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Notes for HERBERT VINTON BEARDSLEY:
HERBERT V. BEARDSLEY, M.D. A thoroughly representative citizen of the city of Findlay, Ohio, where he was born in 1859, occupies a prominet place in the medical profession but has never permitted its demands to entirely absorb him, having always given liberally of his time to further the higher social and civic aims of the community.
The parents of Dr. Beardsley were Daniel Bailey and Jane (Summers) Beardsley, and his grandparents were Barney and Anna Beardsley.
Daniel Bailey Beardsley (Herbert's father) was one of Hancock County's able and influential men. His "History of Hancock County" is a valuable work and on account of its accuracy, together with its interesing reminiscences, gathered through a long and busy lifetime is found in many Hancock County Libraries. He was born in Licking County, Ohio in 1832and was brought to Hancock County when two years old by his parents. He tought school at Findlay in early manhood and then read law with a prominent law firm at Bellefantaine, Ohio, and in 1856 was admitted to the Bar. Among the many offices he held in teh city and county, was that of Justice of the Peace at Findlay. He was identified with the Masons and other fraternal orders and took a very active part in politics. On May 22, 1856, he was married to Jane Summers and they had one son and four daughters. He died at Findlay, September 29, 1894.
Herbert V. Beardsley went form the public schools of Findlay to Obverlin College, where he remained through the freshman and sophomore years, and then took a course at Cornell College, at Ithaca, N. Y. . He turned all his energies in the direction of the study of medicine and was graduated form the Homeopathic College of Cleveland, in 1883. For sixteen months, he practiced his profession at Ada, Ohio, and then came back to his native city which has remained the chosen field of his efforts until the present. In his profession he has more than met success and in the leading medical organizations of the country his name is held in esteem on account of his ability.
Dr. Beardsley was married in 1886 to Miss Harriet Farrell, who died in 1896, survived by four children. John D., Frances E., Ruth A., and Geraldine. In 1898, Dr. Beardsley married for a second time to Miss Laura B. Morehead who died in 1903 survived by two children. Edith N. and Girard G.. In 1906 was married to Caroline Schulenberg of St. Marys, Ohio. The handsome family home is situated at No. 223 Center Street, Findlay, Ohio.
For many years, Dr. Beardsley has been an important factor in Hancock County politics and has many times served as a delegate to the State, Judicial and Congressional conventions of the Republican party. His political aspirations, however, have been along very moderate lines - the few offices he has been willing to accept being those in which he has recognized that he could best promote the progress of his city and general welfare of the largest number. He is a member of and an official in a number fo the fraternal and beneficiary annual councils. Source; Ancestry.com'file 216994; ssteve55@gorge.net; page 15; excert from " The History of Hancock County". bu Kimmel, published 1910\\
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.......Dr. Beardsley is a prominent and popular member of various fraternal orders. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias lodge,; the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he was grand medical examiner of Ohio; the Tribe of Ben Hur, of which he is now past supreme Chief; the Protective Home Circle; the Knights of Maccabees; the Woodmen of the World; the American Legion of Honor ; and the Home Guears of America. Source: Ancestry.com; file 216994; ssteve55@gorge.net; Hancock County Centennial Biographical History, Pages 591-593, published 1903\\
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