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Anna Jackson Hartness
(1889 - December 1966)

     Anna was born in 1889.1 She married Doctor William Henry Beardsley in Springfield, Windsor County, Vermont, on 30 October 1912.1,2 One event gives a glimpse of the family's means and situation. Her daughter Mary, "became critically ill in Italy on her wedding trip." Anna, and her son Hartness, "received a cable to that effect about 4:30 p.m. July 17th, and after a hectic time involving two airplane journeys and a train ride just managed to catch the liner 'Bremen' from New York for Europe sailing at midnight that same night. Mrs. Fenn recovered." "An unwelcome New Year's Day [1941] event in Springfield was a stubborn fire in the two apartment house at 31 Orchard Street, owned by Mrs. W.H. Beardsley ..."3 In 1946 she was serving as a Trustee of the Library in Springfield; this was still true in 1961.4 "The Committee for the Restoration of the Old Eureka School House held an open meeting" 11 October 1946. "Mrs. Anna Beardsley was elected Chairman."5 "Edward Miller in December, 1955, offered his Elm Street mansion as a permanent art, craft and cultural center.... The [Miller] Foundation held an organizational meeting January 5, 1956, and elected the following officers: Mrs. W.H. Beardsley, President ..."6 she was Chairman of the Association for the Preservation of the Eureka School House. Herbert William Dutton was among those who in October 1958 dismantled and stored the schoolhouse, in space provided by Senator Flanders.7,8 Anna died in December 1966.9

     Children of Anna Jackson Hartness and Doctor William Henry Beardsley:
James Hartness Beardsley +   (20 Mar 1914 - 23 Jun 2004)
Constance Beardsley   (17 Aug 1916 - )
Mary Beardsley   (11 Nov 1917 - )

Cited documentation:

  1. [S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951.
  2. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 146, "Anna Hartness ... was married to Dr. W.H. Beardsley at the Hartness residence on October 30th"; a personal note adds, "two of the people in this wedding party--the bride and Junior Bryant--were the persons instrumental in getting the author started on this historical project."
  3. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 366, 1941 events.
  4. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 425, note; cf pg. 489, for the year 1951.
  5. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 434.
  6. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 536.
  7. [S239] Springfield Hist. 2, pg. 567, discussing the event but naming only the Chairman, "Mrs. W.H. Beardsley."
  8. [S167] I learned from a conversation in the summer of 2002 with my uncle, Marshall Dutton, that his grandfather Herbert Dutton was one of those who dismantled the school.
  9. [S237] Beardsley Gen. 1951, added by hand "AJH D - Dec. 1966."
The author strongly cautions the reader about making any assumption concerning the existence of uncited documentation (whether the assumption is that it does exist -- or that it does not).


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