Mrs. Ann E. [Elizabeth Clagett] Beasley died Monday morning, Jan. 24th [1898], at 5 o'clock, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. [Mary "Mollie" Beasley] Pollard Strothers near Lexington, and was laid to rest in the Lexington cemetry [sic]. Her husband [Thomas Wesley Beasley] died in Virginia in October 1897.
Deceased was a daughter of Samuel Claggett of Virginia, and was born in New Baltimore, Fauquier Co., Va. in the year 1835; aged 62 years and about 10 months. She was married to Thos. W. Beasley in 1851. To this union were born eleven children, eight of whom survive her besides two sisters [Francis and Julia] who are now living in Virginia; two brothers, T. J. [Thomas Johnson] and B. F. [Benjamin Franklin] Claggett, of this city, to mourn her loss. Mrs. Beasley was a half sister to Jas. A. [James Augutine] and S. R [Sanford Ramey] Claggett, deceased. Rev. Myer, Pastor of the United Brethren church of Lexington, delivered a most touching and beautiful funeral sermon to a large concourse of friends and relatives. Her daughter, [Francis] Mrs. Walling, from Washington, D.C. arrived, but too late to see her mother alive.
Deceased united with the Episcopalian church thirty years ago and was a faithful member till death. Chicago, Washington City and Virginia papers please copy.
The pall bearers were Samuel Johnson and Horace Claggett, James, Luther and Samuel Beasley, the last three her sons.
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