Tuscola-Lapeer-Saginaw County MI Archives Biographies.....Beebe, Frank M. 1840 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

FRANK M. BEEBE. One of the enterprising and go-ahead farmers of Arbela Township,
Tuscola County, is he whose name is given above. He is a native of New York, and
was born July 2, 1840. He is a son of Clinton H. and Caroline (Warner) Beebe,
both natives of New York. Our subject is one of nine children born to his
parents, there having been seven sons and two daughters. He was a goldsmith by
trade, but devoted himself throughout the greater portion of his life to
farming, making his trade an accessory to his other work.

  In 1843 the father of our subject came to Lapeer County, and settled on a farm
of forty acres which he cultivated for a number of years. Thence he removed to
Saginaw County, and finally located in Tuscola County, settling upon a farm in
Arbela Township, where he died in 1879. He was one of the pioneers of Lapeer
County, and was one of the very first to settle in Birch Run Township, Saginaw
County. Both he and his wife were devoted Methodists in their religious
convictions. The mother of our subject is still hale and hearty at the age of
ninety years, and lives in a house adjoining our subject.

  The original of our sketch was but two years of age when brought by his
parents to the Wolverine State. He resided at home until reaching his majority,
when he enlisted in Company E, Seventh Michigan Infantry, in 1861, and served
until the fall of 1863, when he received his honorable discharge. He was in the
battle of Ball's Bluff, was taken sick and sent to the hospital, being there
until his discharge. He was cook for the company for eighteen months. He came
home and in about one year, May 14, 1865, was married to Miss Fanny Hadstate, a
daughter of Hiram Hadstate, of Birch Run. He was an early settler in the
township, and still resides there. His wife died in the summer of 1891. He is a
farmer and combines with this the trades of blacksmith and gunsmith.

  Our subject and his wife have been the parents of three children, only one of
whom, however, is living, she being Carrie M. The deceased children are Blanche
and Etta M. Carrie, who married John Venest, of Arbela Township, resides in
Bayfield, Wis.; her husband is a carpenter by trade. In 1858 our subject
purchased a farm of forty acres, which he sold and then bought the forty acres
that he now owns, he has added to that forty acres, and has cleared and improved
forty-five acres of the tract and erected upon the place good buildings. He is
much interested in raising sheep and Poland-China hogs. He devotes himself to
general farming. Mr. Beebe belongs to James Bradley Post, No. 240, G. A. R. He
is a Republican in politics. Socially he belongs to the Patrons of Industry.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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