Banker and Real Estate Agent.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. BEACH
Those who attended the funeral services of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beach on Tuesday afternoon at their home on Gilbert Avenue, witnessed a most touchingly beautiful sight. Here were this devoted couple lying on couches side by side, as though in peaceful sleep. They had been united by so strong an affection that it seemed they could not be parted by death. Mrs. Beach had been an invalid for six years but had been better than usual of late. A week before her death she had been shopping with her daughters. Pneumonia carried her off in three days. Mr. Beach was stricken with the same disease almost at the same time, surviving his wife just two days. When he knew that his life companion was gone all desire to recover faded away.
Mr. Beach came to Terre Haute many years ago, a young man. Soon after reaching here, he met Miss Harriet Gilbert, eldest daughter of Mr. Curtis Gilbert, a prominent citizen of the place. The acquaintance soon ripened into love and was sealed by marriage. Their life together and their home has been one of singular domestic happiness. Scarcely have they been separated in these years, and the strongest desire of each was to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the other.
Mr. Beach was born on April 20, 1827, at Newton, N. J., the son of William and Susan Beach, both natives of Sussex County, New Jersey. He spent his early manhood in business in New York. In 1850 he came west and located at St. Louis, and the next year removed to Terre Haute. When the Prairie City bank was organized in 1852, he accepted a position as bookkeeper. Later he served as cashier and for many years as president.
He was the founder of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, was its first treasurer and continued to serve in that capacity for many years. He was interested for some time with the late Mr. Theodore Hudnut in the Hudnut hominy mills. As a member of the Terre Haute House Company, he managed the property successfully with Mr. Alphonso Shaw actively in charge. He was greatly interested as a member of the cemetery commission, in the purchase and adornment of Highland Lawn cemetery.
For twenty-five years he was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of which he was a devoted member. His wife was the oldest daughter of the late Curtis Gilbert, for whom and for whose estate he was for many years the agent.
Mrs. Beach was the eldest of a large family of children bereft of their mother while they were young. She became the mother to them all, the solace of her invalid father. She belonged to the old school of homemakers whose best efforts were devoted to making it the sweetest place on earth to all near and dear to her. She had a gracious, sincere cordiality and hospitality that will linger long in the minds of her friends. Those nearest to these parents feel that the sting of separation has been softened by their going together as they know they so longed to do. Grief over the loss is mitigated by the remembrance of the privilege they have enjoyed in contributing to their comfort and in recollection of the enjoyment their constant society was to them these last years.
The Rev. John E. Sulger of St. Stephen's church, rector of the church they both so loved, read the burial service and two beautiful hymns.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the mortal remains were carried to Highland Lawn cemetery and placed in the Curtis Gilbert lot. A short service was held at the graves in the presence of the immediate relatives. *The Rev. James D. Stanley of Indianapolis assisted Mr. Sulger at this service.
The relatives left are Joseph, Edward and Harry Gilbert, brothers of Mrs. Beach; Mrs. Joseph H. Blake, Mrs. Helen Warner, Miss Martha Gilbert, sisters, and their two daugthers, Mrs. Spencer F. Ball and Miss Mary Beach.
In September of this fall Mr. and Mrs. Beach would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Beach was married at nineteen.
Their first child, a boy, died in infancy.
Terre Haute Saturday Spectator March 18, 1905 _ page 7
MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. BEACH
Those who attended the funeral services of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beach on Tuesday afternoon at their home on Gilbert Avenue, witnessed a most touchingly beautiful sight. Here were this devoted couple lying on couches side by side, as though in peaceful sleep. They had been united by so strong an affection that it seemed they could not be parted by death. Mrs. Beach had been an invalid for six years but had been better than usual of late. A week before her death she had been shopping with her daughters. Pneumonia carried her off in three days. Mr. Beach was stricken with the same disease almost at the same time, surviving his wife just two days. When he knew that his life companion was gone all desire to recover faded away.
Mr. Beach came to Terre Haute many years ago, a young man. Soon after reaching here, he met Miss Harriet Gilbert, eldest daughter of Mr. Curtis Gilbert, a prominent citizen of the place. The acquaintance soon ripened into love and was sealed by marriage. Their life together and their home has been one of singular domestic happiness. Scarcely have they been separated in these years, and the strongest desire of each was to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the other.
