Beeson Cemetery
The Beeson Cemetery is located at 5200 Hwy., 128, in Alexander Valley. Turn left off Alexander Valley Rd., at the Alexander Store, onto Hwy. 128. Follow this road out one mile until you see a call box on your right. Take the next driveway to your right and follow it up to the cemetery, which is located within a grove of trees at the top of the hill. The graves were recorded on Apr 2, 2001, by Debra McCann and Shay Tankersley.
Isaac Beeson b. 1796 brought his family from Guilford Co., NC, across the plains to California in 1853 and settled on a 400 acre ranch in Alexander Valley in 1857, near the farm of Ira and Elizabeth Bidwell. The cemetery was established on the Beeson farm as a burial place for the Bidwell and Beeson families. In 1909, the Beesons sold the cemetery to F. Smith. (See Beeson family history below)
Burial Records
NAME BORN DIED Y M D COMMENTS Charlie V. Bartle 1888 1951 George L. Bartle 1882 1957 Mary A. Bartle 1849 1928 Valentine Bartle 1834 1921 Claude Basford 1869 1940 Caroline Beeson 1832 1863 Charles W. Beeson 12-10-1878 5-17-1947 Fannie M. Beeson 11-7-1878 6-24-1971 George M. Beeson 2-7-1882 3-5-1933 son of I.R. & Selina A. Isaac R. Beeson 1852 1934 Selina Ann Beeson 1855 1928 wife of I.R. William Isaac Beeson 8-3-1875 7-3-1916 son of I.R. & Selina William S. Beeson 1824 1902 Eugene A. Benjamin 1889 1920 Henry Benjamin 5-7-1870 6-24-1877 son of G.W. & Mary Kate Benjamin 2-3-1866 8-14-1882 dau of G.W. & Mary Minnie J. Benjamin 1866 1912 Ursula Benjamin 2-25-1864 5-5-1883 dau of G.W. & Mary Albert Bertron 1853 1898 Ida E. Bertron 1866 1895 Daisy M. Bidwell 1880 1976 Elizabeth Bidwell 11-3-1830 4-13-1855 wife of Ira Eileen Eleanor Bidwell 9-16-1903 10-23-1903 dau of Wesley & Ellen Ira Bidwell 8-8-1828 8-3-1892 James Wiley Bidwell 9-6-1886 2-28-1907 son of John & Ellen John B. Bidwell 9-5-1849 11-1-1937 John Wesley Bidwell 12-28-1873 1-7-1945 Mary E. Bidwell 8-17-1854 11-23-1934 Mary Ellen Bidwell 2-20-1875 3-25-1942 Elmer Bingham 6-25-1900 10 3 2 son of M. & E. Lena Bingham 1-20-1898 2 6 11 Mary E. Bowman 12-11-1921 90 8 Eliza Brooks 10-26-1910 70 Elsie J. Brooks 6-1-1891 4 4 dau of H.C. & M.J. Emma Brooks 1855 1935 Ernest K. Brooks 1880 1960 Henry Clay Brooks 2-27-1853 9-1-1930 Howard Ross Brooks 1901 1922 James Brooks 2-12-1808 10-13-1857 Lloyd Delbert Brooks 1897 1937 Mabel Rogers Brooks 1880 1903 Maggie Brooks 12-31-1890 11 11 dau of H.C. & M.J. Mary Brooks 6-6-1808 9-12-1888 wife of James Mary Jane Brooks 7-16-1860 3-30-1931 Samuel Buell Brooks 1872 1930 Thomas Brooks 1845 10-10-1882 37 William Brooks 12-19-1894 58 George R. Brown 1875 1923 Annie S. Burnham 9-1851 2-1981 Alvin Raymond Cadd 1904 1958 Charles Caldwell 1883 1907 Mary D. Caldwell 1860 1935 Barbara J. Chitwood 11-17-1836 3-6-1908 James M. Chitwood 7-23-1829 1-16-1899 John F. Chitwood 2-7-1900 42 Joseph I. Chitwood 10-15-1893 27 9 25 son of J.M. & B.J. Mary E. Chitwood 4-25-1852 6-3-1886 dau of J.M. & B.J. Minerva J. Chitwood 11-30-1854 12-18-1878 dau of J.M. & B.J. Albert B. Collins 6-25-1880 2-11-1887 Eva May Collins 1872 1947 James Collins 9-1907 James P. Collins 8-19-1876 1-16-1898 John B. Collins 1833 1917 John Bright Collins 11-10-1878 9-3-1966 Maria E. Collins 3-5-1882 9-20-1883 Maria Elizabeth Collins 2-14-1845 9-1-1900 nat of England Zelda Cadd Cook 1903 1997 dau of Leroux Edwin Eli Deming 3-21-1856 2-29-1936 b. Watertown, NY
