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Collection Title CL 81 Beers Family Letters Creator Booth Library
Processed By Katie Button
Date Completed: April 2009
Provenance: The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library by Mary E. Burke in 2001.
Terms: Correspondence - Beers; Elmira (N.Y.); Genealogy - Beers; Monmouth (IL); United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865
Historical:
Beers Family- The Beers family first arrived in Elmira in 1815 with Jabez H. Beers (1794-1860) and his wife, Rebecca Wood Beers (1796-1849). The couple's children were Susan (1815), John W. (1817-1840), George H. (1819-1843), Thomas W. (1821), Eliza (1822), William (1825), Mary Ann (1826), Edmund O. (1829-1913), Amanda (1831), Francis, Jacob H. (1835), Joseph D. (1836) and Elsie (1840). Of the girls, Susan married Clarence Norwood, Eliza married Edwin Oliver, Mary Ann married William Lowman, Amanda married John Davidson, Francis married Orlando Smith and Elise married Dr. E.S. Terry.

Of the sons, Thomas moved to Illinois with his family during the 1850s. During the Civil War, Edmund, Jacob and Joseph all served. Edmund was a captain in the 50th NY Engineers during the war and later served with the Thirtieth Seperate Company and eventually retired with the rank of General.
Scope: The Beers Family Letters Collection contains letters from various members of the extended Beers family to each other dating from between 1847 to 1800 with the bulk of them coming from the 1850s and 1860s.
Extent .5 linear feet
Date Span 1847-1886
Abstract This collection contains Beers Family correspondence from 1847 to 1880.

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Title Document Box Number Folder Number Location
Letter to William Beers from Hattie telling of a family celebration, July 5. Letter 01 01 01
Letter to William and Mary Beers from Susan Norwood concerning the death of their child, June 27. Letter 01 01 02
Letter to William H. Beers from Susan Norwood concerning family news, October 31. Letter 01 01 03
Letter to William Beers from J.D.Beers regarding grocery prices and weather in Illinois, August 25. Letter 01 01 04
Letter To William Beers from J.D. Beers concerning his health and travels, October 18. Letter 01 01 05
Letter to William H. Beers from J.L. Beers concerning an abolitionst lecture, March 23. Letter 01 01 06
Letter to Williams H. Beers from J.H. Beers concerning family news, November 4, 1847. Letter 01 02 01
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from C.O. Beers asking William to some financial errands for him, August 11, 1850. Letter 01 03 01
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from J.H. Beers concerning family news and financial errands, August 25, 1850. Letters 01 03 02
Letter to William H. Beers from his father J.H. Beers concerning family news, September 22,1850. Letter 01 03 03
Letter to William H. Beers from his father J.H. Beers concerning William's plans to marry, October 13, 1850. Letter 01 03 04
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H. Beers with family news, October 13, 1850. Letter 01 03 05
Letter to William H. Beers from father J.H.Beers concerning family news, October 23, 1850 Letters 01 03 06
Newspaper Clipping regarding a plot to murder the cabinet and Vice President., April 17, 1865. Newspaper Clipping 01 03 07
Letter to George H. and William H.Beers from J.H. Beers concerning financial difficulties, January 25, 1852. Letter 01 04 01
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H.Beers concerning family news, February 15, 1852. Letter 01 04 02
Letter to William H. Beers from Thomas W. Beers concerning business finances, April 4,1853. Letter 01 05 01
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H. Beers with family news, May 1, 1853. Letter 01 05 02
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H.Beers with family news, May,16 1853. Letter 01 05 03
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from J.H.Beers concerning troubles at work, August 28, 1853. Letter 01 05 04
Letter to William Beers from his sister Amanda concerning the death of a child and the O'Donohue hanging, September 9, 1853. Letter 01 05 05
Letter from Charles Norwood to his grandfather J.H. Beers concerning family news, August 16, 1854. Letter 01 06 01
Letter to William H. Beers from brother J.W. Beers concerning their father's trip to Monmouth, Illinois, September 10, 1854. Letter 01 06 02
Letter to William H. Beers from father J.H. Beers with an account of his journey to Monmouth, Illinois, September 17, 1854. Letter 01 06 03
Letter to Susan Norwood from J.H. Beers concerning farming in Monmouth, Illinois, October 1, 1854. Letter 01 06 04
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Collection Title	CL 81 Beers Family Letters	Creator	Booth Library
Processed By	Katie Button
Date Completed:	April 2009
Provenance:	The items in this collection were donated to the Booth Library by Mary E. Burke in 2001.
Terms:	Correspondence - Beers; Elmira (N.Y.); Genealogy - Beers; Monmouth (IL); United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865
Historical:	Beers Family- The Beers family first arrived in Elmira in 1815 with Jabez H. Beers (1794-1860) and his wife, Rebecca Wood Beers (1796-1849). The couple's children were Susan (1815), John W. (1817-1840), George H. (1819-1843), Thomas W. (1821), Eliza (1822), William (1825), Mary Ann (1826), Edmund O. (1829-1913), Amanda (1831), Francis, Jacob H. (1835), Joseph D. (1836) and Elsie (1840). Of the girls, Susan married Clarence Norwood, Eliza married Edwin Oliver, Mary Ann married William Lowman, Amanda married John Davidson, Francis married Orlando Smith and Elise married Dr. E.S. Terry. Of the sons, Thomas moved to Illinois with his family during the 1850s. During the Civil War, Edmund, Jacob and Joseph all served. Edmund was a captain in the 50th NY Engineers during the war and later served with the Thirtieth Seperate Company and eventually retired with the rank of General.
Scope:	The Beers Family Letters Collection contains letters from various members of the extended Beers family to each other dating from between 1847 to 1800 with the bulk of them coming from the 1850s and 1860s.
Extent	.5 linear feet
Date Span	1847-1886
Abstract	This collection contains Beers Family correspondence from 1847 to 1880.

