The Shelbyville News
Monday September 16, 1974
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HENRY BEARD DIES IN HOSPITAL
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Henry I. Beard, 76, Fairland, died today, Major Hospital.
Former resident of Franklin and Nineveh.
Retired employee of the former New York Central Railroad Beech Grove Shops.
Several nieces and nephews survive.
Preceded in death by four brothers
and sisters, William and Ira Beard, Mrs. Anna Cornutt and
Mrs. Oda
Stroup.
Murphy Mortuary, with burial in Fairland
Cemetery.
Contributed by Barb Huff
Summarized by Phyllis Miller Fleming
A Johnson County
Newspaper
Tuesday November 22, 1949
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MRS. LYDIA BEARD
DIES AT HOSPITAL
(Fairland, November 21)
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Mrs. Lydia Beard, wife of Henry I. Beard, died in Johnson
County Memorial Hospital, Monday morning at 3:31 o’clock.
Ill for the past three years, Mrs. Beard’s condition became critical three
days ago and Sunday night she was admitted to the hospital.
Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Fairland Methodist church. Burial will take place in Greenlawn cemetery.
The body has been taken from the Flinn funeral home at Franklin to the late
residence at Fairland where friends may call at any time. They are invited to
attend the rites.
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RESIDED IN FRANKLIN
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Mrs.
Beard was the daughter of George and Georgia Ann Basey and was born in
Shelby county on July 9, 1883. With the exception of 15 years when she was a
resident of Franklin, Mrs. Beard had spent her entire life in Shelby county.
She was married to William
Dodd in [November 21] 1899 and seven children were born to this union.
Mr.
Dodd died in 1918 and on August 9, 1929, she was united in marriage to Mr.
Beard, who survives.
Other survivors include
five daughters, Mrs. Pearl Perry, of Shelbyville; Mrs. Sarah Ward,
of Sellersburg; Mrs. Helen Rouse, of Fairland; and Mrs. Mable Jones,
of Franklin. Three children preceded their mother in death.
Two sisters, Mrs.
Myrtle Anderson of Fairland; Mrs. Lucy Mohr, of Glenflore,
Wisconsin; two brothers, Sanford Basey, Artie Basey, of Fairland; 19
grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren also remain.
In her girlhood Mrs.
Beard united with a United Brethern church.
Contributed by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Friday, August 6, 1920
Page 1, column 3
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VERY LONG LIFE
REACHED THE END
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Mrs. Elizabeth Beard Died In Marietta
Today At the Age Of 85 Years
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LIVED HERE HALF CENTURY
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Mrs. Elizabeth Beard, widow of Eli Beard,
died at her home in Marietta Friday morning at 11:30 o'clock. Her age was 85 years. Her death was due to a complication
of ailments largely due to old age. Mrs. Beard was born in Muskingham county, Ohio, and lived in this county
full 50 years, thirty of these years having been passed in Marietta. Her husband died two months ago at the advanced
age of 82 years. They were married more than 60 years. Her daughters living are Mrs. William Davis, at
whose home she died and Mrs. George Anderson, of this city. The sons are George Beard, of Indianapolis;
Pierce Beard, of Viola, Illinois, and James Beard who lives in Colorado. Twenty grand children
and 13 great grand children survive. Mrs. Beard was a member of the M. E. church at Marietta, with which congregation she worshipped as along as her health permitted. H. A. Hageman, of the Morris Sleeth undertaking parlors, was called. No arrangements were made today for the funeral.
Submitted by Barb Huff
The Shelbyville Republican
Saturday, June 12, 1920
Page 1 column 4
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ELI BEARD
DEAD NEAR MARIETTA
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Death, Which Occurred Friday Afternoon,
Was Caused By Senility
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NEAR MARIETTA 40 YEARS
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Eli Beard, age eighty-three years, and for
forty years a resident of the Marietta community, died Friday afternoon, at three-thirty o'clock, at his home.
Senility was the cause of death. Mr. Beard was a native of Ohio. He was born December 18, 1836. He was married
in Ohio, and later moved with his wife to this county. He was a member of the Methodist Protestant church, at
Marietta. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Beard; three sons, Pierce Beard,
of Illinois; James Beard, of Colorado; and George Beard, of Indianapolis; two daughters, Mrs.
Emma Anderson, of Shelbyville, and Mrs. William Davis, of Marietta; and three brothers, Isaac,
Jasper and Charles Beard, all of Illinois. Funeral services will be conducted Monday morning at
ten o'clock at the M. P. church in Marietta, the Rev. J. C. Coons, officiating.
Submitted by Barb Huff
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