Anthony Percival "Peter" Beach, son of
Ebenezer
Beach and
Sally A
(Sarah) Kelly,
was born
November 9, 1836 in
Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and
died
September 16, 1918 in
Bloomington, Franklin County, Nebraska.
He married
Ann Philura Shiner
on May 23, 1861 in
Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Other events in the life of Anthony Percival Beach
(also see 50th wedding anniversary article and family history)
Occupations : Owned a sawmill and farmed in Bradford County, Pa
and then farmed
and raised cattle in Franklin County,
Nebraska.
He was appointed to be the postmaster of Ashgrove, Franklin
County, NE in March 1876.
Residences: In 1860, Peter was head of household in West
Burlington living with his three youngest brothers, James,
Alonzo and Horatio. Peter Beach was raised in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania were he met and married Ann Shiner. There
they had four children before moving to Nebraska in 1873.
They made this journey by train as far as Kearney, NE and then
by covered wagon to Ashgrove Township, Franklin, County.
Here they homestead land (see
location and
land patent) and purchased additional land in the adjacent
township (see
deed). The initial residence was a sod house built by
Peter on their land claim. Late in life, the moved in with
their daughter, Susan Beach Rogers, after her husband, Jonathon
died in early 1917.
Burial :
Moline Cemetery, Ash Grove, Franklin County, Nebraska.
Ann Philura Shiner,
daughter of
Lewis Shiner and
Eliza Ann Taylor, was born
October 19,1842 in Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and died
August
22, 1918 in Norton, Norton County, Kansas.
Other events in the life of Ann Philura Shiner
Occupations : House and farm wife.
Residences: When she was
four years old her mother died five days after giving birth to
her brother, William P. Shiner. For the next six years she
lived with her maternal grandmother until her father remarried.
Burial: Moline Cemetery,
Ash Grove Township, Franklin County, NE
Children of Anthony "Peter" Beach and Ann Philura Shiner
Eliza Sarah Beach
was born
April
4, 1862 and died on
September 23, 1888
near
Ash Grove, Franklin Co, NE.
Lura Elizabeth
Beach
was born
November 6,
1863 and died
August 16, 1851
in
Franklin County, Nebraska.
Susan Mary
Beach
was born
July 15,
1866 and died
October 8, 1932. See married
Carl Frederick on
March 26, 1893.
Warren Lewis Beach
was born
July 27, 1872 in
Burlington, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania and died
September 11, 1936. He married
Mary Jane Treat on
March 14, 1894.
Caroline "Carrie"
Beach
was born
September 8,1874
in Nebraska. She married
Andrew M Pitt on
June
30, 1909.
Charles H. Beach
was born
March 9, 1877
in Naponee, Nebraska and died
September 23, 1900 in Manilla, Phillipines. He enlisted in
the Army for the Spanish American war, contracted typhoid fever
and died from complications.
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