BEARDSLEY, William: Died 1914

BEARDSLEY

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**Handwritten: St. Line Dem. Sat. 19 Dec. 1914

DEMISE OF WM. BEARDSLEY.

Unusually Well Informed Man Held in High Esteem - Buried at Beacon, Ia.

Our Regular Correspondence.

Birmingham, Dec. 17. - It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Mr. Wm. Beardsley, which occurred last Thursday morning. Mr. Beardsley had been in poor health for several years, having heart trouble and asthma, but having been confined to his bed only three weeks.

The foundation for his trouble and final death was laid several years ago, when his drug store at Beacon, Iowa, burned, and in trying to get out his books, and some valuable articles, he was caught in the fire and badly burned, the flames affecting his lungs from which he never recovered.

A short funeral service was conducted at the house by Rev. Lambert of the M.E. Church, after which his remains were taken to Beacon, Ia., for interment, it being his former home and where his first wife and other relatives were buried. Nearly the entire town, with many from the country, accompanied the family and remains to the train, showing the high esteem in which he was held in this community where he had resided for about 12 years.

He was born in England coming to this country when quite a young man settling at Lisbon, Ohio. After a few years' travel, he finally moved to Beacon, Ia., where he lived 31 years, coming from there to Birmingham about 12 years ago.

Mr. Beardsley was a man of more than ordinary ability, and being a great reader and having a retentive memory, he was thoroughly posted on all the current events of the of the day, and conversant with the past history of this and other countries. He was also a man of strongest, and had the courage of those conviction, yet possessing a kindly disposition and a generous nature which made him beloved by all.

"The world was his country, and to do good his religion." He delighted in reading scientific lectures and publications, and took great pleasure in conning over the works of the great poets, and with all was a man of culture and refinement, and of great general knowledge.

He leaves a wife and two children who did all within their power to make his last days as pleasant as possible. They, with other relatives, have the sympathy of this entire community in their hour of great affliction, realizing that they have post a kind husband and father, and the community a kind useful citizen.

**Handwritten: St. Line Dem. Sat. 19 Dec. 1914

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book G, Page 181, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA