Ralph Dewey Beathe (1898 - 1975)

Born 14 Jun 1898 in Montgomery County, Kansas

Ancestors

Husband of Odette Shaffer — married 21 Jun 1917 in Wilson County, Kansas

Died 4 Jul 1975 at age 77 in Minnville, Yamhill County, Oregon

Biography

Ralph was born ion June 14,1898. in Sycamore Township, Montgomery County, Kansas and a son of James Beathe and Louise Shellenberger. He was twenty years old when he signed the U. S. World War I Draft Registration Card on September 12, 1918 and his occupation was that of an iron worker. He stated he was tall and slender with brown eyes and light hair. He enlisted in the Air Corps in Omaha, Nebraska after the attack on Pearl Harbor as a private on December 8, 1942. He listed his residence at the time as Ford County, Kansas. He passed away on July 4,1975 in Minnville, Yamhill County, Oregon and buried in the Roselawn Park Cemetery in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial Number: 42200855

Birth

1898 --- KANSAS BIRTHS AND CHRISTENINGS INDEX 1895-1911 ----- Name: Ralph Beathe -- Gender: Male -- Race: White -- Birth Place: June 14, 1898 -- Birth Place: Radical, Montgomery County, Kansas -- Father's Name: James Beathe -- Father's Age: 28 -- Father's Birth Place: Virginia -- Mother;s Name: Laura Shellenberger -- Mother's Age: 23 -- Mother's Placer Birth: Kansas -- FHL Film Number: 140466 ----- Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. --- Original data: "Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818–1936." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records. --- Description: This database is an index extracted from birth, baptism, and christening records from Kansas.

Marriage

1917 --- WOODSON COUNTY, KANSAS COURT HOUSE MARRIAGE RECORDS

Name: Dewey Beathe

Age: 21

Spouse: Odette Shaffer

Age: 18

Marriage Date: June 21, 1917 -

Marriage Book: J

Page: 341

County: Woodson

State: Kansas.

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: WOODSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE MARRIAGE RECORDS, Woodson, County, Kansas

1922 - WOODSON COUNTY, KANSAS COURT HOUSE MARRIAGE RECORDS

Name:

Dewey Beathe

Age: 23

Spouse: Edna M. Haley

Age 1919

Marriage Date: March 11, 1922

Marriage Book: K,

Page: 360

Marriage County: Woodson

Marriage State: Kansas

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: WOODSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE MARRIAGE RECORDS, Woodson, County, Kansas

Military

1918 --- WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION CARDS 1917-1918

Name: DEWEY RALPH BEATHE -- City: Not Named -- County: Montgomery -- State: Kansas -- Birth Date: June 14, 1898 -- Nativity: Natural Born -- Race: White -- Age: 20 -- Occupation: Iron Worker -- Employer’s Name Harris Porothin’s -- Height: Tall -- Build: Slender -- Eye Color: Brown -- Hair Color: Light -- Roll Number: 164 3594. -- Serial Number: 304 -- Order Number: 1243. -- Registration Date: September 12, 1918 ----- I Affirm That I Have Verified Above Answers And That They Are True: Signature: Dewey R. Beathe.

Source Citation: Registration State: Kansas; Registration County: Montgomery; Roll: 1643594; Draft Board: 1. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. --- Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

U. S. Censuses

1900 --- U. S. Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Montgomery County, Kansas -- Dwelling Number: 206 - Line: 91 - Page: 10B - Microfilm Roll: 491 ----- James Beathe 27 (head) Kansas -- Louisa D. 24 (wife) Kansas -- Esther R. 5 (daughter) Kansas -- Rachael L. 4 (daughter) Kansas -- Ralph D. 1 (son) Kansas -- Baby 4/12 (son) Kansas -- William Shellenberger 63 (father-in-law) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. --- Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.

