Monday, August 1, 2011

Benjamin Franklin Beahm 1849-1914

Benjamin Franklin Beahm age 71 years died Tuesday 10 Nov 1914,  from a complication of diseases at Thronton's Gap, Page, Va.
Born 27 Nov 1849, Rappahannock Co., Va., he was the son of Jacob M. Beahm and Mary Ann Shenk Beahm.   Mr Beahm enlisted as a private 05 Apr 1862 in Company H ("Page Grays"), 33rd Virginia Infantry.  He was wounded-in-action 03 May 1863 in elbow, age 19.  He never recovered from the wound and was forced to retire to the Invalid Corps 25 Nov 1864.  He was a farmer and a a tollgate keeper.
Wife - Josephine Butler.  Children - Mrs. I.E. Stomback, Mamie Brown, Mrs. George Atkins, Charles, Robert, John F. (of Philadelphia) & Jacob Beahm of New York. 
Interment in family graveyard, Beahm Family Cemetery, Shenandoah National Park, Page Co., Va.