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Charles F. Beaner
Biography and Vital Statistics
CHARLES F. BEANER Birth Date: 1 Jan 1841 Birth Place: Point of Rocks, Maryland Death Date: 28 Oct 1925 Death Place: Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois Burial Date: 2 Nov 1925 / Forest Hill Cemetery Lot #95* Death Age: 84 Occupation: Retired Race: Black Marital Status: W Gender: Male Residence: Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois Father Name: David Beaner Father Birth Place: Maryland Mother Birth Place: Maryland Spouse Name: Mary L. Beaner Charles and his wife Mary were the first people of color to live in the village and they were the first to sell ice cream and bread. Charles had been a slave and had served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Name: Charles Beaner Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: U.S. Colored Troops Regiment Name: 38 U.S.C.I. Regiment Name Expanded: 38th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company: "C" Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 38th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Overview: Organized in Virginia January 23, 1864. Attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. Unattached, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to January, 1867. Service: Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till June, 1864. Operations against Petersburg and Richmond June, 1864, to April, 1865. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30. Deep Bottom October 1. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches north of James River before Richmond till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till May. Moved to Texas May 24-June 6. Duty at Brownsville and at various points on the Rio Grande and at Brazos Santiago, Indianola and Galveston, Texas, till January, 1867. Mustered out January 25, 1867. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 237. ++++++++++++ Charles and Mary had two adopted daughters. This is from the 1900 Census: Name: Anna Steele Age: 19 Birth Date: Feb 1881 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1900: Milton, Dupage, Illinois Race: Black Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Adopted Daughter This is from the 1910 Census: Name: Josephine Williams Burke Age in 1910: 14 Birth Year: 1896 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1910: Milton, DuPage, Illinois Race: Mulatto Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Adopted/Foster Daughter CHARLES F. BEANER Birth Date: 1 Jan 1841 Birth Place: Point of Rocks, Maryland Death Date: 28 Oct 1925 Death Place: Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois Burial Date: 2 Nov 1925 / Forest Hill Cemetery Lot #95 Death Age: 84 Occupation: Retired Race: Black Marital Status: W Gender: Male Residence: Glen Ellyn, DuPage, Illinois Father's Name: David Beaner Father's Birth Place: Maryland Mother's Birth Place: Maryland Spouse's Name: Mary L. Beaner Charles and his wife Mary were the first people of color to live in the village and they were the first to sell ice cream and bread. Charles had been a slave and had served with the Union Army during the Civil War. Name: Charles Beaner Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: U.S. Colored Troops Regiment Name: 38 U.S.C.I. Regiment Name Expanded: 38th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Company: "C" Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS 38th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Overview: Organized in Virginia January 23, 1864. Attached to U.S. Forces, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to June, 1864. Unattached, Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, to August, 1864. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 18th Corps, Army of the James, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 25th Corps, to December, 1864. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 25th Corps, and Dept. of Texas, to January, 1867. Service: Duty at Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., till June, 1864. Operations against Petersburg and Richmond June, 1864, to April, 1865. Battle of Chaffin's Farm, New Market Heights, September 29-30. Deep Bottom October 1. Battle of Fair Oaks October 27-28. Duty in trenches north of James River before Richmond till April, 1865. Occupation of Richmond April 3, 1865. Duty in the Dept. of Virginia till May. Moved to Texas May 24-June 6. Duty at Brownsville and at various points on the Rio Grande and at Brazos Santiago, Indianola and Galveston, Texas, till January, 1867. Mustered out January 25, 1867. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 192 Enlisted men by disease. Total 237. ++++++++++++ Charles and Mary had two adopted daughters. This is from the 1900 Census: Name: Anna Steele Age: 19 Birth Date: Feb 1881 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1900: Milton, Dupage, Illinois Race: Black Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Adopted Daughter This is from the 1910 Census: Name: Josephine Williams Burke Age in 1910: 14 Birth Year: 1896 Birthplace: Illinois Home in 1910: Milton, DuPage, Illinois Race: Mulatto Gender: Female Relation to Head of House: Adopted/Foster Daughter  Research Notes: 1. "The Story of an Old Town -- Glen Ellyn" by Ada Douglas Harmon' 2. "Glen Ellyn's Story and her neighbors in DuPage" by Blythe P. Kaiser and Dorothy I. Vandercook 3. "Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls" |
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