Cecil Beeson collection
Collection
Identifier: L566
Scope and Contents
This collection includes typed, autographed and photocopied documents from various people, government and private organizations collected by local genealogist and historian Cecil Beeson in Blackford County, Indiana, ranging from 1838 to 1972 regarding family histories, biographies, U.S. Civil War documents, church histories and governmental records.
There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908 (OB083).
There is an oversize document, "The Early History of the First Baptist Church of Montpelier, Indiana" by Rev. C. H. Kendall, circa 1908 (OB083).
Dates
- 1839-1972, undated
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Cecil Beeson, son of William Henry and Jenny (Jinks) Beeson, was born in Wabash, Indiana on August 19, 1905. He had a twin brother named Claude Stuart Beeson. The family moved to Hartford City, Indiana, in 1911, following the death of Jenny Jinks Beeson. Beeson graduated from Hartford City High School. He married Hannah Catherine Sills on August 19, 1928. In 1938, Beeson married Cittie Pearl Helm of Adair County, Kentucky. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service in 1965 and then became deputy surveyor of Blackford County. He was an avid genealogist and was instrumental in opening the Blackford Historical Museum and Cecil Beeson Genealogical Library. Beeson died April 4, 1994.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Cecil Beeson oral history transcript, September 1979, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, April 7, 1994.
Ancestry.com. "Cecil Beeson." Accessed November 2011. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Sources:
Items in the collection.
Cecil Beeson oral history transcript, September 1979, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, April 7, 1994.
Ancestry.com. "Cecil Beeson." Accessed November 2011. http://www.ancestrylibrary.com.
Extent
0.35 Cubic Feet (1 manuscript box, 1 oversize folder )
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as donations from Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H. Beeson from 1966-1979.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2012/05/17 by Nikki Schofield. EAD finding aid created 2015/06/10 by Edythe Huffman. EAD finding aid revised 2021/09/30 by Lauren Patton; 2022/04/18 by Brittany Kropf.
- Blackford County (Ind.)
- Blackford County Hospital (Blackford County, Ind.)
- Carroll, Joseph M.
- Certificates
- Church history
- Church history -- Indiana
- Church membership
- Crannell, Almeron H.
- Crawford County (Ind.)
- Family history
- First Presbyterian Church (Hartford City, Ind.)
- Genealogy
- Hartford City (Ind.)
- Indexes
- Indiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-)
- Maps
- Millgrove (Ind.)
- Plat maps
- Presbyterian churches
- Presbyterians
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Scholl family
- Schools
- Schools -- Indiana
- Shull family
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 130th (1863-1865)
- Wabash (Ind.)
- Wabash High School (Ind.)
- Winders, Joseph
- Title
- Cecil Beeson collection
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
