Biographical Sketch of Eli Beaghler - Andrew County, Missouri From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888 Transcribed by: Penny Harrell ([email protected]) ********************************************************************** Eli Beaghler, a prominent citizen of Andrew County, MO., and clerk of the county court, was born near Fremont, Ohio, on April 7, 1843, and is the youngest of a family of eight sons born to Henry and Nancy (Chapman) Beaghler. Henry, the father, was a native of PA, and was born in 1807. About 1820 he removed to Ohio, where he successfully engaged in farming. He died in 1844, when our subject was but one year of age. Nancy, the mother, was born in Vermont, in 1807, and with her parents removed to Ohio. She died in 1872. Eli was reared at home, and acquired a good education in the schools of Fremont, Ohio. He remained on the farm until his fifteenth year, when he left home, and taught school for one year in the neighborhood. He then removed to Western Ohio, and taught for six consecutive years. In 1865 he removed to Andrew County, MO., and purchasing a farm, followed farm- ing in the summer and teaching in the winter, which he continued until November, 1886, when he was elected, as a Republican, to the office of county court clerk of Andrew County. He was married October 20, 1867, to Margaret E. Clark, who was born in Clay County, MO., on October 15, 1845, and is the daughter of John A. Clark, a farmer of Andrew County, MO. To their union four children have been born, all of whom are living. Both our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Biographical Sketch of Eli Beaghler - Andrew County, Missouri From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888 Transcribed by: Penny Harrell ([email protected]) ********************************************************************** Eli Beaghler, a prominent citizen of Andrew County, MO., and clerk of the county court, was born near Fremont, Ohio, on April 7, 1843, and is the youngest of a family of eight sons born to Henry and Nancy (Chapman) Beaghler. Henry, the father, was a native of PA, and was born in 1807. About 1820 he removed to Ohio, where he successfully engaged in farming. He died in 1844, when our subject was but one year of age. Nancy, the mother, was born in Vermont, in 1807, and with her parents removed to Ohio. She died in 1872. Eli was reared at home, and acquired a good education in the schools of Fremont, Ohio. He remained on the farm until his fifteenth year, when he left home, and taught school for one year in the neighborhood. He then removed to Western Ohio, and taught for six consecutive years. In 1865 he removed to Andrew County, MO., and purchasing a farm, followed farm- ing in the summer and teaching in the winter, which he continued until November, 1886, when he was elected, as a Republican, to the office of county court clerk of Andrew County. He was married October 20, 1867, to Margaret E. Clark, who was born in Clay County, MO., on October 15, 1845, and is the daughter of John A. Clark, a farmer of Andrew County, MO. To their union four children have been born, all of whom are living. Both our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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