MASONIC INFORMATION:
"One Hundred Years of Masonry Day by Day" Bethesda Lodge No. 142 A.F.& A.M., Gilmer Texas, Doyal T. Loyd, Editor in Chief.
"Brother S.W. Beasley was born on July 4, 1809. The first written record of him was when he visited Bethesda Lodge on Nobember 12, 1853. We also found where he bought a large tract of land on Kelsey Creek in 1853. Brother Beasley affiliated with our Lodge on April 8, 1854, and from that time until his death, on March 12, 1872, he attended Lodge regularly, serving ten years as Treasurer, and held many other offices from time to time.
He must have been a man of wealth, because in searching the Upshur County records, we found fifty or sixty recordings in his name where he was buying and selling farms as well as city property.
His wife's name was Matilda. After Brother Beasley died, she transferred most of the property to Martin Beasley, who did not live long. When he died, the administrator of his estate referred to him as Martin Beasley, alias Martin Amos.
From Book L page 258 we find him referred to as S.W. Beasley, Special Deputy, U.S. Marshall, Western District of Texas.
He was buried in the city cemetery in Gilmer, on a large lot, and he is the only other person buried there. He has a nice grave marker with an iron picket fence around it.
"One Hundred Years of Masonry Day by Day" Bethesda Lodge No. 142 A.F.& A.M., Gilmer Texas, Doyal T. Loyd, Editor in Chief.
"Brother S.W. Beasley was born on July 4, 1809. The first written record of him was when he visited Bethesda Lodge on Nobember 12, 1853. We also found where he bought a large tract of land on Kelsey Creek in 1853. Brother Beasley affiliated with our Lodge on April 8, 1854, and from that time until his death, on March 12, 1872, he attended Lodge regularly, serving ten years as Treasurer, and held many other offices from time to time.
He must have been a man of wealth, because in searching the Upshur County records, we found fifty or sixty recordings in his name where he was buying and selling farms as well as city property.
His wife's name was Matilda. After Brother Beasley died, she transferred most of the property to Martin Beasley, who did not live long. When he died, the administrator of his estate referred to him as Martin Beasley, alias Martin Amos.
From Book L page 258 we find him referred to as S.W. Beasley, Special Deputy, U.S. Marshall, Western District of Texas.
He was buried in the city cemetery in Gilmer, on a large lot, and he is the only other person buried there. He has a nice grave marker with an iron picket fence around it.
MASONIC INFORMATION:
"One Hundred Years of Masonry Day by Day" Bethesda Lodge No. 142 A.F.& A.M., Gilmer Texas, Doyal T. Loyd, Editor in Chief.
"Brother S.W. Beasley was born on July 4, 1809. The first written record of him was when he visited Bethesda Lodge on Nobember 12, 1853. We also found where he bought a large tract of land on Kelsey Creek in 1853. Brother Beasley affiliated with our Lodge on April 8, 1854, and from that time until his death, on March 12, 1872, he attended Lodge regularly, serving ten years as Treasurer, and held many other offices from time to time.
He must have been a man of wealth, because in searching the Upshur County records, we found fifty or sixty recordings in his name where he was buying and selling farms as well as city property.
His wife's name was Matilda. After Brother Beasley died, she transferred most of the property to Martin Beasley, who did not live long. When he died, the administrator of his estate referred to him as Martin Beasley, alias Martin Amos.
From Book L page 258 we find him referred to as S.W. Beasley, Special Deputy, U.S. Marshall, Western District of Texas.
He was buried in the city cemetery in Gilmer, on a large lot, and he is the only other person buried there. He has a nice grave marker with an iron picket fence around it.
"One Hundred Years of Masonry Day by Day" Bethesda Lodge No. 142 A.F.& A.M., Gilmer Texas, Doyal T. Loyd, Editor in Chief.
"Brother S.W. Beasley was born on July 4, 1809. The first written record of him was when he visited Bethesda Lodge on Nobember 12, 1853. We also found where he bought a large tract of land on Kelsey Creek in 1853. Brother Beasley affiliated with our Lodge on April 8, 1854, and from that time until his death, on March 12, 1872, he attended Lodge regularly, serving ten years as Treasurer, and held many other offices from time to time.
He must have been a man of wealth, because in searching the Upshur County records, we found fifty or sixty recordings in his name where he was buying and selling farms as well as city property.
His wife's name was Matilda. After Brother Beasley died, she transferred most of the property to Martin Beasley, who did not live long. When he died, the administrator of his estate referred to him as Martin Beasley, alias Martin Amos.
From Book L page 258 we find him referred to as S.W. Beasley, Special Deputy, U.S. Marshall, Western District of Texas.
He was buried in the city cemetery in Gilmer, on a large lot, and he is the only other person buried there. He has a nice grave marker with an iron picket fence around it.
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