The youngest of the Beebe girls, Jessie Beebe was two years old when she died. She was the daughter of Rev. George and Minerva Beebe, the minister to the fishermen of the town of Gosport, Star Island. She contracted a disease (possibly diphtheria or scarlet fever) from her oldest sister, who had been attending school on the mainland. The same illness took the lives of three of the Beebe children.
∼2 years
∼2 years
The youngest of the Beebe girls, Jessie Beebe was two years old when she died. She was the daughter of Rev. George and Minerva Beebe, the minister to the fishermen of the town of Gosport, Star Island. She contracted a disease (possibly diphtheria or scarlet fever) from her oldest sister, who had been attending school on the mainland. The same illness took the lives of three of the Beebe children.
∼2 years
∼2 years
Gravesite Details
The three Beebe girls' graves are on the island, but outside the burial ground.
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