"George Beasley, farmer and stock raiser, was born Oct. 15, 1811, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Beasley, who came from Virginia and located in Bern Township, in 1823, where our subject was reared on a farm and received his education in the subscription schools, living with his parents until he was nineteen years of age.He was married April 15, 1830, to Mary A Gardner, a daughter of Thomas Gardner, a pioneer of Ames Township. By this union there were twelve children, eight of whom still survive---Rosanna, Elizabeth, David, John J., Adeline, Sarah E., Calley M. and Charles M. His farm contains 204 acres of improved land under a high state of cultivation. In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he has been very successful."
"George Beasley, farmer and stock raiser, was born Oct. 15, 1811, the eldest son of John and Elizabeth Beasley, who came from Virginia and located in Bern Township, in 1823, where our subject was reared on a farm and received his education in the subscription schools, living with his parents until he was nineteen years of age.He was married April 15, 1830, to Mary A Gardner, a daughter of Thomas Gardner, a pioneer of Ames Township. By this union there were twelve children, eight of whom still survive---Rosanna, Elizabeth, David, John J., Adeline, Sarah E., Calley M. and Charles M. His farm contains 204 acres of improved land under a high state of cultivation. In his chosen avocation, that of a farmer, he has been very successful."
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George Beasley
Born Oct. 15, 1811
Died Jan. 8, 1885
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Mary A. Gardner
His Wife
Born Dec. 15, 1814
Died Sep. 17, 1899
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