Abraham Pallius Beedle (1920)
BEEDLE, BENNETT, MURPHY, WEBBER
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/2/2007 at 16:12:28
The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 22, 1920A. C. BEEDLE - Death Takes Pioneer
On Thursday, September 9th, 1920, there passed over the Great Divide another of the small group of pioneers who came to this county prior to 1850, Abraham Pallius Beedle, who was born in Illinois in the year 1844.
His father, John R. Beedle, was one of the first settlers in Union township, locating just west of the present site of the "Greenwood" school in Union township in 1846. Two years later the family moved a short distance east, where the subject of this sketch, A. C. Beedle, lived for a period of 74 years.
At this time there were but a few scattered cabins in what is now a prosperous farming region, and the county was not divided into the first three townships, Union, Center and South, until three years after the Beedles settled in Union. He was married in this county in 1864.
Mr. Beedle is survived by his faithful companion of pioneer days, whose maiden name was Rachel Murphy. Also by two daughters and five sons, as follows: Mrs. Geo. Bennett, John and Roy of this county, Mrs. L. H. Webber of Ankeny, Wesley of Mason City, Hiram of Truman, Minnesota and Guy of Dresser Junction, Wisconsin.
His failing health extended over a period of about two years. a few days prior to his death he went to visit his daughter, Mrs. Geo. Bennett, of Douglas township, where he suddenly took ill and died.
Funeral services and burial were held at the Jefferson church on the 11th. Rev. Mitchel of Van Meter conducted the services.
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