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74. JASPER LUTHER BEESON (1867 – 1943), son of Mary Ann Frances Sibert³ (David², John David¹)

Jasper Luther Beeson was born on 30 or 31 August 1867 in Keener, Etowah County, Alabama. [1, 30 August] He died on 10 January 1943 in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. [2] He married Leola Selman on 13 September 1894 in Powder Springs, Cobb County, Georgia. Leola, the daughter of James Wilson and Katherine (Riley) Selman, was born on 23 November 1865. [3] She died on 30 March 1962 in King's Daughters' Hospital in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia. [3][4] Jasper and Leola are buried in the Memory Hill Cemetry in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia. [4]

The inscription on Jasper's gravestone says: [4]

JASPER LUTHER BEESON
AUGUST 31, 1867
JANUARY 10, 1943

THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE GEORGIA STATE
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN. HE SERVED THE COLLEGE
AS PROFESSOR, CHAIRMAN OF THE FACULTY, DEAN
ACTING PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT
EMERITUS FOR A PERIOD OF 46 YEARS.

Jasper attended the University of Alabama, receiving an A.B. in 1889 and an A.M. 1890. [1][2] He received a Ph.D. in chemistry Johns Hopkins in 1893. [1][2] He recieved an LL.D. from the Univerisity of Alabama. [2] He was an instructor of physics at the University of Alabama and a chemist of the Alabama Geological Survey from 1889 to 1890. He was a professor of chemistry at the Louisiana School of Sugar from 1893 to 1897. He was professor elect of chemistry at the Kansas Agricultural College in 1897. He was a professor of chemistry and physics at the Georgia Normal and Industrial College in 1897. He was chairman of the faculty of the American Chemical Society. [1]

Jasper joined the Georgia State College for Women in 1897 as a professor of chemistry. He became the acting president in 1923 and again in 1927. He was later the president. He became the president emeritus in 1923. [2]

Jasper was the family genealogist. [1] He was survived by his wife and daughter. [2]

Leola, age 93, died after she fell getting out of bed and broke her hip. [3]

Children of Jasper Luther Beeson and Leola Selman:

i. Catherine Selman Beeson was born on 16 January 1901 in Milledgeville. [1][4] She died on 11 November 2000 in Lynchburg, Virginia. [4][5] She married Samuel Brown Wright. [4] Samuel, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Campbell) Wright, was born on 16 December 1884 and died on 5 January 1956. [4] Samuel and Catherine are buried in the Thornrose Cemetery in Staunton City, Virginia. [4]

Catherine received an A.B. from Georgia State College for Women in 1922. She was a graduate student at Columbia in 1922/3. She received an A.M. from Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville in 1925. She was a professor of English at the Women's College of Due West, South Carolina in 1925. [1] She taught English at Mary Baldwin College. [5]

According to the census, in 1940 Samuel and Catherine lived in Staunton City with their children. Samuel owned a giftshop. [6]

Children:

Samuel Henry Beeson Wright was born on 7 February 1931. [3][4] He was a married dental student at the Medical College of Virginia when he died of a cerebral glioma on 7 December 1956 in Richmond, Virginia. [4][3][7] He is buried in the Thornrose Cemetery. [4]

Samuel attended the University of Miami, Florida on a Tennis Scholarship. [7]
Possibly living daughter

Endnotes:

1. Jasper Luther Beeson, Beeson Genealogy (Macon, GA: n.p., 1988).

2. "Doctor Beeson, President Emeritus of GSCW, Famed Educator Dies," The Macon Telegraph (Macon, GA), 12 January 1943, p. 5, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph/144100947).

3. "Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912–2014," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9278), entries for Samuel Henry Beeson Wright and Lola Selman Beeson.

4. "Find a Grave," database with images, FindaGrave (accessed 24 March 2024), memorial pages for

Jasper Luther Beeson (31 Aug 1867–10 Jan 1943), Memorial ID 17216968, and Anna Leola Selman Beeson (28 Nov 1868–30 Mar 1962), Memorial ID 14537351, citing Memory Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by David Hutchins Israel (contributor 47406641).

Catherine Beeson Wright (16 Jan 1901–11 Nov 2000), Memorial ID 39591897, Samuel Brown Wright (16 Dec 1884–5 Jan 1956), Memorial ID 39591899, and Dr Samuel Henry Beeson Wright (7 Feb 1931–7 Dec 1956), Memorial ID 70612936, citing Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shock (contributor 47473371).

5. "Catherine B. Wright," The Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA), 12 November 2000, p. 2, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-news-leader/144103472).

6. "U.S. Federal Census Collection," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/usfedcen) > 1940 > VA > Staunton City > Staunton > 121-9, image 14, lines 47–50, wntry for Samuel Wright.

7. "Brain Tumor Kills Wright, Tennis Star," The Richmond News Leader, 7 December 1956, p. 14, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-richmond-news-leader/144046683).

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