Edward Post Beardsley

Brief Life History of Edward Post

When Edward Post Beardsley was born in 1871, in Illinois, United States, his father, Israel Munson Beardslee, was 31 and his mother, Lora Ann Post, was 23. He died in 1873, at the age of 2.

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Family Time Line

Israel Munson Beardslee
1840–1933
Lora Ann Post
1848–1929
Mollie Ladd Beardsley
1866–1955
Ella Maud Beardsley
1869–1923
Edward Post Beardsley
1871–1873
Milton Robbins Beardsley
1873–1873
Fred Post Beardslee
1876–1906
Lulu Ware Beardsley
1879–1952
Charles Pixie Beardslee
1882–1968
Eugene Smith Beardsley
1884–1884
Florence Beardsley
1886–1887

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World Events (3)

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

Name Meaning

English (Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire): variant of Bardsley .

History: William Beardsley, mason, came to New England in 1635 from London aboard the Planter.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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