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- FRANK B. BEAUCHAMP, M.D., was born April 9, 1817, in Green County, Ky. Heis the second of four boys and three girls born to Joseph andLydia(BARTLETT) BEAUCHAMP, all of whom lived to be grown, but all nowdeceasedexcepting Frank B. and a sister, Hester A. DESPAIN, who isliving inMissouri. Joseph BEAUCHAMP was born in Delaware; he was afarmer andgunsmith by trade, came to Louisville in a flat-boat whenyet a boy, thenlocated near Danville and about 1809 in Green County,where he remainedtill death. He was a son of John BEAUCHAMP, who wasborn in Delaware, wasa soldier in the war for independence, and wastaken prisoner at thebattle of the Brandywine. With his family andothers came down the OhioRiver in a flat-boat and landed whereLouisville now stands, and shortlyafter returned to Delaware, leavingbut one child in Kentucky. He marrieda Miss DOWNHAM, of Delaware. Hewas a son of Coston BEAUCHAMP, who wasborn and reared in Delaware, wasa farmer and large land-holder andtrader. He landed at Louisville,Ky., about 1783, and died in WashingtonCounty about 1830, at the ripeage of one hundred and four, althoughblind for some years. He was apatriot and a strong advocate for theindependence of the colonies. Hehad a son, Jeroboam BEAUCHAMP, whorepresented Washington Countytwenty-two years in the KentuckyLegislature. He had five sons, all ofwhom were highly educated and allwent to Texas, where they becamelarge land-holders and speculators, andthere one, Thomas, owned atract of land sixteen miles square. CostonBEAUCHAMP was a son ofSamuel BEAUCHAMP, who, it is supposed, came fromEngland over 200 yearsago. Dr. BEAUCHAMP's mother was born in South Carolina, and was adaughterof John BARTLETT, who married a Miss FALKNER, a native ofSouthCarolina came to Kentucky about 1792, and later in life locatedatSkagg's Station, in Green County. While a boy he was captured inthemountain regions of South Carolina by Indians and held captivefiveyears. He was a captain in the war of 1812, was at ChippewaPlains, and,it is said, was the first discoverer of gold in NorthCarolina. After anumber of years' residence in Kentucky, he returnedto North Carolina andexplored the gold fields, and during theseexplorations died. JohnBARTLETT was a son of Nathaniel BARTLETT, ofWelsh descent. Dr. F. B. BEAUCHAMP was reared on a farm, and at the age ofeighteenyears 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.
~~~~~~~ [Ref: Battle, Perrin & Kniffin. Kentucky: A History of the State:LarueCounty, 3rd Ed. (1885).
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1738 - 1818 (79 years)
