Joseph Beeler 1844- 1936

BEELER, WARNER

Posted By: Volunteer: Roxanne Riggan
Date: 5/25/2012 at 16:23:54

JOSEPH BEELER DIES THURSDAY

92- Year Old Civil War Veteran Succumbs at Lebanon

Joseph Beeler, 92, one of the three remaining Civil War veterans in Van Buren county, died at his home at Lebanon at about 9 p.m. last Thursday, after a brief illness.

Mr. Beeler was born on a farm in Lee county, May 28, 1844, the son of John and Hannah Beeler. He later moved with his parents on what is known as the Emerick farm near Lebanon. In 1862 he went to Garden Grove to learn the blacksmith trade. While there he enlisted as a soldier in the Civil War in 1864. He was a member of the Third Iowa Cavalry and took part in many of the battle fought in driving General Price and his men out of Missouri.

Mr. Beeler also marched with Sherman’s men to the sea in the fall of 1864. The division in which he fought was at Macon, Georgia, on its way to give aid to Grant at Richmond when it learned that Lee had surrendered to Grant.
These troops marched back to Atlanta, and Mr. Beeler stayed in this city until the summer of 1865, when he returned home. He went to Garden Grove to finish his trade as a blacksmith. He returned to Lebanon in 1875 where he worked at the blacksmith trade until his death.

On July 4, 1884, he was married to Grace Warner. To this union were born three sons, Rex, who died in infancy, and Stanley and Hazen, both of near Lebanon, who survive.
He also leaves three grandchildren, Joe, Nancy Ellen, and Norman. Mrs. Beeler passed about six years ago.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Episcopal church in Lebanon in charge of Rev. Charles Fix of Pulaski.
Burial was in Lebanon cemetery.

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Scrapbook A, page 377, Keosauqua Public Library; Keosauqua, IA