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Beverage, John Sylvester (b. 1850)
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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

Page 393

JOHN SYLVESTER BEVERAGE is a farmer of Banks District. Owns one
hundred and twenty-four acres of land of which seventy-five are
improved, with good orchards, residence, etc., thereon.

The farm is located on the waters of the Kanawha river.

He was born December 22, 1850, the son of Andrew and Eliza J.
(Eagle) Beverage, and the grandson of John and Margaret (Rimmer)
Beverage.

Andrew Beverage, the father of J. S., settled on the waters of
Kanawha or Cow River in 1852.

John Beverage, the grandfather of subject, came to this country with
his brother, Henry, from Germany and settled in this county two
decades ago. On October 3, 1872, he married Rachel Bland, who was
born April 6, 1884, and their children are: Minnie E., wife of J. L.
Mick of Lewis County; Virginia M., wife of W. P. Kincaid of Lewis
County, and Georgia A., wife of J. Q. Snyder.

Mrs. Beverage is the daughter of Job and Margaret (Cunningham) Bland
of Pendleton County. Her grandmother was a native of Virginia.

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