1910 --- U. S. Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Montgomery County, Kansas -- Dwelling Number: 158 - Line: 11 - Page: 10A - Microfilm Roll: 449 ----- James S. Beathe 37 (head) - Lou D. 33 (wife) - Esther R. 15 (daughter) - Rachel 14 (daughter) - Dewey 11 (son) - Wilfred 10 (son) - Ruby S. 8 (daughter) - Hubert 7 (son) - James H. 4 (son) - Robert C. 1 (son) --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. --- Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.

1920 --- U. S. Federal Census, Sycamore Township, Montgomery County, Kansas -- - Dwelling Number: 104 - Page: 5B - Line: 73 - ED: 202 - Microfilm Roll: 542 ----- Lou D. Beath 44 (head) --- Dewey R. (son) -- Wilfred 20 (son) -- Ruby 17 (daughter) -- Herbert 16 (son) -- Cecil 11 (son) -- Margery 7 (daughter) -- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by Family Search. --- Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City).

1930 --- U. S. Federal Census, Independence Montgomery County, Kansas -- Dwelling Number: 1025 - Page: 1B - Line: 74 - ED: 63-27 - Microfilm Roll: 712 ----- Dewey R. Beathe 29 (head) --- --- Edna 27 (wife) -- Wilbur 7 (son) -- Blendena 6 (daughter) -- Mary J. 3 (daughter). --- Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Independence, Montgomery, Kansas; Roll: 712; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 2340447. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. --- Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

1940--- U. S. Federal Census, Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas -- House Number: 1609 - Line: 17 - Page: 4A - Microfilm Roll: 1231 ----- Dewey Beathe 41 (head) - Edna L. 37 (wife) - Wilbur R. 17 (son) - Blendea 16 (daughter) - Mary J. 13 (daughter) - James R. 8 (son) -- Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Dodge City, Ford, Kansas; Roll: T627_1231; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 29-7. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. --- Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.

Social Security

1975 --- U. S. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX --- Name: Dewey Beathe - SSN: 512-18-0784 - Last Residence: 97128, McMinnville, Yamhil Co., Oregon - Born: June 14, 1898 - Died: Jul 1975 - State (Year) SSN Issued: Kansas (Before 1951). --- Source Citation: Number: 512-18-0784; Issue State: Kansas; Issue Date: Before 1951. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. --- Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.

Death Certificate

1975 --- OREGON DEATH INDEX ----- Name: Dewey Ral Beathe -- Age: 77 -- Birth Date: June 1898 -- Death Date: July 4, 1975 -- Death Place: Yamhill -- Spouse: Edna -- Certificate: 75-11853. --- Source Citation: Oregon State Library; 1966-1970 Death Index; Reel Title: State of Oregon Death Index; Year Range: 1971-1980. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. --- Original data: State of Oregon. Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Archives and Records Center. --- Oregon Death Indexes, 1903-1970. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library. Oregon Death Indexes, 1971-2008. Salem, OR, USA: Oregon State Library.

Cemetery

1976 --- FIND A GRAVE INDEX 1600'S-CURRENT

Name: Dewey Ralph Beathe

Gender: Male

Birth Date: June 14, 1898

Birth Place: Sycamore, Montgomery County, Kansas, United States of America

Death Date: 4 Jul 1976

Death Place: McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States of America

Cemetery: Roselawn Park Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, United States of America

Has Bio?: Yes

Father: James Samuel M. Beathe

Mother: Louisa Deborah Beathe

Spouse: Edna Lucy Beath -- Odette Beathe

Children: Ralph Wilber Beathe --- Mary Jane Lipsey

URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42200855/dewey-ralph-beathe

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. --- Original data: Find a Grave. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi. --- Description: This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave. Corrections and additions to memorials can be submitted on the Find a Grave site. When viewing a record in this database, you can navigate to the corresponding memorial on Find a Grave by clicking "Go to website" or clicking on the Find a Grave URL. Once viewing the memorial on Find a Grave, corrections can be submitted by clicking the 'edit' tab