Mrs. Andie R. Beazell obituary, Herald Star, Steubenville, Ohio, 12 February 1937. Transcribed by Candice Buchanan.
"Mrs. J. W. Beazell Dies At High Street 'Retreat'
Member of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs to Ill Health -- Prominent in Social Life for Years
Mrs. Andie R. Beazell, died at the 'Retreat,' 221 South High street, on Friday morning. She had been in failing health for some time. She was the widow of Col. John W. Beazell, an officer in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil War.
Mrs. Beazell who was born in Steubenville, January 2, 1852, came of Revolutionary ancestors, her father being an early and prominent resident of this city. He was Rev. Zachariah Connell Ragan, a Methodist Protestant minister who in 1855 established a Republican and an anti-slavery newspaper in Steubenville. The paper survived several years and Mrs. Beazell had preserved entire the bound volumes of the 'True American.' Her mother was Martha, daughter of Colonel Buchanan of Waynesburg, Pa.
The handsome old time residence where Mrs. Beazell had lived for sixty years was once the home of Rev. Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty, the first head and founder of Steubenville Female Seminary. Mrs. Beazell was one of the graduates of the Seminary and had a sentimental interest in the institution, long since having ceased to operate.
During the life of her husband Mrs. Beazell and her daughters made the 'Retreat' a real center of social activities, over which Mrs. Beazell reigned in queenly fashion. Her seminary training as well as her fine ancestral inheritance, in addition to her charm of personality, fitted her to preside over brilliant social gatherings to the manner born.
Her interest in the Seminary led her to purchase the school auditorium, and remodel it into apartments. She had a room set apart to preserve portraits and relics of the Seminary and make of it a shrine for graduates and their children to visit. Lack of cooperation caused the project to fall through.
Mrs. Beazell and her husband were generous and charitable, and hospitality was ever in evidence in their home. She was ever throughout her long life held in high esteem by all who knew her, and she was a true gentlewoman. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Two children survive, Martha wife of J. A. Raynes in California; and Mrs. Anna B. Wood, widow of Edwin T. Wood at home.
Mrs. William R. Zink, deceased, who lived at North and Third streets was a sister."
"Mrs. J. W. Beazell Dies At High Street 'Retreat'
Member of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs to Ill Health -- Prominent in Social Life for Years
Mrs. Andie R. Beazell, died at the 'Retreat,' 221 South High street, on Friday morning. She had been in failing health for some time. She was the widow of Col. John W. Beazell, an officer in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil War.
Mrs. Beazell who was born in Steubenville, January 2, 1852, came of Revolutionary ancestors, her father being an early and prominent resident of this city. He was Rev. Zachariah Connell Ragan, a Methodist Protestant minister who in 1855 established a Republican and an anti-slavery newspaper in Steubenville. The paper survived several years and Mrs. Beazell had preserved entire the bound volumes of the 'True American.' Her mother was Martha, daughter of Colonel Buchanan of Waynesburg, Pa.
The handsome old time residence where Mrs. Beazell had lived for sixty years was once the home of Rev. Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty, the first head and founder of Steubenville Female Seminary. Mrs. Beazell was one of the graduates of the Seminary and had a sentimental interest in the institution, long since having ceased to operate.
During the life of her husband Mrs. Beazell and her daughters made the 'Retreat' a real center of social activities, over which Mrs. Beazell reigned in queenly fashion. Her seminary training as well as her fine ancestral inheritance, in addition to her charm of personality, fitted her to preside over brilliant social gatherings to the manner born.
Her interest in the Seminary led her to purchase the school auditorium, and remodel it into apartments. She had a room set apart to preserve portraits and relics of the Seminary and make of it a shrine for graduates and their children to visit. Lack of cooperation caused the project to fall through.
Mrs. Beazell and her husband were generous and charitable, and hospitality was ever in evidence in their home. She was ever throughout her long life held in high esteem by all who knew her, and she was a true gentlewoman. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Two children survive, Martha wife of J. A. Raynes in California; and Mrs. Anna B. Wood, widow of Edwin T. Wood at home.
Mrs. William R. Zink, deceased, who lived at North and Third streets was a sister."
Mrs. Andie R. Beazell obituary, Herald Star, Steubenville, Ohio, 12 February 1937. Transcribed by Candice Buchanan.
"Mrs. J. W. Beazell Dies At High Street 'Retreat'
Member of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs to Ill Health -- Prominent in Social Life for Years
Mrs. Andie R. Beazell, died at the 'Retreat,' 221 South High street, on Friday morning. She had been in failing health for some time. She was the widow of Col. John W. Beazell, an officer in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil War.
Mrs. Beazell who was born in Steubenville, January 2, 1852, came of Revolutionary ancestors, her father being an early and prominent resident of this city. He was Rev. Zachariah Connell Ragan, a Methodist Protestant minister who in 1855 established a Republican and an anti-slavery newspaper in Steubenville. The paper survived several years and Mrs. Beazell had preserved entire the bound volumes of the 'True American.' Her mother was Martha, daughter of Colonel Buchanan of Waynesburg, Pa.
The handsome old time residence where Mrs. Beazell had lived for sixty years was once the home of Rev. Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty, the first head and founder of Steubenville Female Seminary. Mrs. Beazell was one of the graduates of the Seminary and had a sentimental interest in the institution, long since having ceased to operate.
During the life of her husband Mrs. Beazell and her daughters made the 'Retreat' a real center of social activities, over which Mrs. Beazell reigned in queenly fashion. Her seminary training as well as her fine ancestral inheritance, in addition to her charm of personality, fitted her to preside over brilliant social gatherings to the manner born.
Her interest in the Seminary led her to purchase the school auditorium, and remodel it into apartments. She had a room set apart to preserve portraits and relics of the Seminary and make of it a shrine for graduates and their children to visit. Lack of cooperation caused the project to fall through.
Mrs. Beazell and her husband were generous and charitable, and hospitality was ever in evidence in their home. She was ever throughout her long life held in high esteem by all who knew her, and she was a true gentlewoman. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Two children survive, Martha wife of J. A. Raynes in California; and Mrs. Anna B. Wood, widow of Edwin T. Wood at home.
Mrs. William R. Zink, deceased, who lived at North and Third streets was a sister."
"Mrs. J. W. Beazell Dies At High Street 'Retreat'
Member of Distinguished Pioneer Family Succumbs to Ill Health -- Prominent in Social Life for Years
Mrs. Andie R. Beazell, died at the 'Retreat,' 221 South High street, on Friday morning. She had been in failing health for some time. She was the widow of Col. John W. Beazell, an officer in a Pennsylvania regiment in the Civil War.
Mrs. Beazell who was born in Steubenville, January 2, 1852, came of Revolutionary ancestors, her father being an early and prominent resident of this city. He was Rev. Zachariah Connell Ragan, a Methodist Protestant minister who in 1855 established a Republican and an anti-slavery newspaper in Steubenville. The paper survived several years and Mrs. Beazell had preserved entire the bound volumes of the 'True American.' Her mother was Martha, daughter of Colonel Buchanan of Waynesburg, Pa.
The handsome old time residence where Mrs. Beazell had lived for sixty years was once the home of Rev. Dr. Charles Clinton Beatty, the first head and founder of Steubenville Female Seminary. Mrs. Beazell was one of the graduates of the Seminary and had a sentimental interest in the institution, long since having ceased to operate.
During the life of her husband Mrs. Beazell and her daughters made the 'Retreat' a real center of social activities, over which Mrs. Beazell reigned in queenly fashion. Her seminary training as well as her fine ancestral inheritance, in addition to her charm of personality, fitted her to preside over brilliant social gatherings to the manner born.
Her interest in the Seminary led her to purchase the school auditorium, and remodel it into apartments. She had a room set apart to preserve portraits and relics of the Seminary and make of it a shrine for graduates and their children to visit. Lack of cooperation caused the project to fall through.
Mrs. Beazell and her husband were generous and charitable, and hospitality was ever in evidence in their home. She was ever throughout her long life held in high esteem by all who knew her, and she was a true gentlewoman. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church.
Two children survive, Martha wife of J. A. Raynes in California; and Mrs. Anna B. Wood, widow of Edwin T. Wood at home.
Mrs. William R. Zink, deceased, who lived at North and Third streets was a sister."
Inscription
INDIVIDUAL MARKER: "Mother / Andie Ragan Beazell / 1852-1937 / The Cross Leads Generations On"
FAMILY MARKER: "Rev. Zachariah Ragan D.D. / Chaplain / United States Army / Born / February 22nd 1804 / Ordained by Bishop George / September 27th 1826 / Died / November 27th 1876" // Martha B. / Wife of / Rev. Zachariah Ragan D.D. / Born / September 14th 1814 / Died / July 27th 1886 // Our Children // Baby Martha / Sleeps / In / Morgantown, W.Va. // Rhoda Ann / aged 3 yrs. 8 mos. / In New Lisbon, O. // Gen. John W. Beazell / Born / Uniontown, PA / Oct. 4, 1831 / Died July 2, 1910 // Andrewella Ragan / His Wife / Died Feb. 12, 1937 // Edwin Thomas Wood / Born / Boston, Mass. / Nov. 24, 1881 // Anna Ragan Beazell / His Wife"
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