JOSEPH BEELER

Joseph Beeler, a blacksmith and wagon maker, of Lebanon,
Van Buren County, is a native of Iowa. He was born in Lee County May 28,
1847, and is a son of John and Hannah Vale Beeler, both of whom were
natives of Indiana.
He went to Garden Grove to learn the trade of blacksmith.... from his
obit....
Mr. Beeler was present at the capture of Jefferson Davis. He was a
faithful soldier, ever found at his post of duty, and at the close of the
war was honorably discharged.
When hostilities had ceased and the troops were once more free to return
to their homes, Mr. Beeler resumed the trade of blacksmithing and wagon
making in Garden Grove, Iowa, where he remained until 1875, when he came
to Lebanon and purchased his present shop.
 
 
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