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From: "Susan Williams" <>
Subject: Re: Beebe's, Terrill and Caulkin
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 05:17:23 -0700


If my memory serves me: Beebe was part of the land speculator/developer,
etc into the mid Ohio area ca 1805. Also try Delaware Co, OH. Ohio
Genealogical Soc has this name in file.

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> From: Shirley Hulett <>
> To: ;
> Subject: Re: Beebe's, Terrill and Caulkin
> Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 9:29 PM
>
> Ok, Ok, Ok...I know my mind works in mysterious ways and don't know why
> I know this but am willing to take a shot at miscellaneous Beebe info
> and I'm not even related... Just so you don't think I'm a nut case, I've
> been reading Connecticut genealogy and Medina County Ohio genealogy and
> history books looking for my lost relatives.
>
> I believe there's a Beebe famly book listed with the Library of
> Congress, and I think the title is something catchy like "Descendants of
> John Beebe" You should be albe to order it from your local Family
> History Library. I believe the Beebe's were beekeepers in Europe, and
> immigrated about 1630's to Connecticut. In the early 1800's some of them
> moved to Medina County Ohio...If you inquire via the research librarian
> at the Medina County Library (available on lilne) they have lots of town
> histories...the Beebes are very prominent in that area...there's a Beebe
> road and a Beebe Baptist church in Valley City Ohio. Anyway, I am
> confident that a Beebe girl married a memberof the Root family. They
> founded A.I. Root company, nearly 130 years ago, and it's still in
> Medina Ohio (A I Root is on line) They are the largest employers in the
> area and make things to do with bees, and bee paraphrenalia...Anyway, I
> met the following Beebe on line, who is a descendant of the Connecticut
> Beebes and he gave me the info the Beebe being bee keeper: Chester
> Beebe, he works for Netscape, lives in Broken Arrow, OK, according to
> chester there are lots of Beebes in his part of Oklahoma and another
> line in Eugene Oregon. I "met" Chesteron the phone when I was having
> Netscape problems. I believe his work number is 800 639-0939. At the
> time I spoke with him, my case # was 337 693...If you want to reach him,
> the latter may be of some help.
>
> also, Medina Ohio has a GenWeb page...try typing in Welcome to
> Medina...and I think I recall someone searching for the Beebe name.
> Hope this helps
> Shirley in San Diego
>
>
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