Philetus Beverly, 1817–1921?> (aged 104 years)
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- Philetus /Beverly/
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Minister-Methodist Episcopal Church; 1850-1880 Farmer
Source: 1850 US Federal Census
Source: Descencents of John Beverly
Source: 1860 US Federal Census
Source: 1870 US Federal Census
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Source: 1850 US Federal Census
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Source: 1850 US Federal Census
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Source: 1860 US Federal Census
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Source: Descencents of John Beverly
Note: Died of pneumonia |
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Note: Evergreen Cemetery, Lot 3, Block H., Sec. 1 (Find A Grave Memorial# 73543528) |
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Note: Family Bible Record gives the date as 12 Apr 1865 |
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Source: 1870 US Federal Census
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Source: Descencents of John Beverly
Note: Also given as 5 Dec 1872 in William G. Cutler's HISTORY OF STATE OF KANSAS. The latter date is not probable as it is after the birth of their oldest son, Frank. |
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Methodist
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1817–1921
Birth: February 11, 1817
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— Oxford, Chenango, New York Death: October 15, 1921 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
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1817–1921
Birth: February 11, 1817
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— Oxford, Chenango, New York Death: October 15, 1921 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
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1814–1907
Birth: January 17, 1814
— Wells, Rutland, Vermont Death: March 3, 1907 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
Marriage | Marriage — March 13, 1838 — Bolivar, Allegeny, New York |
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1840–1926
Birth: July 20, 1840
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— South Bolivar, Allegeny, New York Death: September 2, 1926 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
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1842–1896
Birth: June 10, 1842
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— South Bolivar, Allegeny, New York Death: December 21, 1896 — Chicago, Cook, Illinois |
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1844–1927
Birth: February 26, 1844
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— South Bolivar, Allegeny, New York Death: October 23, 1927 — Ottawa, Franklin, Kansas |
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1846–1864
Birth: April 15, 1846
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— Illinois Death: December 29, 1864 — Fort Donelson, Stewart, Tennessee |
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1848–1937
Birth: August 3, 1848
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— Cuba, Lake, Illinois Death: February 17, 1937 — Three Rivers, St Joseph, Michigan |
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1851–1894
Birth: March 31, 1851
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— Cuba, Lake, Illinois Death: March 17, 1894 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
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1853–1943
Birth: November 18, 1853
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— Cuba, Lake, Illinois Death: January 17, 1943 — Burlingame, Osage, Kansas |
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1856–1856
Birth: March 5, 1856
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— Barrington Station, Lake, Illinois Death: March 13, 1856 — Barrington Station, Lake, Illinois |
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Source: 1870 US Federal Census
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Source: 1850 US Federal Census
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Source: 1860 US Federal Census
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Source: 1850 US Federal Census
Source: Descencents of John Beverly
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In the 1850 US Federal Census for Ela, Lake, Illinois, 34-year-old New York-born farmer Philetus and his 34-year-old New York-born [ Vermont-born] wife Lovisa [Mix] Beverly have in their household their children, 11-year-old Illinois-born Dwight C, 8-year-old Illinois-born Laura, 6-year-old Illinois-born Lorinda [Lurenda] M, 4-year-old Illinois-born Cassius and 2-year-old Illinois-born Milton. In the 1860 US Federal Census for Cuba, Lake, Illinois, 43-year-old New York-born farmer P. Beverly owns real estate valued at $12,000. He and his 46-year-old Vermont-born wife L. [Lovisa Mix] Beverly have in their household their children, 20-year-old New York-born Dwight C, 16-year-old Illinois-born Lurenda, 14-year-old