Benjamin Franklin Beardsley, b. 1860 in Beardsley’s Prairie, St. Joseph County, Indiana, d. 13 Sept. 1937 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, son of Elijah Hubbel Beardsley & Matilda Lehman. He married Amelia Phebe Simonds on February 19, 1889 in Jefferson, Ashtabula County, Ohio.