Guy McIntosh Beebe (1791 - 1867)

Born 20 Feb 1791 in Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Maria R (Russell) Beebe — married 1 Feb 1821 in East Haddam, Connecticut

Husband of Theodotia (Otis) Beebe — married 31 Aug 1833 in Lyme, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1867 at age 76 in Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Guy M. Beebe was born 20 Feb 1791 at Connecticut, USA; died 20 Sep 1867 (aged 76); and was buried in the River View Cemetery at Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA. ^[1]

Genealogical Records

Census Records

• Primary Source, United States Census, 1850, ^[2] : Data summary: In the 1850 census, Guy M Beebe, age (60) was the head of a Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut household. Members of the household include:

1. ) 1850 Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut Census, Image 11 of 23: Guy M Beebe, Male, 60, Fisherman
2. ) Theodosia Beebe, Female, 49
   1. ) Frederic H Beebe , Male, 12
   2. ) Jane Ann Beebe, Female, 10
   3. ) Lucian J Beebe, Male, 9

Published Genealogical Information

• Secondary Source, J. H. Beers & Co.;Commemorative biographical record of Middle-sex County, Connecticut;^[3] Data:

1. ) Middlesex, Conn. Bios; page 449, 450: Biography of Capt. William Howland Beebe.
   1. ) The Captain inherits a brave and intrepid spirit from worthy ancestors. His grandfather, Timothy Beebe, a native of the town of Lyme, New London county, was a descendant of one of five brothers who dared the perils of the deep, and the still greater perils of an unknown land, when they sailed from their home in far-off Wales for uncivilized America. Timothy Beebe was born in 1760, and when a young man located in Vevay, Ind. In 1789 he married Rachel McIntosh, of that State, where she died, and he removed to Kentucky, where he married one of the Todd family, a relative of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and of Col. Todd, of Libby Prison fame. Mr. Beebe's death occurred in 1841. He was the father of the following named children: Guy M. (the father of our subject), Sylvester, Dudley, Maria, Annie Maria, Clarissa Maria, Nelson, Edwin, Frederick, Elizabeth, and Cynthia.
   2. ) Guy M. Beebe was born February 20, 1791. and died on September 20, 1867. He resided for many years in Indiana, where he engaged in farming and in sugar making, and finally settled in Connecticut, where he engaged in shad fishing on the river and dealing in fish, carrying on a flourishing business in that line. He died in Essex. In politics he was originally a Whig, later becoming a Republican. The first marriage of Mr. Beebe was to Maria Russell, a daughter of Stephen Russell. She died June 6, 1830, and his second marriage, on August 3, 1833, was to Theodotia Otis, who was born in 1800, in Pleasant Valley, and died May 9, 1851. To the first union were born: Henry G., John Russell, Maria Ellen, Marcus Cephas and Mary Maria ; and to the second marriage: Frederick Howland; Jane Ann, widow of Asa Southworth, an ensign in the Navy, residing with two sons in Salem, Mass. ; Lucian Jay; Charles Eugene; and Mary Augusta.

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Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 February 2021), memorial page for Guy M. Beebe (20 Feb 1791–20 Sep 1867), Find a Grave Memorial no. 69039432, citing River View Cemetery, Essex, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Irma (contributor 46927625) .
2. ↑ United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (Rev date: 19 December 2020), Guy M Beebe, Essex, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Guy M Beebe in the 1850 US census
3. ↑ J. H. Beers & Co.; Commemorative biographical record of Middle-sex County, Connecticut : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families; Chicago, 1903. Public Domain.

Other Sources

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N49B-MXL : 6 April 2020), Guy M Beebe in entry for Jane B Southworth, 26 Jan 1909; citing Salem,,Massachusetts, 416, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,313,603.

• "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HR-HWT : 16 January 2020), Guy M. Beebe, 1867.

Web based Genealogies

• INGenWeb genealogy, Switzerland County; Descendants of Timothy Beebe.

• General record for Guy M. Beebe at Ancestry.com.