Ann, how far back does the Teague Chronicle go? Kay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Farnsworth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:06 AM Subject: [TXFREEST] S.W. Beene > Posted on: Freestone County Obituaries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/FreestoneObits/119 > > Surname: > ------------------------- > > No relation to me. > > The Teague Chronicle > > Nov. 30, 1917 > > S.W. BEENE > > Samuel W. Beene, aged 77 years, died at the family residence in the city > Monday evening of asthma, from which he had suffered for many years. The > remains were laid to rest in Salem cemetery four miles south of Teague > Tuesday afternoon. Eld. J.L. Walker conducted the religious ceremony and > the local Masonic lodge performed the ceremony of the order according to > the written request of deceased made on his death-bed. > > Mr. Beene leaves a wife and seven children, three daughters and four sons, > besides several brothers and other relatives. > > The following statement was made by Mr. Beene a few days before he died. > part of it was written in his own hand and the remainder was dictated to > his brother, Eld. J.L. Beene: > > "Some information for my family and others: Samuel W. Beene, son of Samuel > and Mary Beene, born in Marion county, Tenn., March 15, 1840. Joined Co. > H, 4th Regiment, Confederate Army in the year 1861. The writer professed > faith in Christ at the age of 32 years, Sept. 11,1872, and united with > the Baptist church at Morristown soon afterwards; was ordained a deacon > in the Baptist church in 1882 at the Irvin Chapel church house near Poolville, > Parker county, Texas. It is my request to receive Masonic burial and be > buried as nearly to my brother Obadiah, as possible. > > S.W. Beene" > > > > > ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== > Support free genealogy on the Internet. Join Rootsweb.com today. > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog > >