Pvt. Edgar D. Beebe

Pvt. Edgar D. Beebe

       From the Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. Edgar beebe

Co. C       3rd Ill. Inft.

Died – May 16, 1898
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin
Location – Lot 12, Soldiers Reserve
Issued a Gov't. Headstone

       From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report

Co. G       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.
Enlisted – April 26, 1898
Mustered In, May 7, 1898 at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Ill.
Remarks – Died may 16, 1898 at Springfield, Ill.

       From the Illinois Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916
Name – Ed Beebe * Born – about 1876 * Gender – Male * Aged – 22 years * Death Date – May 16, 1898 * Death Place – Springfield, Sagamon county, Ill.

       From the Find a Grave Index
Name – Edgar D. Beebe * Birth – 1875 * Where – Iowa * Death – ay 16, 1898 * Cemetery – Bluff City Cemetery * Place – Elgin, Cook county, Ill.

       From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – May 15, 1898
Location – Post hospital, Camp, Springfield, Ill.
Aged – 22 / 10 / 0
Permit #699
Interred – May 18, 1898
Location – Lot 12, GAR, east 2', south 2'
Cause of Death – Spinal Meningitas (sic)
Condition – Male / White / Single
Undertaker retained – Momer Bunker
Physician – George W. Kra, Springfield, Ill.
Parents – O. r. Beebe & Angie

       From the Bluff City Cemetery files;
Lot – 12 * Section – GAR * Grave – 1 * Interment No. - 1 * Date – May 18, 1898 * Head of Grave from – South line 2', East line 1'

        Obit – May 16, 1898 issue of the Elgin Daily News
     Edgar D. Beebe, member of Co. G, Third regiment, is being brought home by his mother dead..Sundays telegram was received by his parents from the surgeon in charge of St. John's hospital, Springfield saying that “Edgar was dangerously sick.   Come!”   It is understood spinal meningitis was the cause of his death.   Mrs. Beebe and Miss Maud McMaster started on the first train.   Today at noon, Mr. Beebe received a telegram saying they would be home on the limited with the body.
     Edgar was 22 years old the eighth of July.   He joined the guards from Woodstock.   Further particulars are not obtainable at this time.   It is probable that the sad company will reach Elgin at 6:35.
     The consequences of the war are coming very near to us.   Not the News only, but the entire city of Elgin tender to Mr. And Mrs. Beebe their heart-felt sympathy.   The young man was brave, patriotic, and was one of the first to respond to the call of his country.   Since going to Springfield he had been attached to the hospital service.
     A telegram from Springfield this afternoon says Edgar died Sunday night before his mother arrived.

       From the Bluff City Cemetery Find A Grave files
Born - 1875 in Iowa
Died - May 16, 1898 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Ill.
       Died in Springfield, Ill. Military hospital (Camp Tanner) from battle injuries incurred in Puerto Rico during the Spanish American War.
       Note;
This information is incorrect as he died before the Regiment left for Puerto Rico.