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Susan Poff Beasley

Birth: 22 Dec 1835 Wythe County, Virginia, USA

Death: 12 Apr 1909 (aged 73) Vergennes, Jackson County, Illinois, USA

Burial: Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA

Memorial #: 176110096

Bio: At the home of her son, J. B. Wisely in Vergennes at six o'clock Monday morning, occurred the death of Mrs. Susan Beasley, aged seventy-five years. She has been an invalid for several years. She was a resident of Vergennes township thirty or thirty-five years. Mrs. Beasley was a native of Virginia, and her first husband, Joel Wiseley, died in a southern prison for soldiers during the Civil war. Of this union the following children are living: Rufus and Isaac Wisely of Murphysboro, John Wisely, near this city, Add Wisely of Missouri, James and Harvey Wisely of Vergennes. After their removal to Vergennes she married Ben Beasley, and of this union the following children are living: Rev. Winton Beasley of Westfield, Ill. Charles Beasley of Vergennes and Mrs. Sarah Eversohl of this county. Mrs. Elizabeth Adkins of Anna and Mrs. Sarah Wyrick of Virginia are her sisters, and she leaves a brother in that state.

Funeral services at Vergennes and the remains will be brought to Murphysboro on the eleven o'clock train to Tower Grove cemetery. --Murphysboro Independent

Source: The Daily Free Press, Wednesday, April 14, 1909∼Married: Joel Solomon Wisely, 28 Feb 1850, Wytheville, Wythe Co., Virginia

Married: Benjamin Franklin Beasley, 11 Oct 1866 Wytheville, Wythe Co., Virginia.

Family Members

Parents

Charles Poff 1810-1881

Mary Polly Hedrick Poff 1807-1886

Spouse

Joel Solomon Wiseley 1827-1865

Siblings

Elizabeth Jane Poff Cornett 1836-1909

Harvey Sullins Poff 1841-1904

Martha Poff Huffman 1844-1923

Evaline Wampler Poff Miller 1844-1923

Sarah Elizabeth Poff Wyrick 1849-1938

Children

James Brown Wisely 1851-1936

Harvey C. Wisely 1852-1937

Adam H Wisely 1859-1931

Rufus Emory Wisely 1860-1941

John G. Wisely 1863-1912

Charles Beasley 1869-1943

Winton Beasley 1872-1936

Created by: Laura Whistle Cates Duncan (47619237)

Added: 7 Feb 2017

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176110096/susan-beasley

Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176110096/susan-beasley: accessed 15 July 2023), memorial page for Susan Poff Beasley (22 Dec 1835–12 Apr 1909), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176110096, citing Tower Grove Cemetery, Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Laura Whistle Cates Duncan (contributor 47619237).