Title	Document	Box Number	Folder Number	Location

Letter to William Beers from Hattie telling of a family celebration, July 5.	Letter	01	01	01
Letter to William and Mary Beers from Susan Norwood concerning the death of their child, June 27.	Letter	01	01	02
Letter to William H. Beers from Susan Norwood concerning family news, October 31.	Letter	01	01	03
Letter to William Beers from J.D.Beers regarding grocery prices and weather in Illinois, August 25.	Letter	01	01	04
Letter To William Beers from J.D. Beers concerning his health and travels, October 18.	Letter	01	01	05
Letter to William H. Beers from J.L. Beers concerning an abolitionst lecture, March 23.	Letter	01	01	06
Letter to Williams H. Beers from J.H. Beers concerning family news, November 4, 1847.	Letter	01	02	01
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from C.O. Beers asking William to some financial errands for him, August 11, 1850.	Letter	01	03	01
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from J.H. Beers concerning family news and financial errands, August 25, 1850.	Letters	01	03	02
Letter to William H. Beers from his father J.H. Beers concerning family news, September 22,1850.	Letter	01	03	03
Letter to William H. Beers from his father J.H. Beers concerning William's plans to marry, October 13, 1850.	Letter	01	03	04
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H. Beers with family news, October 13, 1850.	Letter	01	03	05
Letter to William H. Beers from father J.H.Beers concerning family news, October 23, 1850	Letters	01	03	06
Newspaper Clipping regarding a plot to murder the cabinet and Vice President., April 17, 1865.	Newspaper Clipping	01	03	07
Letter to George H. and William H.Beers from J.H. Beers concerning financial difficulties, January 25, 1852.	Letter	01	04	01
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H.Beers concerning family news, February 15, 1852.	Letter	01	04	02
Letter to William H. Beers from Thomas W. Beers concerning business finances, April 4,1853.	Letter	01	05	01
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H. Beers with family news, May 1, 1853.	Letter	01	05	02
Letter to William H. Beers from J.H.Beers with family news, May,16 1853.	Letter	01	05	03
Letter to Mr. William H. Beers from J.H.Beers concerning troubles at work, August 28, 1853.	Letter	01	05	04
Letter to William Beers from his sister Amanda concerning the death of a child and the O'Donohue hanging, September 9, 1853.	Letter	01	05	05
Letter from Charles Norwood to his grandfather J.H. Beers concerning family news, August 16, 1854.	Letter	01	06	01
Letter to William H. Beers from brother J.W. Beers concerning their father's trip to Monmouth, Illinois, September 10, 1854.	Letter	01	06	02
Letter to William H. Beers from father J.H. Beers with an account of his journey to Monmouth, Illinois, September 17, 1854.	Letter	01	06	03
Letter to Susan Norwood from J.H. Beers concerning farming in Monmouth, Illinois, October 1, 1854.	Letter	01	06	04
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