Hoel Stewart Beebe and Clara A. Morrill

Husband

Hoel Stewart Beebe

Born: 04 MAR 1851 at Vt.
Died: 07 NOV 1931 at Beebe, Quebec
Married: 24 DEC 1873^[1] at Derby Center, Derby, Orleans, Vt.

Wife

Clara A. Morrill

Born: 13 DEC 1853^[2] at Derby, Orleans, Vt.
Died: 19 OCT 1933^[3] at Newport, Orleans, Vt.
Father: John F. Morrill
Mother: Laura K. Cobb

needs independent verification: this 1933 Vermont death certificate has no explicit ‘Place of Death’ field — it states only ‘Usual Residence: Newport.’ The death place ‘Newport, Orleans, Vermont’ proposed here is therefore a derivation from her stated residence, not a directly recorded death-place assertion, and is graded QUAY 1 (a derivation) rather than the certificate’s own QUAY 2 for its directly-stated facts. Death place conflict resolved on this basis: the tree previously carried an UNSOURCED death place ‘Beebe, Quebec’ (no citation, no informant of record). Beebe (also called Beebe Plain), Quebec is a real border locality directly adjoining Derby Line, Vermont — this family’s home region — so the prior value is not dismissed as a fabricated place; the resolution instead turns on evidentiary weight: the certificate is an original record with her son Austin Beebe as informant (secondary information, since he did not personally witness the residence fact but reported it as head of household filing at time of death), close in time to the event, and independent of the tree’s prior uncited claim (an entirely separate discovery chain), whereas ‘Beebe, Quebec’ carries no informant, no closeness-in-time indicator, and no independent corroboration. Under the evidence-grading hierarchy (informant reliability, closeness in time, independence, motive — never QUAY alone), the sourced, if derived, record prevails over an uncited value. The birthplace enrichment (Vermont -> Derby, Orleans, Vermont) is uncontested and drawn from the same certificate, corroborating this subject’s already-recorded father John F. Morrill (birthplace Danville, VT) and mother Laura K. Cobb (birthplace Derby, VT), neither of which is changed by this note. Losing value ‘Beebe, Quebec’ is preserved here for the record rather than silently dropped.^[4]

Children

Chas H. Beebe1875 – 1877

Born: BET 1875 AND 1876^[5] · Derby, Vt.
Died: 17 FEB 1877^[6] · Derby, Vt.

NOTE: Age at death is given inconsistently between duplicate FamilySearch indexing of this same underlying Vermont death record — one indexing states 1 year, the other 2 years — so the birth year is recorded as a range (1875-1876) rather than a single computed date. Needs independent verification: the original town or state death register, which should carry one age only.

Cheney Beebe1878

Born: 1878^[7] · Derby, Vt.

Austin James Beebe1884

Born: ABT 1884^[8] · Vt.
Married: Lena Winona Cousins

NOTE: Birth year ABT 1884 is a derived estimate, computed from the stated age (26) on Austin James Beebe’s 1910 Vermont marriage record to Lena Winona Cousins. Needs independent verification: no separate birth record for Austin James Beebe has been located.

John Anson Beebe1887 – 1949

Born: ABT 1887^[9] · Vt.
Died: 16 OCT 1949^[10] · Vt.

NOTE: Birth year ABT 1887 is a derived estimate, computed from the stated age (62 years) on John Anson Beebe’s Vermont death record (16 Oct 1949). Needs independent verification: no separate birth record for John Anson Beebe has been located.

