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- Dr. F. B. BEAUCHAMP was reared on a farm, and at the age ofeighteen years he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. HarveyHAMILTON, ofMonroe County, Ky., and then studied with Dr. BURKS, ofGreen County,two years. At twenty-two years of age he located in thewestern part ofGreen County, where he practiced his profession, making aspecialty offemale diseases; he spent one year in south Mississippi andAlabama,after which he returned to Green County, where he practicedhisprofession, carried on a farm containing 600 acres and ran adistillerytill the war broke out, through which he lost his slaves,withconsiderable other property. In March, 1884, he located atBuffalo, LaRue [sic] County, where he has erected a large hotel andwhere hecontinues to practice. He still owns a farm of 300 acres inGreen County.He started in life with but 10 cents, after he hadprocured hiseducation, which he requested his father to give himinstead of land. He was married, in 1850, to Elizabeth DARNALL, of Marion County,adaughter of Benjamin and Nancy (SUTTON) DARNALL, natives,respectively,of Maryland and Washington County, Ky., now Marion.Benjamin DARNALL waseducated for the priesthood, but became a farmerand settled in MarionCounty about 1800. The Doctor had born to him bythis marriage one child,John S., who died at the age of twenty-sixyears in the Confederate army.The Doctor's wife died January 22, 1874,a member of the Roman CatholicChurch. He married his second wife, Mrs.Susan DE SPAIN [sic], in 1876, adaughter of William and Susan (LAMB)JONES, natives of Pennsylvania, andearly pioneers of Boyle County.William JONES was a farmer, was a soldierin the war of 1812, and wasin the battle of Tippecanoe. He was a son ofIsaac JONES, who marriedFannie DEAVERS, both natives of Pennsylvania orNew Jersey. He was ofEnglish descent, was a soldier in the war ofindependence, immigratedto Kentucky about 1792, and settled in BoyleCounty, afterward in GreenCounty. In politics he is a Democrat, and casthis first presidentialvote for Martin Van Buren.
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1817 - Yes, date unknown
