The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-20
Gall COMES TO
ELISHA BEEDLE
Veteran Citizen and Soldier Had,
Resided Here Since
Childhood
FOUGHT WITH CUSTER
IN INDIAN WARS
Was Friend and Former Com
rade Of Buffalo Bill'' in
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Elisha A. Beedle, venerable ane
well-known citizen Of Medina, passed
from life on Thursday night, Oct. 13
at the home Of his son, ]. G. Beedle
40l South Court street, after an Ill.
ness Of one week. Mr.. Beedle had
been rather feeble for some time pre-
vions to his final illness, although
I. able to be about.
The deceased was born April rs,
1871 in Abbeyville, this county to
the eslate Solomon and Esther McIn-
tyre Beedle, and thus was IA years
Of age at the time Of his death.
He is survived by one SON, j. C.
Belle Of Medina; three daughters,
Mrs. N. G. Shumways and Mrs. Geo.
Shane Of Berea and Mrs. VIM. Turn
er Of Medina; two brothers, Dwight
Of Elyria and Charles Of Montville
township, and three sisters, Mrs.
Olive Cotton Of Mt. Vernon, O., Mrs.
Eunice Oatman of Bay City, Mich,
and Mrs. Chloe Hutchinson of Oregon.
The wife and mother passed away in
January, 1918.
Funeral services were held from
the j. G. Beedle home Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
" .H. Bryenton Of the M. E. church.
lnterment was madeain Spring Grove
cemetery.
Probably no other citizen enjoyed
q more general acquaintance in Me-
dina county than Elisha Beedle, due
partly to the fact that he has always
resided here, and partly to his life
long occupation Of blacksmithing. For
~ half century or more Mr.. Beedie
shod Medina county horses, farmers
from all parts Of the county coming
70 Medina to have their work done,
and while it had been a long time
since he had performed this class Of
labor, it was his boast long after
reaching the allotted span Of life that,
if occasion demanded, he could do 'as
good ! job then as fifty, years before.
At the outbreak Of the Civil War
Mr. Beedle was too Young to. enlist,
and did not enter the, service until
1ss4. Earlier than. this, however,
"a attempt to organize . company
here was made by y Fred Streeter
tlater publicly executed in Medina
for the murder Of the Coy family,
and Mr. Beedle with \ number Of
other young men, signed his name
to the enlistment roll, but the COM
pAny never was fully organized.
"a 1864 he enlisted in the I'd Ohio
G1gaary, Co. B, at Columbus. He
Mas with the company in many skir-
s1niShes near Memphis. and in Arkan-
-, and served until the close Of the
war, which found him at Little Rock,
Ark. He immediately enlisted in the
IA ". s. Cavalry, Co. B. which was
about to start for the seat of the
Indian uprisings. Leaving Little
Rock the regiment headed for the
Choctaw reservation to quell dis
turbaIsce, thence to the plains of New
Mexico and Arizona. There were
several fights with the Conmanche
and Apaches at Ft. Union, TT. Craig,
Albuquerque, TT. Seldom and Pueblo,
and it was during, some. Of these en-
gagenents that Mr.. Beedle first saw
the famous Indian chief, 1Rain-in-
the-Face," whom he afterward saw
many times, both on the field and at
times wheH peace terms were trying
to be negotiated. Nv.
From Arizona the regiment made
|its way to the Salt Aake region,
where Mr.. Beedle became acquainted
with General Geo. Custer, who was
IN supreme command Of all the In
dian campaigns, and with whom Mr..
Beedle and his regiment were in close
Association for nearly a year. General
Custer, together with his five troops,
of valiant horsemen, met death In
ambush At the hands Of sRainSin-the-
Face and the latter's band OF saw
Iage Sioux, On June rs, 1876.
IN fight between MI. Beedle's
regiment and 1900 Commanche Irea
dams near IT. Wallace, Mr. Beedle
received an arrow wound in.tle fore
head, cutting d wide gaah 'ahd injur-
Inc 4 nerve that cost him the sight
II one eve. and d scar from which