ALGOMA RECORD, Friday, February 23, 1900: Neenah Doctor Dies - Dr. Joseph P. Beach Passes Away After a Long Illness--End of a Varied Career
Neenah, Wis., Feb. 20 - (Special) - Dr. Joseph P. Beach, one of Neenah's most prominent physicians, is dead. The end came last night after eleven weeks' strife against pneumonia and other complications. Mr. Beach was born July 25, 1849, at Sharon, O. He has had a varied career. A graduate of Lawrence, he taught school in this vicinity for some time. He then went to St. Louis to engage in the printing business. He next held the chair of mathematics in the university at Port Smith, Mo. He came back to Appleton and engaged in the newspaper business with Capt. J. N. Stone, and later with E. M. Platt, Sr., at Manitowoc. In 1888 he graduated from Hahneman college, Chicago, as a physician and moved to Neenah, where he has ever since resided and practiced. He was married in 1872 to Ella Vilas Platt of Manitowoc. Six children were born to them. Mrs. Beach died in 1889. Dr. Beach was again married in 1892 to Verne Irene Bullock of Whitewater. One son, Kenneth Parnell Beach, was born to them. The deceased is survived by a wife and six children, Mrs. Stephen Stiph, Roy, Alice, Lillian, Edwin and Kenneth Beach, and two sisters, Mrs. Hanna C. Hu__ of Rico, Colo. and Mrs. Emma Halsead of Neenah. The funeral will be held tomorrow under the auspices of the Woodmen.
ALGOMA RECORD, Friday, February 23, 1900: Neenah Doctor Dies - Dr. Joseph P. Beach Passes Away After a Long Illness--End of a Varied Career
Neenah, Wis., Feb. 20 - (Special) - Dr. Joseph P. Beach, one of Neenah's most prominent physicians, is dead. The end came last night after eleven weeks' strife against pneumonia and other complications. Mr. Beach was born July 25, 1849, at Sharon, O. He has had a varied career. A graduate of Lawrence, he taught school in this vicinity for some time. He then went to St. Louis to engage in the printing business. He next held the chair of mathematics in the university at Port Smith, Mo. He came back to Appleton and engaged in the newspaper business with Capt. J. N. Stone, and later with E. M. Platt, Sr., at Manitowoc. In 1888 he graduated from Hahneman college, Chicago, as a physician and moved to Neenah, where he has ever since resided and practiced. He was married in 1872 to Ella Vilas Platt of Manitowoc. Six children were born to them. Mrs. Beach died in 1889. Dr. Beach was again married in 1892 to Verne Irene Bullock of Whitewater. One son, Kenneth Parnell Beach, was born to them. The deceased is survived by a wife and six children, Mrs. Stephen Stiph, Roy, Alice, Lillian, Edwin and Kenneth Beach, and two sisters, Mrs. Hanna C. Hu__ of Rico, Colo. and Mrs. Emma Halsead of Neenah. The funeral will be held tomorrow under the auspices of the Woodmen.
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