Benjamin Franklin Beahm

Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin Beahm

Name	Benjamin Franklin Beahm
Unit of Confederate Service	Company H "Page Grays", 33rd Virginia Infantry
Birth	21 Oct 1843, Beahm, Page Co., VA
Death	10 Nov 1914, Beahm, Page Co., VA
Burial	Beahm Family Cemetery, Shenandoah National Park, Page Co., Va.
Occupation	farmer/tollkeeper
Father	Jacob M. Beahm
Mother	Mary Ann Shenk

Misc. Notes

RESIDENCES: 1850/1860 in Luray, District #4.
RECORD OF SERVICE: Enlisted as a private 05 Apr 1862 in Company H ("Page Grays"), 33rd Virginia Infantry. Absent sick May-Aug 1862. Wounded-in-action 03 May 1863 in elbow, age 19. He never recovered from the wound and was forced to retire to the Invalid Corps 25 Nov 1864.

OBITUARY extracts: Benjamin Franklin Beahm age 71 years died Tuesday from a complication of diseases at Thronton's Gap, Page, Va. Wife - Josephine Butler. Father - Jacob Beahm. Children - Mrs. I.E. Stomback, Mamie Brown, Mrs. George Atkins, Charles, Robert, John F. (of Philadelphia) & Jacob Beahm of New York. Occupation - Tollgate keeper. Interment in family graveyard. (issue of 13 Nov 1914).

Spouses

1	Josephine Butler
Marriage Date & Place	16 Oct 1873, Rappahannock Co., Va.
Birth	27 Nov 1849, Rappahannock Co., Va.
Death	26 Mar 1924, Flint Hill, Rappahannock Co., Va.
Burial	Beahm Family Cemetery, Shenandoah National Park, Page Co., Va.
Father	Joseph Butler
Mother	Salome Revercomb

Misc. Notes

See the Virginia Regimental Histories Series book 33rd Virginia Infantry by Lowell Reidenbaugh for more information about the unit history.

The subject related Page News & Courier Heritage & Heraldry Article "Marching with Stonewall . . . ."

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