Reported age at time of death was 7 years (grave monument inscription); actually 6 1/2 years (burial record).
John H. Martin's "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-65," Volume II (1875), p. 109, shows on a list of deaths for 1858: child of BEACH, 17 FEB 1858 (from a version of the Sexton's report - dates reported are for burial, rather than death).
Mary Jane Galer's "COLUMBUS, GA: Lists of People, 1828-1852, and Sexton's Reports to 1866" (2000), p. 214, shows: a child of Wm. A. BEACH died aged 6 1/2 years of rheumatism, and was buried 17 FEB 1858 (from "January 1 to April 1, 1858, Sexton's Report," dated 15 APR 1858).
A record in the sexton's ledger book reports that Mrs. BEACH and a child were reinterred to Section A, Lot 190 [sic -- actually 119) on 05 DEC 1883. I believe this means that the mother's grave was re-position within the lot to make room and the child's grave was moved to this lot from elsewhere in Linwood Cemetery.
John H. Martin's "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-65," Volume II (1875), p. 109, shows on a list of deaths for 1858: child of BEACH, 17 FEB 1858 (from a version of the Sexton's report - dates reported are for burial, rather than death).
Mary Jane Galer's "COLUMBUS, GA: Lists of People, 1828-1852, and Sexton's Reports to 1866" (2000), p. 214, shows: a child of Wm. A. BEACH died aged 6 1/2 years of rheumatism, and was buried 17 FEB 1858 (from "January 1 to April 1, 1858, Sexton's Report," dated 15 APR 1858).
A record in the sexton's ledger book reports that Mrs. BEACH and a child were reinterred to Section A, Lot 190 [sic -- actually 119) on 05 DEC 1883. I believe this means that the mother's grave was re-position within the lot to make room and the child's grave was moved to this lot from elsewhere in Linwood Cemetery.
Reported age at time of death was 7 years (grave monument inscription); actually 6 1/2 years (burial record).
John H. Martin's "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-65," Volume II (1875), p. 109, shows on a list of deaths for 1858: child of BEACH, 17 FEB 1858 (from a version of the Sexton's report - dates reported are for burial, rather than death).
Mary Jane Galer's "COLUMBUS, GA: Lists of People, 1828-1852, and Sexton's Reports to 1866" (2000), p. 214, shows: a child of Wm. A. BEACH died aged 6 1/2 years of rheumatism, and was buried 17 FEB 1858 (from "January 1 to April 1, 1858, Sexton's Report," dated 15 APR 1858).
A record in the sexton's ledger book reports that Mrs. BEACH and a child were reinterred to Section A, Lot 190 [sic -- actually 119) on 05 DEC 1883. I believe this means that the mother's grave was re-position within the lot to make room and the child's grave was moved to this lot from elsewhere in Linwood Cemetery.
John H. Martin's "The Making of a Modern City: Columbus, Georgia, 1827-65," Volume II (1875), p. 109, shows on a list of deaths for 1858: child of BEACH, 17 FEB 1858 (from a version of the Sexton's report - dates reported are for burial, rather than death).
Mary Jane Galer's "COLUMBUS, GA: Lists of People, 1828-1852, and Sexton's Reports to 1866" (2000), p. 214, shows: a child of Wm. A. BEACH died aged 6 1/2 years of rheumatism, and was buried 17 FEB 1858 (from "January 1 to April 1, 1858, Sexton's Report," dated 15 APR 1858).
A record in the sexton's ledger book reports that Mrs. BEACH and a child were reinterred to Section A, Lot 190 [sic -- actually 119) on 05 DEC 1883. I believe this means that the mother's grave was re-position within the lot to make room and the child's grave was moved to this lot from elsewhere in Linwood Cemetery.
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