d. Mill Valley, CAJennie Smith Deming 10-28-1865 8-24-1924 b. Poinette, WI
d. Mill Valley, CADavid P. Dewey 1844 1928 Rachel B. Dewey 1849 1938 Mary Doidge 1847 1935 Clarence M. Ferguson 1866 1946 Emmett C. Ferguson 1908 1943 John N. Ferguson 1835 1925 Martha Elizabeth Ferguson 4-17-1878 10-8-1916 wife of Erwin E. Minnie C. Ferguson 1867 1942 Sarah J. Ferguson 1845 1904 wife of John N. Cathryn Louise Fraga 3-20-1909 4-25-1993 John B. Fraga 5-1-1910 2-17-1995 Mary E. Gibson 1858 1936 Thomas J. Gibson Co E 6 Ind Cav Elma D. Goodman 4-20-1903 3-17-1998 Walter Goodman 12-1905 3-1976 Eliza A. Griggs 1848 1895 Vester Griggs 1876 1898 Levi Hagler 10-15-1840 1-9-1865 nat of NC Georgia Hendley 1893 1976 Phillip A. Hendley 1888 1932 Mary Chitwood Hill 2-28-1861 12-4-1932 Elwin C. Hutchinson 8-5-1891 12-22-1907 Will M. Jacobs 1862 1931 Andrew Ellis Johnson 9-22-1869 3-31-1942 George Ellis Johnson 2-19-1898 4-10-1915 John Leroy Johnson 10-8-1895 10-11-1967 CA SFC Air Serv WWI Vera E. Johnson 1905 1986 Lucy Jones 12-18-1888 46 wife of T.B. Raymond N. Laughlin 1911 1990 Ayrle G. Leroux 1905 1923 son of W.G. & M.B. Marion Belle Leroux 1885 1976 Russell Leroux 1907 1926 Russell Bernard Leroux 3-10-1951 10-12-1989 son of W. & R. Walter Brick Leroux 1912 1986 Walter C. Leroux 1876 1954 August Lund 5-27-1863 10-18-1938 Esther Lund 3-26-1949 56 Lily May Lund 5-4-1871 9-4-1932 Emma Mardon 4-4-1897 63 wife of H.K. Henry K. Mardon 3-31-1891 69 nat of England Nancy C. Martin 9-3-1890 61 3 7 wife of T.B. Gertrude Masters 4-9-1897 11-7-1916 wife of C.L., dau of
L. & L.H. McPhersonMcPherson 7-26-1865 infant of T.W. & M.J. McPherson 3-21-1891 1 inf dau of E. & M. Alice R. McPherson 1880 1964 Bert Warran McPherson 1876 1929 C. P. McPherson 7-23-1818 4-21-1875 Delores McPherson 7-19-1933 8-31-1997 Dulana McPherson 7-11-1878 18 6 3 dau of C.P. & M. Elizabeth McPherson 3-22-1822 10-4-1857 34 6 8 wife of C.P., nat of TN
dau of Wellcom & Ann
Howell McPhersonErnest E. McPherson 1890 1947 Ewell McPherson 10-8-1894 27 4 27 Harrison M. McPherson 1886 12-25-1915 Hattie E. McPherson 7-17-1870 4 1 9 dau of T.W. & M.J. Lizzie H. McPherson 1852 1919 wife of L. Lycurcus McPherson 1848 1923 Moore McPherson 3-18-1907 9-15-1907 son of H.M. & Ella Paulina Elnore
Curry McPherson9-26-1925 12-13-1999 Stonewall McPherson 6-30-1864 8-14-1887 son of C.P. & M. Warren McPherson 4-8-1927 12-2-1986 Arnold Michaelson 1834 1909 nat of Germany Christian Michaelson 1839 1908 nat of Germany Frederick Michaelson 1826 1893 nat of Germany Henry Michaelson 1858 1906 nat of Germany Johann Michaelson 1854 1894 nat of Germany Ludwig Michaelson 1824 1901 nat of Germany Samuel Miller 4-14-1861 29 5 son of Isaac & E. Stephen Miller 2-1-1861 23 9 son of Isaac & Elizabeth Charles E. Moore 1-20-1859 8-10-1899 Frances Brown Moore 3-7-1860 11-17-1901 wife of C.E. Perry L. Moore 1-30-1854 3-12-1931 Rolla B. Moore 8-30-1880 11-5-1899 son of C.E. & Francis H. S. Mott 1865 1929 T. W. Mott 1873 1938 E. L. Mulcahy 1839 1900 Sarah M. Nance 2-21-1868 12-24-1916 wife of W.H. W. H. Nance 10-17-1868 6-21-1950 Bessie L. Patrick 1885 1919 Ernest J. Patrick 