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Samuel Beverlin

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Samuel Beverlin Veteran

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
23 Jun 1897 (aged 90)
Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Beverlin, Samuel Jun 23 1807 Jun 23 1897 Elmdale
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Beverlin, Samuel

Samuel Beverlin, the subject of this sketch, was born near Manassas Gap, Virginia, June 23, 1807, and died at the home of his son, A. J. Beverlin, near Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas, June 23, 1897, consequently was just 90 years old the day he died. He was twice married, and was father of nineteen children, sixteen boys and three girls. Twelve boys and one girl was the fruit of the first marriage, four boys and two girls of the second marriage. He leaves forty-eight grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. He was converted, and joined the Baptist church at the age of 23 years, of which he remained a consistent member for sixty-seven years. During all those years he was a kind husband and father, a genial and obliging neighbor. He came to Kansas in 1864, from West Virginia, and never returned. He had become identified with Kansas and felt that it was his earthly home.

Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jul 8, 1897.
Beverlin, Samuel Jun 23 1807 Jun 23 1897 Elmdale
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Beverlin, Samuel

Samuel Beverlin, the subject of this sketch, was born near Manassas Gap, Virginia, June 23, 1807, and died at the home of his son, A. J. Beverlin, near Elmdale, Chase County, Kansas, June 23, 1897, consequently was just 90 years old the day he died. He was twice married, and was father of nineteen children, sixteen boys and three girls. Twelve boys and one girl was the fruit of the first marriage, four boys and two girls of the second marriage. He leaves forty-eight grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. He was converted, and joined the Baptist church at the age of 23 years, of which he remained a consistent member for sixty-seven years. During all those years he was a kind husband and father, a genial and obliging neighbor. He came to Kansas in 1864, from West Virginia, and never returned. He had become identified with Kansas and felt that it was his earthly home.

Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jul 8, 1897.


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