Illinois-born Cashean [Cassius] E, 12-year-old Illinois-born Milton M, and 9-year-old Illinois-born Woodbury C, and Philetus mother, 74-year-old Sally [Curtis] Beverly. In the 1870 US Federal Census for Burlingame, Osage, Kansas, 54-year-old New York-born Philetus Beverly is a farmer with $6400 in real estate and $3000 in personal property. He and his 56-year-old Vermont-born wife, Louisa [Mix] Beverly have in their household their two youngest children, 22-year-old Milton and 16-year-old Ella (both born in Illinois), and 12-year-old Pennsylvania-born Daniel Davis, relationship unknown. From the Osage County, Kansas, Chronicle, transcribed by Virginia Barry: Obituary-- Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, Thursday, October 20, 1921 The Beverly family were among the pioneer citizens of this community and neither Burlingame nor the Beverlys have since had cause to regret the relationship. To recount the history of this good man, remarkable in so many respects, in an effort to catch a glimpse of the secret of his long and eventful and useful life, is very like scanning the pages of a good book. New lessons are learned by the oft-repeated reading of every good book, and the story of Father Beverly has never grown old to his friends. We have now come to the last chapter and there have been no regrets-only the pleasure and satisfaction of realizing that we all have had the privilege of reading so splendid and profitable a volume from the library of God's saints. His memory will forever be enshrined in the hearts of all whose lives have touched his in the century and four years in which he lived. Philetus Beverly was born in the village ofOxford, Chenago, New York, February 11, 1817, the seventh of a family of twelve children. His marriage to Lovisa Mix occurred there on March 13, 1838. Soon after they migrated to western New York locating at South Bolivar, that part of New York being dangerously near the outposts of civilization in that early day. There they did a bit of pioneering. Mr. Beverly also making a home for his mother from that time on. In 1844 they again journeyed westward and located on a government claim in Lake county, thirty miles from Chicago. In October, 1868 they again moved westward, locating at Burlingame which has since been their home. Mr. Beverly was licensed to preach in 1847, in 1850 joined the Rock River, Illinois conference and for many years was ranked as one of the forceful ministers in the Christian ministry. Mr. & Mrs. Beverly enjoyed a wedded life of sixty-nine years. To them were born nine children. Mrs. Beverly passed away on March 3, 1907. Four children survive, Dwight C. Beverly and Mrs. Ella C. Doty of this city, Milton Beverly of Three Rivers, Mich. And Mrs. Lurenda B. Smith of Ottawa, Kansas. Relatives here for the funeral were Mrs. Smith and her son Wallie C. Smith of Ottawa and daughter Mrs. Winnie Jones of Ottawa and Alonzo Beverly, a nephew, of Dundee, Illinois. Funeral services were held in the M. E. church on Monday afternoon, October 17, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Robt. Brown. Assisting clergymen were the local pastors, Rev. H. V. Clark of the Presbyterian church, and Rev. C. H. Owens and Rev. W. O. Showalter of the Baptist church; also the Methodist ministers residing hereabouts: Rev. John Cook and Rev. R. S. McCullough of Harveyville, Rev. J. A.Shuler of Scranton, Rev. E.C. Thorpe of Lyndon and Rev. T. A. Nichols of Osage City. The funeral discourse was delivered by Rev. Fred Bailey, presiding elder of the Kansas City, Kansas, District, a former pastor at Ottawa and long a personal friend of Father Beverly. His sermon was unique in that it differed from any other funeral sermon ever delivered in Burlingame. There was nothing funereal in any part of the service. The lessons Rev. Bailey drew from the life of the deceased will leave a lasting impression on the large number who were present at the funeral services. The floral offerings were very beautiful, many coming from Mr. Beverly's friends in Ottawa, where he spent a part of the time in recent years.REV. PHILETUS BEVERLY, 104 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS "Grandpa" Beverly died October 15, at his home in Burlingame, Kans., where he has lived for over 50 years. "Grandpa", he was affectionately known in Burlingame and Ottawa where he has been honored by the people of the whole community in each town on his birthdays for many years. When his funeral was held at the Methodist church in Burlingame, Monday afternoon, October 17, everything in town was closed and the whole community went to the funeral. Five generations of his immediate family were there and occupied one-third of the center section of seats. Dr. Fred M. Bailey, who was his pastor at Ottawa, had charge of the funeral and describes the scene as a "triumphant funeral." The Burlingame Enterprise said, "There was nothing funereal in this service, but everything was beautiful." This home paper also says of this great saint: "The Beverly family were among the pioneer citizens of this community and neither Burlingame