OBIT: Franklin Pierce BEACHY, native of Somerset County, PA

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FRANKLIN PIERCE BEACHY

  Franklin Pierce Beachy, son of John W. and Susan (Lichty) Beachy, was born 
August 17, 1859 in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pa., and answered the 
higher summons Sunday morning, Feb. 7, 1932, at his home in Carleton, Nebraska, 
at the age of 72 years, 5 months and 21 days.
  Mr. Beachy grew to manhood in his native township.  He received his elementary 
education in the public schools of Salisbury, the farm on which he grew to 
manhood being adjacent to that borough.
  The recollections of his early childhood scenes and the friendships of those 
formative years made tender and indelible impressions which mellowed and 
brightened his life in the succeeding years.
  His higher education was completed in Mount Union College, Ohio, from which 
institution he was graduated.  However, Mr. Beachy was never presumptious in his 
attainments; at all times showing an eagerness to learn and being alert in the 
affairs of the day.
  Before entering Mount Union College, he attended several terms of local normal 
schools and one term in Juniata College and taught in the public schools of 
Cumberland, Md., for one term in 1878-9.  Soon after his graduation from college 
he located in Carleton, Thayer County, Nebraska, where he engaged in the retail 
hardware business for a period of 23 years.  He was a very accommodating and 
successful business man and was always very methodical and punctual in meeting 
his business obligations.
  On July 22, 1886, Mr. Beachy was united in marriage to Miss Lydia M. Johnston 
of Uniontown, Pa.  To this union were born five children; Sadie Ellen, John W., 
Mary, William Johnson and Fern Lydia.  In 1894 Mr. Beachy was bereaved by the 
death of his beloved wife, also by the death of his daughter, Mary, aged three 
years.  The remaining children all survive with the exception of William, who 
preceded him in death Sept. 12, 1931.
  On March 13, 1895, Mr. Beachy was again blessed matrimonially by taking as his 
second wife, Miss Annie Lichty, eldest daughter of the late David and Elizabeth 
Lichty of Salisbury, Pa., who proved a most faithful and loving mother to the 
children who were the fruit of his former marriage.
  One son, Eugene, resulted from his second marriage, who, with his mother, also 
survives, to cherish the memory of a loving Christian husband and father.
  The home of Mr. Beachy was always welcome to his many friends as well as the 
stranger in need.  In his relatives and friends he found much joy and comfort.
  Of Mr. Beachy's four sisters and three brothers, only the youngest brother, 
John L. Beachy, of McKeesport, Pa., survives.  The deceased sisters and brothers 
were:  Ann, Mrs. Samuel J. Flickinger; Harriet, Mrs. John R. Lichty; Elizabeth, 
Mrs. Jacob D. Livengood; Ellen, Mrs. Mahlon C. Berkley; Milton J. and Richard 
Beachy.
  Funeral rites for Franklin P. Beachy were conducted by Rev. R. W. Deeter, 
pastor of the Brethren Church at Carleton, Neb., assisted by Rev. R. L. Sink of 
the Church of the Brethren, interment being made in the Carleton Cemetery.
  Mr. Beachy was a very sincere and earnest Christian.  He became a member of 
the Church of the Brethren in his youth and was one of the organizers of the 
Brethren congregation at Carleton during his young manhood, and one of its chief 
supporters until his death.  Among his papers was found after his death a 
beautifully worded prayer composed by him in 1905, which showed his unfaltering 
faith and trust in his Heavenly Father, and the closing words of which were as 
follows:
  "Give us love like Thine, that we, too, may forgive as we have been forgiven.  
Give us the courage to finish the tasks Thou hast set for us to do.  Give us 
quietness of spirit that we may serve Thee faithfully.  Make our hearts strong 
and ready to receive whatsoever Thou shalt lay upon us.  Prepare us for all thou 
art preparing for us.  Bless us with Thy heavenly benediction that each fresh 
day we may enter into the joy of the Lord; and each night, dear Shepherd, bring 
us to the safe fold of Thy embrace till the long night comes and we are led 
willingly into the still valley where the living waters flow toward home.  
Amen."

Meyersdale Republican, May 26, 1932