Mr. Beach was born on April 20, 1827, at Newton, N. J., the son of William and Susan Beach, both natives of Sussex County, New Jersey. He spent his early manhood in business in New York. In 1850 he came west and located at St. Louis, and the next year removed to Terre Haute. When the Prairie City bank was organized in 1852, he accepted a position as bookkeeper. Later he served as cashier and for many years as president.
He was the founder of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, was its first treasurer and continued to serve in that capacity for many years. He was interested for some time with the late Mr. Theodore Hudnut in the Hudnut hominy mills. As a member of the Terre Haute House Company, he managed the property successfully with Mr. Alphonso Shaw actively in charge. He was greatly interested as a member of the cemetery commission, in the purchase and adornment of Highland Lawn cemetery.
For twenty-five years he was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of which he was a devoted member. His wife was the oldest daughter of the late Curtis Gilbert, for whom and for whose estate he was for many years the agent.
Mrs. Beach was the eldest of a large family of children bereft of their mother while they were young. She became the mother to them all, the solace of her invalid father. She belonged to the old school of homemakers whose best efforts were devoted to making it the sweetest place on earth to all near and dear to her. She had a gracious, sincere cordiality and hospitality that will linger long in the minds of her friends. Those nearest to these parents feel that the sting of separation has been softened by their going together as they know they so longed to do. Grief over the loss is mitigated by the remembrance of the privilege they have enjoyed in contributing to their comfort and in recollection of the enjoyment their constant society was to them these last years.
The Rev. John E. Sulger of St. Stephen's church, rector of the church they both so loved, read the burial service and two beautiful hymns.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the mortal remains were carried to Highland Lawn cemetery and placed in the Curtis Gilbert lot. A short service was held at the graves in the presence of the immediate relatives. *The Rev. James D. Stanley of Indianapolis assisted Mr. Sulger at this service.
The relatives left are Joseph, Edward and Harry Gilbert, brothers of Mrs. Beach; Mrs. Joseph H. Blake, Mrs. Helen Warner, Miss Martha Gilbert, sisters, and their two daugthers, Mrs. Spencer F. Ball and Miss Mary Beach.
In September of this fall Mr. and Mrs. Beach would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Beach was married at nineteen.
Their first child, a boy, died in infancy.
Terre Haute Saturday Spectator March 18, 1905 _ page 7
Banker and Real Estate Agent.
MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. BEACH
Those who attended the funeral services of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beach on Tuesday afternoon at their home on Gilbert Avenue, witnessed a most touchingly beautiful sight. Here were this devoted couple lying on couches side by side, as though in peaceful sleep. They had been united by so strong an affection that it seemed they could not be parted by death. Mrs. Beach had been an invalid for six years but had been better than usual of late. A week before her death she had been shopping with her daughters. Pneumonia carried her off in three days. Mr. Beach was stricken with the same disease almost at the same time, surviving his wife just two days. When he knew that his life companion was gone all desire to recover faded away.
Mr. Beach came to Terre Haute many years ago, a young man. Soon after reaching here, he met Miss Harriet Gilbert, eldest daughter of Mr. Curtis Gilbert, a prominent citizen of the place. The acquaintance soon ripened into love and was sealed by marriage. Their life together and their home has been one of singular domestic happiness. Scarcely have they been separated in these years, and the strongest desire of each was to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the other.
Mr. Beach was born on April 20, 1827, at Newton, N. J., the son of William and Susan Beach, both natives of Sussex County, New Jersey. He spent his early manhood in business in New York. In 1850 he came west and located at St. Louis, and the next year removed to Terre Haute. When the Prairie City bank was organized in 1852, he accepted a position as bookkeeper. Later he served as cashier and for many years as president.
He was the founder of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, was its first treasurer and continued to serve in that capacity for many years. He was interested for some time with the late Mr. Theodore Hudnut in the Hudnut hominy mills. As a member of the Terre Haute House Company, he managed the property successfully with Mr. Alphonso Shaw actively in charge. He was greatly interested as a member of the cemetery commission, in the purchase and adornment of Highland Lawn cemetery.
For twenty-five years he was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of which he was a devoted member. His wife was the oldest daughter of the late Curtis Gilbert, for whom and for whose estate he was for many years the agent.
Mrs. Beach was the eldest of a large family of children bereft of their mother while they were young. She became the mother to them all, the solace of her invalid father. She belonged to the old school of homemakers whose best efforts were devoted to making it the sweetest place on earth to all near and dear to her. She had a gracious, sincere cordiality and hospitality that will linger long in the minds of her friends. Those nearest to these parents feel that the sting of separation has been softened by their going together as they know they so longed to do. Grief over the loss is mitigated by the remembrance of the privilege they have enjoyed in contributing to their comfort and in recollection of the enjoyment their constant society was to them these last years.
