Forrest William Beers (1863 - 1940)

Born 1 Jan 1863 in Momence, Kankakee, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Emma (Comstock) Beers — married 5 Jul 1899 in Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States

Died 4 Mar 1940 at age 77 in Parkville, Platte County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Dr. Forrest William Beers was born 1 Jan 1863 at Momence, Kankakee County, Illinois, United States, son of Montgomery Beers and Sarah Morrison; married in 1899 at Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash county, Indiana, USA, to Mary Emma Comstock,^[1] born 18 Jan 1870 in Indiana, USA, died 1 Jan 1946, daughter of Rev William Comstock (1832–1875) and Elizabeth B. (Place) Comstock (1834–1916: buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, USA.^[2]

Children:

• Lowell Comstock Beers, b. 3 Jan 1901, died 1949 at Los Angeles California, USA; married at Wabash, Noble Township, Wabash County, Indiana to Eva Huff. ^[3]
• Miriam Monson Beers, b. 23 Feb 1910. ^[4]
• Winifred Leigh Beers; married ____ Hartwell.

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KL-TXW : Sun Mar 10 21:03:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Forest W Beers and Mary E Comstock, 1899.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31240479/forrest_william-beers: accessed May 6, 2024), memorial page for Dr Forrest William Beers (1863–4 Mar 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31240479, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Liberty Mills, Wabash County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Ricky Hester SR (contributor 50841141).
3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27KH-Y2R : Wed Mar 06 03:47:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Lowell C Beers and Eva B Hoff, 13 Jun 1924.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:271F-6MT : 11 May 2022), Forest William Beers in entry for Miriam Monison Beers, 1910.

• Regan, Mary Louise, compiler, The Beers Genealogy, Volume Two, The descendants of Anthony Beers of Fairfield, Connecticut through his son, John, (Palatine, Illinois: Francis. A. Regan, 1974) p. 119.

• "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8NS-KPS : Tue Mar 05 04:42:27 UTC 2024), Entry for William Morrison and Mary Morrison, 1870. Athens, Greene, New York, United States.
• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ8H-4YP : Fri Mar 08 07:46:30 UTC 2024), Entry for William Morrison and William O. Morrison, 1880. Athens, Greene County, New York, United States. on grandfather's farm, with brother Elden Beers, an orphan.
• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS7X-K1M : Thu Apr 11 19:38:57 UTC 2024), Entry for Forrest W Beers and Mary C Beers, 1900. Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5Z6-L75 : Sun Mar 10 02:34:49 UTC 2024), Entry for Forest W Beers and Mary C Beers, 1910. Manhattan Ward 18, New York, New York, United States.
• "New York State Census, 1915", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9N7-KG5 : 4 June 2022), Forrest W. Beers, 1915. Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, United States
• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8C5-M55 : Sat Mar 09 04:27:55 UTC 2024), Entry for Forrest W Beers and Mary E Beers, 1920. Pettis Township, Platte County, Missouri, United States.