Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

was the daughter of Arthur H. and Eva (Warburton) Root. She married Milton A. Beach
in Hartford, Connecticut in 1920 and two children were born to this union: Owen M.
Beach and Margaret “Peggy” (Beach) Otis. Milton died in 1980 in Florida and Eleanor
was living with James and Peggy Otis in rural Hanover when she died October 14, 1983.
She was cremated and a funeral service was held in Florida.
Bearsley, Charles Richard was born June 25, 1916 in Hanover and was the son of
Charles Wesley and Bertha J. (Sanderson) Bearsley. He married Florence Leona Curley
on May 8, 1937 in Galena and two children were born to this union: Rosalie Kay
(Bearsley) Anderson and Kenneth Charles Bearsley. Charles was a warehouse manager
at the Savanna Army Depot before his retirement. He lived in Thomson when he died
on May 14, 1988. Charles is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
Bearsley, Dorothy Mildred (Hancock) was born December 4, 1913 rural Elizabeth,
Illinois and was the daughter of Freeman Eugene and Myrtle Mabel (Weston) Hancock.
She married Nelson “Nellie” Monroe Bearsley on June 20, 1930 in Warren and four
children were born to this union: Richard “Dick” Nelson Bearsley, Larry Gene
Bearsely, Bonnie Kay (Bearsley) Gillogly, and Donald LaVerne Bearsley. Dorothy
worked at the Savanna Army Depot during the Korean War, was a waitress, worked at
Eaton Corporation for nine years and also for Law-Jones Funeral Home. Dorothy died
December 19, 2004 and is buried in Log Church Cemetery.
Bearsley, Nelson “Nellie” Monroe was born September 16, 1910 in rural Hanover and
was the son of Charles Wesley and Bertha J. (Sanderson) Bearsley. He attended
Hanover school. Nellie married Dorothy Mildred Hancock on June 20, 1930 in Warren
and four children were born to this union: Richard “Dick” Nelson Bearsley, Larry Gene
Bearsley, Bonnie Kay (Bearsley) Gillogly, and Donald LaVerne Bearsley. He was a
boiler tender at the Hanover Woolen Mill and Savanna Army Depot for 30 years. Nellie
also was employed eight years as a custodian at the Hanover School and he worked at
Law-Jones Funeral Home from 1975 until his death. Nellie died August 19, 2000 and is
buried in Log Church Cemetery.
Bearsley, Richard “Dick” Nelson was born February 20, 1931 in Hanover and was the
son of Nelson “Nellie” Monroe and Dorothy Mildred (Hancock) Bearsley. He
graduated from Hanover High School in 1949. Dick was a Korean War Veteran and
received a Purple Heart for his service. Dick was first married to Margaret Bearsley and
three sons were born to this union: Mark Elroy Bearsley, Richard Nelson Bearsley Jr.,
and Ty Richard Bearsley. He worked for 20 years as a supervisor for Eaton Corporation
in Hanover. He also worked as a chef at Chestnut Mountain Resort, Hanover and the
Black Angus restaurant, Savanna and as a guard at the Savanna Army Depot, was a past
manager of a Sherwin-Williams Paint Store in Jacksonville, Florida. Richard was
married several time when he married Barbara C. (Schofield) Sanderson on June 19,
1991 in Kinglsnad, Georgia. He was working for Wells Fargo as a detective in Florida
when he died. Dick died in Florida on August 5, 1991; he was cremated and buried in
Log Church Cemetery.
Beasley, Marjorie Ruth (Chafer) was born November 12, 1904 in Sabula, Iowa and
was the daughter of Joseph Robert & Mary Ellen (Day) Chafer. She married John
Lawrence Beasley on September 10, 1924 in Des Moines, Iowa and had four children:
Doris Lucille (Beasley) Fulton, Ruth Louise (Beasley) DeSpain, Robert Lawrence
Beasley, and John Joseph Beasley. Marjorie lived in Mount Sterling, Illinois for many
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