1920)

Children

Mary Ann Beach Brainard

(1865 - 1951)

Anna Beach Cilley

(1869 - 1946)

Robert Hardy Beach

(1882 - 1965)

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