Gideon Bearss Beardsley (1809 - 1852)

Born 22 Aug 1809 in Harpersfield Center, Delaware, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Titus) Beardsley — married 11 Nov 1830 in North Harpersville, Delaware, New York

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1852 at age 42 in Schoharie, New York

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Gideon Beardsley is a descendant of the immigrants William Beardsley and Mary Harvie.

Biography

Gideon Beardsley was born in 1809, and passed away in 1852. ^[1]

His son, Rev. Isaac Beardsley, writes in his Genealogy of the Beardsley Family:

"In the fall of 1839, when the author was a lad of eight years, he accompanied his father to call on the minister, Rev. Arad S. Lakin. An hour or more passed quickly. Tea was ready, and we were cordially invited to participate. Father politely declined. His eyes moistened when the devout minister and his little family sat down to their frugal meal of baked potatoes and salt, and invoked the Divine blessing.

After the tallow candle had ceased to burn in the parsonage, which was just across the street, a short, heavy-set man might have been seen marching toward the "Dominie's," carrying a heavy load of provisions, with an eight-year-old boy by his side, equally well loaded. At the parsonage the pantry window was gently raised, the sacks were carefully and noiselessly placed inside, the window closed, when two light hearts returned home to rest easily.

On the following morning, as we were sitting down to breakfast, the minister came hurriedly in, and after a pleasant "good morning," picked up the family Bible and read a chapter, then knelt and offered a most fervent prayer. All were in tears. Without another word he replaced the dear old book and returned to his home."

From Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America; 1902, by Isaac Haight Beardsley, p. 181.

Sources

1. ↑ Profile created by John Beardsley on 26 Jul 2014. Added information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann on Sunday, 26 Apr 2015.

• 1850 US Census : Summit, Schoharie, New York; Roll: M432_596; Page: 312B; Image: 228.
• Abstracts of wills of Delaware County, New York - Publisher: The Generations Network, Inc., Publisher Location: Provo, UT, Published Date: 2004
• Genealogical History of the Beardsley-lee Family in America - Isaac Haight Beardsley, 1902, John Dove Printer and Publisher
• Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Gideon Beardsley is Holt Record #689, Pg. 284.
• Find A Grave Memorial # 67750038: North Harpersfield Cemetery, North Harpersfield NY