1881 1920 Evelyn Patrick 3-23-1905 12-29-1981 Harriet E. Patrick 1857 1946 James Patrick 1854 1938 Rolla Patrick 10-16-1903 4-6-1974 Charles K. Patteson 10-24-1893 62 Elizabeth Patteson 1843 1918 Glen Patteson 6-19-1894 1 son of Wm. & Addie H. R. Patteson 1933 1936 L. Patteson 11-22-1927 Mary J. Patteson 1871 1920 William Patteson 12-9-1899 36 Katie Patterson 1855 1943 Lester E. Patterson 1884 1941 S. N. Patterson 3-12-1850 10-16-1925 Peavler illegible marker Charles P. Peavler 1880 1931 Delmer C. Peavler 1909 1974 Helen E. Peavler 1908 1985 Rodney L. Peavler 3-1-1966 3-7-1989 Thomas Edward Peavler 4-1-1950 4-3-1950 Wilbur F. Peavler, Jr. 1929 1984 Evelyn M. Pitts 1900 1987 George E. Pitts 1899 1980 Ema Viola Rook ? 1952 illegible Erwin Rook ? 1947 illegible J. R. Rose 1829 1908 Maxine F. St. Clair 10-2-1911 8-25-1998 Luigi Santarini 1869 1964 Severina Santarini 1884 1920 Dallas A. Sceales 6-19-1906 5-7-1992 Sierck 6-29-1901 4 21 inf son of J.H. & B.M. Bertha M. Sierck 8-28-1870 8-13-1942 Harry D. Sierck 4-5-1894 5-11-1938 John Henry Sierck 11-8-1871 9-16-1938 Smith 1910 baby Albert Smith 1877 1943 Carl L. Smith 1901 1974 Leonard Smith 1885 1898 Lula Smith 1891 1919 Lydia W. Smith 1857 1909 Martha E. Smith 1850 1928 Oliver P. Smith 1851 1927 Ronald Smith 1911 6 Simon P. Smith 1845 1898 Wylie Maxwell Smith 10-22-1917 9-7-1988 BM2 USNavy WWII Lyle L. Still, Sr. 1908 1989 Thelma I. Still 1908 1996 David Stockstill 5-21-1862 28 David Stockstill 1898 1961 Leona Stovall 6-16-1891 10-24-1910 Ella F.
McPherson Thomas1885 1952 Florence A. Thornton 12-20-1898 22 5 27 wife of J.E. Elmer Tucker 1871 1911 Alfred Turner 3-2-1906 53 Ezekiel Turner 7-3-1897 84 Ursala Turner 11-25-1895 73 wife of Ezekial Gladys E. Wecer 10-16-1921 3-4-1938 Hidde P. Wierdsma 1899 1978 b. Sneek, Holland Ruth M. Collins Wierdsma 1903 1997 b. in Healdsburg, CA Mary C. Wilson 1876 1949
Isaac Beeson was born on Jun 18, 1796 in in Guilford Co., NC and died on Mar 9, 1877 in Washington Twp., Sonoma Co., CA. Isaac married Lydia Shields the daughter of Reuben Shields and Mary Moore. She was born in 1795 in NC and died before 1870 in Washington Twp., Sonoma Co., CA. Isaac and Lydia Beeson had the five children listed below:
1. John Brooks Beeson b. 1819 NC, d. 1875 Sonoma Co., CA, m. Harriet Wilson, m. Caroline Ives
2. William Sanders Beeson b. 1824 NC, d. 1902 Sonoma Co., CA, m. Caroline Spangler
3. Edward Milton Beeson b. 1827 NC, m. Mahitable Bachelder
4. Bartlett Yancy Beeson b. 1830 NC d. 1837 Mercer Co., IL
5. Caroline Beeson b. 1832 OHIsaac and Lydia Beeson appear in the 1860 Census for Washington Twp., Sonoma Co., CA with their children living with them and next door. Isaac appears again in the 1870 Census for Washington Twp., living next door to his children.
Aledo Weekly Record March 9, 1877
Isaac Beeson died near Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., CA, in the 81st year of his age. He was born in NC and moved to IN in 1836. He was among the first settlers of Mercer County settling on Beeson farm near Joy, where he stayed until 1853 when he went to CA.
Sources:
Beenson Family Website
The Dennison-Ives Sampler
Sonoma County, CA Census Records
Beeson Cemetery Records
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