Squint Shot 101610

Mr. L.H. Beebe was one of the first undertakers that I found information on for the village of Fowlerville. The first few times L.H. Beebe's name popped up in the newspaper were in a short notes in 1877:

L.H. Beebe and son, of Pinckney, spent a couple of days in the village this week, and, Mr. L.H. Beebe, of Pinckney, is engaged in drawing up plans for the new brick block to be erected in the spring by Geo. W. Palmerton.

Although I have not come across his obituary, there have been numerous mentions of his name and here is just a sampling of those articles:

1877~~Mr. L.H. Beebe, formerly of Pinckney, has leased the north store of the Opera House block, which he will soon fill up with a large stock of undertaking goods. He has purchased the new hearse recently manufactured by Messrs. Turner & Archer and a fine span of blacks from Chicago, which will make about as fine a funeral turnout as the county affords. He also proposes to do considerable of a business in the cabinet and furniture manufacturing line.

1878~~Messrs. L.H. Beebe & Son were out with their new hearse on Saturday last at the funeral of Mr. Harvey Metcalf, it being the first one they have furnished and attended. The casket was elegant of itself and the trimmings, etc., were in perfect keeping with it and the occasion for which they were used. These gentlemen are making a specialty of undertaking goods and their prices and method of dealing cannot fail to satisfy anyone.

1878~~L.H. Beebe & Son have moved their furniture establishment to the quarters formerly occupied by the Fowlerville Bakery, they having purchased that property of Mr. Metcalf (this was shortly after Harvey Metcalf passed away -- information on him can be found under Squint Shot 101110 -- and now that I have found Mr. Metcalf's obituary, I will post it at a later date).

1878~~As Mr. Beebe, wife, and daughter were out riding on Sunday afternoon last, when passing the residence of Isaac Wright, south, Mr. Beebe accidentally dropped one of the lines, and at the same time thoughtlessly pulled on the other, which caused his horses to turn around in such a manner as to overturn the carriage and spill out the occupants. The horses did not run away, as has been reported, but trotted into Mr. W's barnyard and stopped. The carriage was slightly damaged, but none of the party were seriously injured.

1879~~L.H. Beebe has a telephone running from his residence to that of his son.