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Philetus Beverly

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Philetus Beverly

Birth
Oxford, Chenango County, New York, USA
Death
15 Oct 1921 (aged 104)
Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, USA
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Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Philetus Beverly, an Osage County pioneer, died Oct. 15, 1921 at Burlingame, Kan., age 104 years and eight months. He had been confined to his bed only two weeks prior to his death, although he had been quite feeble for the past year.

He was born in the village of Oxford, Chenango county, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1817, the seventh of a family of 12 children. His marriage to Lovisa Mix occurred there on March 13, 1838 and they were united for 69 years until her death in 1907. Soon after they migrated to western New York locating at South Bolivar, dangerously near the outposts of civilization in that early day. They were accompanied by his mother who resided with them permanently.

In 1844 they again journeyed westward and located on a government claim in Lake County, Ill., 30 miles from Chicago. In 1868 they again moved westward, settling permanently in Burlingame, Kan. Mr. Beverlv was licensed to preach in 1846.

Four of their nine children survived at his death: Dwight C. Beverly and Mrs. Ella C. Doty, of Burlingame; Milton Beverly of Three Rivers, Mich.; and Mrs. Lurenda B. Smith of Ottawa, Kan.

The Enterprise-Chronicle
Burlingame, Kansas
20 Oct 1921, Thu • Page 1

Contributor: Timeless (49197722)
Philetus Beverly, an Osage County pioneer, died Oct. 15, 1921 at Burlingame, Kan., age 104 years and eight months. He had been confined to his bed only two weeks prior to his death, although he had been quite feeble for the past year.

He was born in the village of Oxford, Chenango county, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1817, the seventh of a family of 12 children. His marriage to Lovisa Mix occurred there on March 13, 1838 and they were united for 69 years until her death in 1907. Soon after they migrated to western New York locating at South Bolivar, dangerously near the outposts of civilization in that early day. They were accompanied by his mother who resided with them permanently.

In 1844 they again journeyed westward and located on a government claim in Lake County, Ill., 30 miles from Chicago. In 1868 they again moved westward, settling permanently in Burlingame, Kan. Mr. Beverlv was licensed to preach in 1846.

Four of their nine children survived at his death: Dwight C. Beverly and Mrs. Ella C. Doty, of Burlingame; Milton Beverly of Three Rivers, Mich.; and Mrs. Lurenda B. Smith of Ottawa, Kan.

The Enterprise-Chronicle
Burlingame, Kansas
20 Oct 1921, Thu • Page 1

Contributor: Timeless (49197722)

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