Parents: George W. & Harriet Jemima (Huggett) Beers
Siblings: John B., Mary Ann, Sarah Marie
(The Beers Genealogy by Mary L. Regan, Volume 6, p. 142)
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owner of plot: Geo. W. Beers; Co. D 113th Illinois Volunteers
Sent by Find A Grave contributor AnisahD :
When George was a small boy his father died and his mother when he was a youth of sixteen. In 1856, he located in Iroqouis County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm by month until 1862.
In 1862, George enlisted in Company D. 113th Illinois Volunteers under Captain Lucas and Colonel George B. Hoge. Their movements were confined mainly to the Mississippi River between Memphis and Vicksburg. In December 1862, he was with General Sherman at Vicksburg and Arkansas Post: from the latter point he was carried to the hospital where he was discharged from the service in December 1863 on account of disability, and was thus cut short in his army career which imposed upon him a great disappointment.
During his service in the army his wife sent him a picture of herself by an orderly sergeant, who had it taken from him by the rebels while on board the "Blue Wing" whose crew were taken prisoners. Two weeks later they were paroled and the picture sent back to the orderly with the message: "Tell that Yank that all weins have got to say is, he's got a damned good looking wife." An enlarged portrait adorns the walls of the Beers home.
After the war George resumed farming in Illinois, until 1868, when he came to Kansas. When he settled in Solomon township with his wife and children he had five dollars, a team, and wagon. He farmed in summer and worked in the saw mill at Glasco in winter for the small wages of one dollar per day. In the winter of 1874-75 he ran an engine at a saw mill in Minneapolis, Kansas, for one dollar and fifty cents per day and boarded himself.
In 1875, George resumed his trade of stone mason. Prior to this period there was little or no demand for stone masons in the Solomon Valley. He erected the first stone building in Glasco and many of those that followed, including the Oakes House and the bank building. Many of the stone structures throughout the valley are monuments of his architecture. His own residence is of stone, built by himself at intervals when not employed on other work. It is a comfortable eight bedroom house. George quarried the stone, did his own masonry, plastering and most of the carpentering. His farm is well improved with good out buildings and a big orchard with three hundred trees. His land is largely wheat ground. In 1901, a field of fifty acres yielded twenty-seven and a half bushels to the acre.
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His children:
John Weatherford BEERS
Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth BEERS DOTY
George Ernest BEERS
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Private, Company D, 113th Illinois Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862 and mustered in October 1, 1862. Discharged February 20, 1863 due to disability. [Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 6, p. 183.]
Member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post #239 (Glasco).
Parents: George W. & Harriet Jemima (Huggett) Beers
Siblings: John B., Mary Ann, Sarah Marie
(The Beers Genealogy by Mary L. Regan, Volume 6, p. 142)
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owner of plot: Geo. W. Beers; Co. D 113th Illinois Volunteers
Sent by Find A Grave contributor AnisahD :
When George was a small boy his father died and his mother when he was a youth of sixteen. In 1856, he located in Iroqouis County, Illinois, where he worked on a farm by month until 1862.
In 1862, George enlisted in Company D. 113th Illinois Volunteers under Captain Lucas and Colonel George B. Hoge. Their movements were confined mainly to the Mississippi River between Memphis and Vicksburg. In December 1862, he was with General Sherman at Vicksburg and Arkansas Post: from the latter point he was carried to the hospital where he was discharged from the service in December 1863 on account of disability, and was thus cut short in his army career which imposed upon him a great disappointment.
During his service in the army his wife sent him a picture of herself by an orderly sergeant, who had it taken from him by the rebels while on board the "Blue Wing" whose crew were taken prisoners. Two weeks later they were paroled and the picture sent back to the orderly with the message: "Tell that Yank that all weins have got to say is, he's got a damned good looking wife." An enlarged portrait adorns the walls of the Beers home.
After the war George resumed farming in Illinois, until 1868, when he came to Kansas. When he settled in Solomon township with his wife and children he had five dollars, a team, and wagon. He farmed in summer and worked in the saw mill at Glasco in winter for the small wages of one dollar per day. In the winter of 1874-75 he ran an engine at a saw mill in Minneapolis, Kansas, for one dollar and fifty cents per day and boarded himself.
In 1875, George resumed his trade of stone mason. Prior to this period there was little or no demand for stone masons in the Solomon Valley. He erected the first stone building in Glasco and many of those that followed, including the Oakes House and the bank building. Many of the stone structures throughout the valley are monuments of his architecture. His own residence is of stone, built by himself at intervals when not employed on other work. It is a comfortable eight bedroom house. George quarried the stone, did his own masonry, plastering and most of the carpentering. His farm is well improved with good out buildings and a big orchard with three hundred trees. His land is largely wheat ground. In 1901, a field of fifty acres yielded twenty-seven and a half bushels to the acre.
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His children:
John Weatherford BEERS
Harriet "Hattie" Elizabeth BEERS DOTY
George Ernest BEERS
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Private, Company D, 113th Illinois Infantry. Enlisted August 14, 1862 and mustered in October 1, 1862. Discharged February 20, 1863 due to disability. [Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois, vol. 6, p. 183.]
Member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post #239 (Glasco).
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