Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Beeson, Welborn April 29, 1893
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Talent (Oregon) News, 15 May 1893, p. 2-3
Welborn Beeson, a brief account of whose untimely death on April 29th, was 
given in last issue of the News, was born in La Salle county, Illinois, July 
22nd, 1836. His parents were natives of England but had resided many years in 
the United States and were thoroughly imbued with the spirit of American 
institutions. In 1853, Welborn, with his parents crossed the plains to Oregon, 
arriving at what was then known as Ford Wagner in August of that year. Soon 
after, his father purchased Mr. Walton’s claim on Wagner creek...moved onto 
the same on the 6th of September. On this farm the subject of this memoir 
lived the remainder of his life. In 1866 he married Mary C. Brophy. Four sons 
and four daughters survive him, as follows in the order of their ages: 
Emmette, Welborn Jr., Jessie E., John D., Fannie E., Annie W., Kate and Carl 
R.,; the eldest being 26 and the youngest 4 years of age. Mr. Beeson was a 
self-taught surveyor...During the War of the Rebellion he was appointed a 2nd 
lieutenant in a company of Oregon volunteers but his regiment was never called 
out of the county. [The remainder of the article consists of a discussion of 
Mr. Beeson’s beliefs regarding spiritualism and life in the hereafter.]

Additional Comments:
[Transcriber’s note–This is a very lengthy obituary, spanning two newspaper 
pages, so has been extracted rather than transcribed as is.] 

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