nor the Beverly's have since had cause to regret the relationship. To recount the history of this good man, remarkable in so many respects, in an effort to catch a glimpse of the secret of his long and eventful and useful life, is very like scanning the pages of a good book. New lessons are learned by the oft-repeated reading of every good book, and the story of Father Beverly has never grown old to his friends. We have now come to the last chapter and there have been no regrets--only the pleasure and satisfaction of realizing that we all have had the privilege of reading so splendid and profitable a volume from the library of God's saints. His memory will forever be enshrined in the hearts of all whose lives have touched his in the century and four years in which he lived." Philetus Beverly was born February 11, 1817, in Oxford, Chenango County, N. Y., the seventh of a family of twelve. He has outlived the others by thirty-five years. When only 18 years of age he became responsible for the mother and the other eleven children, responsibility he assumed with love and fidelity. He has told Dr. Bailey, whom he greatly loved, in Ottawa, that his long life was due to the scripture obedience: "Honor thy Father and Mother that thy days may be long." Truly he obeyed. He was married to Miss Louisa [sic. Lovisa] Mix, in 1838, and they lived together in happiness for sixty-nine years, a longer time than the allotted life for most folks. To them were born nine children, of whom four survive: D. C. Beverly, the oldest, is 82 years, Mrs. Lurenda Smith, of Ottawa, a national officer of the W. C. T.U., is 79 years, Milton Beverly, of Michigan, is 76, and Mrs. Ella Doty, of Burlingame, is 74. In 1844, the Beverlys, who had some years before, migrated to Western New York, started overland to Illinois, then a new state. They settled within 30 miles of what is now Chicago, then a little village in swampy territory and about 2,000 inhabitants with no railroads. In fact the first road built out of Chicago went through Mr. Beverly's homestead. They were here during the Civil War and while at that time Mr. Beverly was too old to enter the army, he gave three sons and three sons-in-law. It seems rather strange for us to think of a man just now dead who was too old to enter the army in the Civil War. but his life dates back to some very early days. He remembered Fulton's steamboat being called "Fulton's Folly." He paid ten cents a dozen for his first matches in Bolivar, N.Y. He moved overland to Burlingame, Kans. in 1868, and settled beyond the railroad again, the Santa Fe at that time terminating at Topeka. Those were pioneer days in Kansas and the buffalo still roamed the prairies. In all his life he never paid a cent of rent. For 81 years Brother Beverly was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and since the early sixties a licensed local preacher. When he was over 100 years his license was renewed by the Burlingame Quarterly Conference and he that year officiated at the wedding of his great-granddaughter. He began to use a cane intermittently when 101 years old, but never used it continuously. When 101 years of age he assisted Dr. Bailey, then pastor at Ottawa, in the Communion service. When he was 94 the family began to keep a book of clippings and notations of successive birthdays for by that time Ottawa, where he spent part of the time with his daughter as well as Burlingame, delighted to do him honor. but when he was 102 the book was full and they quit. He seemed to have no particular age germs operating in him. Sight, hearing, and health were all good. And finally his death resulted from broken tissues from an injury received in falling. A life of rectitude, plenty of work, clean, clear, honorable living, crowned with honor and over or all his fellows, he came to the end of his many days in peace and the sunrise of yet another and this time infinite day was the sign of moving on to eternity.Obituary--Osage City Free Press, Osage City, Osage County, Kansas, Thursday, October 20, 1921 Burlingame, Kan., Oct. 15--The Rev. Philetus Beverly, a retired M. E. minister, lacking but three months of being 105 years, died here today at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Doty. Born at Oxford, N. Y., on February 11, 1817, married in 1838, and enjoying a wedded life of sixty-nine years, the Rev. Mr. Beverly was a pioneer in western New York eighty years ago; a pioneer near Chicago seventy-five years ago and in Kansas fifty-three years ago. he had been a member of the Methodist church for ninety-one years and a minister for sixty years. He leaves sixty-two living descendants. Always in Best of health. For several years "Grandpa" Beverly, as he was more commonly known, held open house at the home of his daughter in Burlingame. Last February 11, which proved to be the last reception of that kind, scores of friends came in to join the relatives. Went to Old Home to Die. The Rev. Beverly was married in 1838 to Louisa [sic.] Mix, of Wells, Vt. Mrs. Beverly died in 1907. |
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