An Old Soldier at Rest
Major Leroy J. Beam, late of the Fifteenth Kansas cavalry volunteers, died last Sunday morning at the sanitarium, in the east part of Paola, where he had been for several weeks for treatment.
He was sixty-two years of age. He has resided for years near Richland, in Shawnee Co., where he had a large farm. He entered the service from Douglas co. as second lieutenant of Co. D, Fifteenth regiment. This company, originally commanded by Capt. Hurd, and of which the late A. Ellis of Miami twp. was for a time after organization the first lieutenant, was partly composed of soldiers from this county. Beam was promoted first lieutenant when Ellis resigned and was male captain of the company at the resignation of Captain Hurd. In June, 1865, he was promoted to be junior major of the regiment and served as such until the muster out on the 18th of October of that year. He was one of the best soldiers in the regiment. He was country born and bred, of large frame and of great physical strength; deliberate in thought, speech and action, with the most admirable temper and cheerful dis-position, a rather strict disciplinarian, with an unusual faculty for the command and management of men; cool and judicious in time of danger. All these qualities made him a first class soldier.
The field officers of the regiment who survive him are Col. E. M. Hunt of Kansas City, Mo., and Major B. F. Simpson of this city.
Major Beam's body, in charge of his daughter, Mre. G. A. Bushong, who was with him when he died, was taken to Richland Monday, for burial.
The Miami Republican
29 Mar 1901, Friday, Page 3
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Beam Cemetery is located east of what used to be Richland,
Kansas, on private property (320 acres) that was previously owned by Major Leroy J. Beam. It is situated in T 13 S, R 16, 17 E., in Sec. 27, in Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas. It is close to the road, surrounded by overgrowth and brambles.
The large stones are surrounded by a fence. There are
some other members of the family buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery and Richland Cemetery.
Major Leroy J. Beam, late of the Fifteenth Kansas cavalry volunteers, died last Sunday morning at the sanitarium, in the east part of Paola, where he had been for several weeks for treatment.
He was sixty-two years of age. He has resided for years near Richland, in Shawnee Co., where he had a large farm. He entered the service from Douglas co. as second lieutenant of Co. D, Fifteenth regiment. This company, originally commanded by Capt. Hurd, and of which the late A. Ellis of Miami twp. was for a time after organization the first lieutenant, was partly composed of soldiers from this county. Beam was promoted first lieutenant when Ellis resigned and was male captain of the company at the resignation of Captain Hurd. In June, 1865, he was promoted to be junior major of the regiment and served as such until the muster out on the 18th of October of that year. He was one of the best soldiers in the regiment. He was country born and bred, of large frame and of great physical strength; deliberate in thought, speech and action, with the most admirable temper and cheerful dis-position, a rather strict disciplinarian, with an unusual faculty for the command and management of men; cool and judicious in time of danger. All these qualities made him a first class soldier.
The field officers of the regiment who survive him are Col. E. M. Hunt of Kansas City, Mo., and Major B. F. Simpson of this city.
Major Beam's body, in charge of his daughter, Mre. G. A. Bushong, who was with him when he died, was taken to Richland Monday, for burial.
The Miami Republican
29 Mar 1901, Friday, Page 3
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Beam Cemetery is located east of what used to be Richland,
Kansas, on private property (320 acres) that was previously owned by Major Leroy J. Beam. It is situated in T 13 S, R 16, 17 E., in Sec. 27, in Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas. It is close to the road, surrounded by overgrowth and brambles.
The large stones are surrounded by a fence. There are
some other members of the family buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery and Richland Cemetery.
An Old Soldier at Rest
Major Leroy J. Beam, late of the Fifteenth Kansas cavalry volunteers, died last Sunday morning at the sanitarium, in the east part of Paola, where he had been for several weeks for treatment.
He was sixty-two years of age. He has resided for years near Richland, in Shawnee Co., where he had a large farm. He entered the service from Douglas co. as second lieutenant of Co. D, Fifteenth regiment. This company, originally commanded by Capt. Hurd, and of which the late A. Ellis of Miami twp. was for a time after organization the first lieutenant, was partly composed of soldiers from this county. Beam was promoted first lieutenant when Ellis resigned and was male captain of the company at the resignation of Captain Hurd. In June, 1865, he was promoted to be junior major of the regiment and served as such until the muster out on the 18th of October of that year. He was one of the best soldiers in the regiment. He was country born and bred, of large frame and of great physical strength; deliberate in thought, speech and action, with the most admirable temper and cheerful dis-position, a rather strict disciplinarian, with an unusual faculty for the command and management of men; cool and judicious in time of danger. All these qualities made him a first class soldier.
The field officers of the regiment who survive him are Col. E. M. Hunt of Kansas City, Mo., and Major B. F. Simpson of this city.
Major Beam's body, in charge of his daughter, Mre. G. A. Bushong, who was with him when he died, was taken to Richland Monday, for burial.
The Miami Republican
29 Mar 1901, Friday, Page 3
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Beam Cemetery is located east of what used to be Richland,
Kansas, on private property (320 acres) that was previously owned by Major Leroy J. Beam. It is situated in T 13 S, R 16, 17 E., in Sec. 27, in Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas. It is close to the road, surrounded by overgrowth and brambles.
The large stones are surrounded by a fence. There are
some other members of the family buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery and Richland Cemetery.
Major Leroy J. Beam, late of the Fifteenth Kansas cavalry volunteers, died last Sunday morning at the sanitarium, in the east part of Paola, where he had been for several weeks for treatment.
He was sixty-two years of age. He has resided for years near Richland, in Shawnee Co., where he had a large farm. He entered the service from Douglas co. as second lieutenant of Co. D, Fifteenth regiment. This company, originally commanded by Capt. Hurd, and of which the late A. Ellis of Miami twp. was for a time after organization the first lieutenant, was partly composed of soldiers from this county. Beam was promoted first lieutenant when Ellis resigned and was male captain of the company at the resignation of Captain Hurd. In June, 1865, he was promoted to be junior major of the regiment and served as such until the muster out on the 18th of October of that year. He was one of the best soldiers in the regiment. He was country born and bred, of large frame and of great physical strength; deliberate in thought, speech and action, with the most admirable temper and cheerful dis-position, a rather strict disciplinarian, with an unusual faculty for the command and management of men; cool and judicious in time of danger. All these qualities made him a first class soldier.
The field officers of the regiment who survive him are Col. E. M. Hunt of Kansas City, Mo., and Major B. F. Simpson of this city.
Major Beam's body, in charge of his daughter, Mre. G. A. Bushong, who was with him when he died, was taken to Richland Monday, for burial.
The Miami Republican
29 Mar 1901, Friday, Page 3
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Beam Cemetery is located east of what used to be Richland,
Kansas, on private property (320 acres) that was previously owned by Major Leroy J. Beam. It is situated in T 13 S, R 16, 17 E., in Sec. 27, in Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas. It is close to the road, surrounded by overgrowth and brambles.
The large stones are surrounded by a fence. There are
some other members of the family buried in Pleasant Hill
Cemetery and Richland Cemetery.
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Major Leroy J. BEAM March 24, 1901 Age 62 Years. A NOBLE LIFE
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