U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Beer, Oscar B. (b. 1870) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Pages 392-393 DR. OSCAR B. BEER, born near Queen's, March 27, 1870, son of G. W. and Mary M. Taylor. His father was a soldier of the Civil War and belonged to Company M, 3d W. Va. Cavalry (Union). His grandfather. John Beer, came to W. Va. from Clarion County, Pa., just before the Civil War, and located at Sago, where he lived until his death. The subject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of the county and at the Normal and Classical Academy of Buckhannon. He received his medical education and training at the University Medical College, Lebanon, Ohio, Maryland Medical College, Baltimore, Chicago Eye, Ear Nose and Throat College, Chicago Ill., School of Electro-Therapeutics, Chicago, and New York Post Graduate School and Hospital. He began the practice of medicine during the summer of 1898, at French Creek, moving to Buckhannon in 1903, where he has permanently located. Married Ada J. Sexton, daughter of Worthy L. Sexton of French Creek. They have one son, Harold S., born August 28, 1900. The Doctor is a Presbyterian and a Republican. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Oscar Beer) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #'56-016573 FULL-NAME: Ada Sexton Beer BIRTH-DATE: December 11, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: December 9, 1956 DEATH-PLACE: Leonard Memorial Hosp., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: 29 S. Kanawha St., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Worthington Sexton MOTHER: Jane Wingrove CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Coronary Occlusion INFORMANT: Genevieve Sexton - Niece BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------