BEARD, Ralph

Date of birth:  30 Jun 1890
Date of death: 27 Sep 1894 – Needham, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, September 28, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 12, page 1 column 5

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Death From Membranous Croup.

The four year old son of John Beard of Needham Station, died of mem­branous croup yesterday afternoon. The funeral will take place this afternoon at the residence. The burial will be at Se­cond Mount Pleasant Baptist Church under the direction of E. G. Barnhizer.

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Link to Ralph Beard’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 12, referencing Book H-17, page 8, records that Roy [sic] Beard, a four-year-old white male, died 26 Sep 1894 in Needham.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson