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Submitted: 10/5/17 • Approved: 10/5/17 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R134674-G0-S3
Aug. 11, 1836 - June 18, 1926
He was a Mason.
This was found in a book titled "TEXAS RANGER INDIAN WAR PENSIONS" Abstracted By Robert W. Stephens (page 16). He was a Texas Ranger. BEACH, Ben F. (Ind. Sur. No. 15131}
Born in Pikeville, Tennessee. Married first "Martha Jane Gillentine, February 3, 1858; she died January 16, 1872. He married his second wife, Ella Wood.
Application based on service in Captain M.B. Loyd's company from May I, 1862, to July 1, 1863. Application rejected. The company in which Beach served was a part of McCord's Texas Frontier Regiment. Although the unit saw service against Indians on the frontier of West Texas during the War Between the States, its members did not qualify for a United States pension.
Cemetery is on private property.
[Photo credit Randy Johnston]
Contributed on 10/5/17 by tomannkill
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