Biography - Capt Mat Beasley

Photo by Dana Stubbs

Capt. Mat Beasley
Co. I 4th Regt. Texas Inf
CSA
1834 - 1908

1st sergeant/lieutenant/captain. Was the original 1st sergeant of the company. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on Dec 14, 1861 and to captain on Nov 10, 1863. Was wounded in the thigh in the battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia on June 27, 1862. While leading the company in battle at Chickamauga on September 19 or 20, 1863, Beasley was wounded again. Died in Navarro County in 1906.

Enlisted in "Navarro Rifles" militia on July 17, 1861. Was original first sergeant of the unit which became a part of Company I, 4th Texas infantry, Army of North Virginia. Wounded twice during war and was promoted to Captain before war's end. Wife, Eliza Conner. Became minister of several churches in Navarro County, served as Navarro County Treasurer. (Navarro Leaves & Branches Feb 1999)

Conner Family Cemetery; Navarro Co., TX
1834 - 15 September 1906

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Submitted by Norman Stubbs, Commander of J. L. Halbert Camp 359, SCV
Obituary of Georgia Eliza Beasley

Georgia Elizabeth. Beasley
Apr 12, 1855 - Sep 4, 1935

Mrs. Georgia Beasley Buried
Funeral rites for Mrs. Georgia E. Beasley, 80, wife of the late Matt Beasley, early Baptist minister in Corsicana and Central Texas, were held Friday at the Poole Funeral Home, with burial in Conner Cemetery, northeast of Corsicana. Mrs. Beasley died Wednesday at her home, 827 South Winnetka.

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Submitted by Dana Stubbs
Sep 7, 1935, Dallas, TX

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PIONEER NAVARRO COUNTY WOMAN DIED DALLAS WEDNESDAY
Mrs. George Beasley, aged 80 years, widow of the late Rev. Matt Beasley, pioneer Baptist minister of Corsicana, died at the home of a neice, Miss Bertha Warren, in Dallas Wednesday morning at 10:20 o'clock and the funeral will be held at the Conner cemetery Friday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
The funeral rites will be conducted by the Sutherland-McCammon Funeral Home.

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Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light; Fri. Sep. 6, 1935; PaGE 9
Submitted by Ed Williams