BEEBE, Dr. James
Date of death: 18 Feb 1899 – Whiteland, Johnson County, Indiana
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, February 24, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 33, page 1 column 5
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Death of Dr. Beebe.
Dr. James Beebe, of Whiteland, after a brief illness, died Saturday evening. He had acted as agent at Whiteland for the J. M. & I. since 1875, and was well and favorably known.
He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1827. In 1850 he began the study of medicine, graduating from the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. He came to this state, first settling in Shelby County, where he practiced, but soon removed to Rocklane. He became a resident of Whiteland in 1868, where he continued to reside until his death.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at ten o’clock under the auspices of Franklin lodge F. & A. M. Burial at Greenwood.
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Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry
The People’s Paper, Whiteland, Indiana
Friday, February 24, 1899
Dr. James Beebe of Whiteland, who has been ill only a few days, died Saturday evening.
Dr. James Beebe was born in Clermont County, Ohio, Sept. 7th, 1827. He was reared on a farm in his native county, and received a liberal education. In 1850 he took up the study of medicine, and during the winter of 1852–53, he attended a course of lectures in the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati. He also attended a course of lectures in that institution during the spring of 1853. He then came to this state, and after spending a short time in Shelby County, he came to this county, and engaged in the practice of medicine at Clarsburg. In 1857 he retired from practice and spent some time in Hendricks County. In 1861 he returned and resumed his practice of medicine in this county, and from from this time to the year 1868 he resided in the country. In March, 1865, he enlisted in the army and was mustered in as a private in Company E, 148th Indiana Infantry, but soon was promoted to the rank of Assistant Surgeon. He received an honorable discharge Sept. 5th, 1865, at Indianapolis. In 1868, Dr. Beebe removed from his farm to Whiteland, where he has resided ever since. August, 1875, he was chosen agent for the J. M. & I. Railway, and was acting in that capacity up to the time of his illness.
Dr. Beebe was married in January, 1853, to Prescilla Beeler. They have one child, Joseph D. Beebe, who for a number of years was train dispatcher on the Jeff. Dr. Beebe was a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Methodist Church.
The funeral occurred Tuesday morning at ten o’clock and Franklin Lodge, No. 107, F. & A. M., had charge. Burial was at the Greenwood Cemetery.
Taken from Dr. James Beebe’s Find A Grave memorial.