Stephen Whited Beach and Sarah "Mother" Simpson
Husband Stephen Whited Beach 1
AKA: Stephen Whitehead Beach Born: 15 Feb 1787 - Sussex Co, NJ 2 3 Christened: Died: 28 May 1865 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3 Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: James Beach ( - ) 2 Mother:
Marriage: 1809 2 3
Wife Sarah "Mother" Simpson 2
Born: 10 Sep 1789 3 Christened: Died: 6 Feb 1888 - Butler Co, PA 2 3 Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: [Father] Simpson ( - ) Mother:
Children
1 M Morris Beach 2
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1888 Buried:
2 F Caroline Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1890 Buried:Spouse: James McConnell ( - ) 5
3 F Euphema "Effie" Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1890 Buried:Spouse: Azor Bagley ( - ) 5
4 M James Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:
5 M John Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1890 - Indiana Buried:
6 F Susan Beach 2 5 6
AKA: Susannah Beach Born: Cal 8 Mar 1817 Christened: Died: 7 Jul 1889 Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7Spouse: Patrick McDowell (1813-1888) 5 6
7 M Israel Beach 2 5
Born: 14 Mar 1819 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5 Christened: Died: 9 Jul 1894 - Venango Co, PA Buried: - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8Spouse: Martha Baker (1820-1903) 9 Marr: 25 Dec 1839 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
8 F Sarah E. Beach 2 9
Born: 21 Feb 1821 - Venango Co, PA Christened: Died: 25 Nov 1896 Buried: - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8Spouse: Samuel Baker (1813-1893) 9 Marr: 1838 or 1839 - Venango Co, PA 10 11
9 M Stephen Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:
10 M William D. Beach 2 9
Born: 15 Apr 1825 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA Christened: Died: 1912 Buried: - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12Spouse: Rosanna Baker (1833-1911) 11 Marr: 2 May 1850 13
11 F Jane Beach 2 5
Born: Cal 22 Jun 1827 Christened: Died: 8 Nov 1850 Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7Spouse: Andrew Lyons ( - ) 5 Marr: 24 Apr 1849 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14
12 M Oliver Beach 2 5
Born: 12 Nov 1829 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 1905 Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4Spouse: Anna Mulhulland (1834-1904) 2 Marr: 1851 2
13 M Henry H. (Houston?) Beach 2 5
Born: Abt 1831 Christened: Died: Mar 1850 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA Buried: - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
14 M Daniel Beach 2 5
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1890 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Stephen Whited Beach
He learned the shoemaker's trade, and married in 1809. They lived seven years on the family homestead. Four children were born to them. Mrs. Beach, who in after years was known as "Mother" Beach, at the earnest request of her brother, John Simpson, who settled on the head-waters of Wolf creek, Mercer county, Pennsylvania, persuaded her husband to immigrate to western Pennsylvania, where land was cheap and a home could be secured. In November, 1816, they started for the West, and on reaching Dutch Valley, New Jersey, were persuaded to remain there and open a shoemaking shop. They did so and lived there two years, when they again started westward. They chose their route via Easton, Scranton, and Harrisburg, and on reaching the summit of the Alleghenies met an acquaintance, Henry Darr, a blacksmith, who persuaded Beach to remain in his neighborhood over night, and then resumed their journey westward, his good wife urging him against his will to keep on toward the setting sun, with the intention of reaching her brother John's home in Mercer county. In due time they reached Pittsburgh without serious mishap, and spending the night with a number of other movers, crossed the Allegheny river the following morning, and finally arrived at the house of James Brannon on Muddy creek, Butler county. Here "Mother" Beach's energy gave out, having walked all but fifty miles of the distance. Mr. Brannon gave them a hearty welcome, and after a few days' rest, they pursued their journey to the home of John Simpson, on Wolf creek, their whole capital on arriving consisting of but twenty-five cents. The winter of 1818-19 they passed at the home of Samuel Waldron, in the meantime looking around for a suitable location. Mr. Beach returned to the home of Henry Darr for a portion of a load which they had left behind. In 1819 they bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Irwin township, Venango county, later owned by William Beach, at one dollar per acre, and immediately settled upon it. Here they endured the toil, hardships, and trials of pioneer life, but from the time their settlement was completed, unsullied happiness prevailed in their household. He was a life-long member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and died as he had lived, a faithful member thereof. [HVC 1890, 958]
He served in the War of 1812.
General Notes: Wife - Sarah "Mother" Simpson
Her grandfather came from Scotland in 1700 and settled in New Jersey. Her grandmother, after whom she was named, was of German descent.
The emigration and prosperity of the Beach family was largely due to the energy of this pioneer lady. She was sagacious and farseeing, and the good fortune of the family was undoubtedly due to those qualities. [HVC 1890, 958]
She remained on the homestead for a number of years after the death of her husband, and then went to live with her daughter in Butler County, PA, where she died. [HMC 1888, 1071]
1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 957.
2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1071.
3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 958.
4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 53.
5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.
6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1316.
7 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 59.
8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 96.
9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956, 959.
10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.
11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956.
12 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 97.
13 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 13.
14
Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 148.
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