Dr. Stephen Thomas Beasley (1840-1916)

Dr. Stephen Thomas Beasley Veteran

Birth

11 Mar 1840

Troup County, Georgia, USA

Death

4 Dec 1916 (aged 76)

Houston County, Texas, USA

Burial

Glenwood Cemetery

Crockett, Houston County, Texas, USA Add to Map

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By: W. D. Julian III History of Houston County
An excerpt.
DOCTOR Stephen Thomas Beasley
Doctor Stephen Thomas Beasley was born at LaGrande, Georgia, March 11th 1840, the son of Dr. William Parks Beasley and Louisa Edwards Beasley. He was educated at the University of Georgia and graduated in 1858. He first studied law and taught school for a while. He then entered The Jefferson Medical School in Philadelphia in 1859, and was among the seceding students, caused by John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry. He continued his medical education at Augusta, Georgia, then at Atlanta, Georgia, where he delivered the valedictory at his graduation. From there he went to New Orleans and became a private student of Doctors Schopin and Schupert, and was at the same time a student of the New Orleans School of Medicine, graduating in 1861.

He married Mary Kate Smith, daughter of John McCaw Smith and Elizabeth Williamson Moseley.
Their children were:
1. Bessie Kate Beasley
2. William Edwards Beasley
3. Harold Andrew Beasley
4. Lucille Virginia Beasley
5. Hugh Lawson Beasley
6. John Gordon Beasley, Sr.
7. Nell Beasley

Correction:

BEASLEY, STEPHEN THOMAS Born; 11 March 1840 Troup County, Georgia Died: 4 December 1916 Crockett, Houston County, Texas Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston County Spouse 1) Elizabeth "Betty" Crook, m. 1862; 2) Grace Smith, m. 1867; 3) Mary Kate Smith, m. 27 June 1874 Houston County Parents: William Park & Maria Louise (Edwards) Beasley Pension: Rejected Service: Assistant surgeon, Co. K, 13th Georgia Regiment, Gordon's Brigade; promoted to assistant surgeon 12 July 1861; resigned 1 April 1862; wounded at Whitmarsh Island below Savannah. Houston County health officer and mayor. Application rejected because he had too much property. Spouse: Wife's Pension Application; Houston County History, p. 251; Houston County In The Civil War by T. N. Mainer, p.100; Houston County Cemeteries, p. 327; Houston County Census: 1880; 1900, p. 80; 1910, p. 93; Ancestry.com; Rejected Confederate Pension Application;

Source of Correction: Judy Richards