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Show CONFEDERATE WAR VETERAN IS DEAD John F. Eeasley Passes Away at Provo in His Seventy-fourth Year. Special to The Tribune. PROVO, March 29. John F. Bens-lev Bens-lev died at Provo this morning at the age of 74 years. He was born in Monroe Mon-roe county, Tennessee, December 10, 1S-12, and' n.oved to Rome. Ga., in 1S50, where he rysided until coming to Utah. .Mr. Beasley was a Confederate soldier. sol-dier. He was with General Joseph K. Johnston's command at the battle of Bull Run, was later furloughed on account ac-count of sickness and afterward did service ser-vice in the west with General Wheeler's division as member of company H, Third Georgia cavalry. He was taken prisoner while hghting under uenerai Bragg in Kentucky and later exchanged; was wounded at Chicamaugua, and when the war closed was a member of General "Wheeler's cavalary, harassing General Sherman 's line of communications communica-tions in his march to the sea. Although captured twice by the federals fed-erals and wounded three times in battle he came through the war in good physical physi-cal condition. He married Martha Francis Andrews November 28, 1861. After the war he returned to his home in Rome, Ga., wdiere soon after he and his wife were converted to the L. D. S. church, being the first man baptised in that state. He with his family came to Utah in 1.869 and settled in Provo, where he followed the trade of brick making, being the first brick maker in Provo. He made brick for all the first buildings there. Mr. Beasley is survived by his widow and eight living children, Mrs. N. W. Tiffany and S. H. Beasley of Provo, J. W. 'Beasley and Mrs. A. D. Moore of Eureka, Mrs.' O. A. Burton and Mrs. E. Humphries, both of Salt Lake City, P. J. Beasley of Lower Rochester, Nev., and Mrs. 'C. S. Gardner of Kaysville. |