The Rev. John E. Sulger of St. Stephen's church, rector of the church they both so loved, read the burial service and two beautiful hymns.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the mortal remains were carried to Highland Lawn cemetery and placed in the Curtis Gilbert lot. A short service was held at the graves in the presence of the immediate relatives. *The Rev. James D. Stanley of Indianapolis assisted Mr. Sulger at this service.
The relatives left are Joseph, Edward and Harry Gilbert, brothers of Mrs. Beach; Mrs. Joseph H. Blake, Mrs. Helen Warner, Miss Martha Gilbert, sisters, and their two daugthers, Mrs. Spencer F. Ball and Miss Mary Beach.
In September of this fall Mr. and Mrs. Beach would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Beach was married at nineteen.
Their first child, a boy, died in infancy.
Terre Haute Saturday Spectator March 18, 1905 _ page 7
MR. AND MRS. JOHN S. BEACH
Those who attended the funeral services of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Beach on Tuesday afternoon at their home on Gilbert Avenue, witnessed a most touchingly beautiful sight. Here were this devoted couple lying on couches side by side, as though in peaceful sleep. They had been united by so strong an affection that it seemed they could not be parted by death. Mrs. Beach had been an invalid for six years but had been better than usual of late. A week before her death she had been shopping with her daughters. Pneumonia carried her off in three days. Mr. Beach was stricken with the same disease almost at the same time, surviving his wife just two days. When he knew that his life companion was gone all desire to recover faded away.
Mr. Beach came to Terre Haute many years ago, a young man. Soon after reaching here, he met Miss Harriet Gilbert, eldest daughter of Mr. Curtis Gilbert, a prominent citizen of the place. The acquaintance soon ripened into love and was sealed by marriage. Their life together and their home has been one of singular domestic happiness. Scarcely have they been separated in these years, and the strongest desire of each was to contribute to the comfort and happiness of the other.
Mr. Beach was born on April 20, 1827, at Newton, N. J., the son of William and Susan Beach, both natives of Sussex County, New Jersey. He spent his early manhood in business in New York. In 1850 he came west and located at St. Louis, and the next year removed to Terre Haute. When the Prairie City bank was organized in 1852, he accepted a position as bookkeeper. Later he served as cashier and for many years as president.
He was the founder of the Terre Haute Savings Bank, was its first treasurer and continued to serve in that capacity for many years. He was interested for some time with the late Mr. Theodore Hudnut in the Hudnut hominy mills. As a member of the Terre Haute House Company, he managed the property successfully with Mr. Alphonso Shaw actively in charge. He was greatly interested as a member of the cemetery commission, in the purchase and adornment of Highland Lawn cemetery.
For twenty-five years he was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, of which he was a devoted member. His wife was the oldest daughter of the late Curtis Gilbert, for whom and for whose estate he was for many years the agent.
Mrs. Beach was the eldest of a large family of children bereft of their mother while they were young. She became the mother to them all, the solace of her invalid father. She belonged to the old school of homemakers whose best efforts were devoted to making it the sweetest place on earth to all near and dear to her. She had a gracious, sincere cordiality and hospitality that will linger long in the minds of her friends. Those nearest to these parents feel that the sting of separation has been softened by their going together as they know they so longed to do. Grief over the loss is mitigated by the remembrance of the privilege they have enjoyed in contributing to their comfort and in recollection of the enjoyment their constant society was to them these last years.
The Rev. John E. Sulger of St. Stephen's church, rector of the church they both so loved, read the burial service and two beautiful hymns.
On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock the mortal remains were carried to Highland Lawn cemetery and placed in the Curtis Gilbert lot. A short service was held at the graves in the presence of the immediate relatives. *The Rev. James D. Stanley of Indianapolis assisted Mr. Sulger at this service.
The relatives left are Joseph, Edward and Harry Gilbert, brothers of Mrs. Beach; Mrs. Joseph H. Blake, Mrs. Helen Warner, Miss Martha Gilbert, sisters, and their two daugthers, Mrs. Spencer F. Ball and Miss Mary Beach.
In September of this fall Mr. and Mrs. Beach would have celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Beach was married at nineteen.
Their first child, a boy, died in infancy.
Terre Haute Saturday Spectator March 18, 1905 _ page 7
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