Carroll Ray Beebe

Married: Veronica Duncan

Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ5-WZHG (accessed 2026-09-23), FamilySearch ark 1:1:QPQ5-WZHG, entry for Hoel S Beebe and Clara A Morrill, 24 December 1873. Clara A Morrill, F, Age 20, Birth Year (Estimated) 1853. Event Type: Marriage. Event Date: 24 December 1873. Event Place: Derby Center, Derby, Orleans, Vermont (Original: Derby, Vermont). Parents: John L Morrill (Father), Laura Cobb (Mother). Spouse: Hoel S Beebe, M, Age 22, Birth Year (Estimated) 1851, same event date and place. Father-in-law: Anson Beebe. Mother-in-law: Betsey Bonwell.
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK5-68B (accessed 2026-09-24), Death record, Clara Morrill Beebe, Newport, Vermont, 19 Oct 1933 (image 1927 of 3,172, Vermont Vital Records 1909-1942). DEATH FEMALE. Full Name of Deceased: Clara Morrill Beebe. Usual Residence: Newport. Color W. Married [X], husband of (or wife of) H. S. Beebe. Date of Birth: Dec. 13, 1853. Age: 79 Years 10 Months 6 [days]. Occupation: Housewife. Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Father’s Name: John F. Morrill. Father’s Birthplace (City or Town): Danville (State or Country): Vermont. Mother’s Maiden Name: Laura Cobb. Mother’s Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Informant: Austin Beebe, Address: Newport, Vt. Date of Death: Oct. 19, 1933. Principal Cause of Death: Cancer of Uterus. Contributory Causes: Old age.
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK5-68B (accessed 2026-09-24), Death record, Clara Morrill Beebe, Newport, Vermont, 19 Oct 1933 (image 1927 of 3,172, Vermont Vital Records 1909-1942). DEATH FEMALE. Full Name of Deceased: Clara Morrill Beebe. Usual Residence: Newport. Color W. Married [X], husband of (or wife of) H. S. Beebe. Date of Birth: Dec. 13, 1853. Age: 79 Years 10 Months 6 [days]. Occupation: Housewife. Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Father’s Name: John F. Morrill. Father’s Birthplace (City or Town): Danville (State or Country): Vermont. Mother’s Maiden Name: Laura Cobb. Mother’s Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Informant: Austin Beebe, Address: Newport, Vt. Date of Death: Oct. 19, 1933. Principal Cause of Death: Cancer of Uterus. Contributory Causes: Old age.
Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFK5-68B (accessed 2026-09-24), Death record, Clara Morrill Beebe, Newport, Vermont, 19 Oct 1933 (image 1927 of 3,172, Vermont Vital Records 1909-1942). DEATH FEMALE. Full Name of Deceased: Clara Morrill Beebe. Usual Residence: Newport. Color W. Married [X], husband of (or wife of) H. S. Beebe. Date of Birth: Dec. 13, 1853. Age: 79 Years 10 Months 6 [days]. Occupation: Housewife. Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Father’s Name: John F. Morrill. Father’s Birthplace (City or Town): Danville (State or Country): Vermont. Mother’s Maiden Name: Laura Cobb. Mother’s Birthplace (City or Town): Derby (State or Country): Vermont. Informant: Austin Beebe, Address: Newport, Vt. Date of Death: Oct. 19, 1933. Principal Cause of Death: Cancer of Uterus. Contributory Causes: Old age.
Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008 (and Death Index), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKV1-8YT (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont death record for Chas H Beebe, 17 Feb 1877, Derby, Orleans Co., VT. Chas H Beebe. Death Date: 17 Feb 1877. Death Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont. Age given inconsistently across duplicate indexing of this record as 1 year and as 2 years. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Morrill. Birth year computed as a range from the two stated ages relative to the 1877 death date.
Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008 (and Death Index), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKV1-8YT (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont death record for Chas H Beebe, 17 Feb 1877, Derby, Orleans Co., VT. Chas H Beebe. Death Date: 17 Feb 1877. Death Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Morrill.
Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908 (Birth Records), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1S-2QJ (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont birth record for Cheney Beebe, 1878, Derby, Orleans Co., VT. Cheney Beebe. Birth Date: 1878. Birth Place: Derby, Orleans, Vermont. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Beebe (Morrill).
Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008, online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK9D-4RF (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont marriage record for Austin James Beebe and Lena Winona Cousins, 1910. Austin James Beebe, M, Age 26. Event Type: Marriage. Event Date: 1910. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Morrill. Spouse: Lena Winona Cousins, F. Birth year computed from stated age (26) relative to the 1910 marriage date.
Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008 (and Death Index), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK7F-9HT (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont death record for John Anson Beebe, 16 Oct 1949, age 62. John Anson Beebe. Death Date: 16 Oct 1949. Age: 62 years. Indexed Birth Date: 1887. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Morrill. Birth year treated here as a derived estimate from the stated age at death rather than an independently attested birth record.
Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008 (and Death Index), online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK7F-9HT (accessed 2026-09-23), Vermont death record for John Anson Beebe, 16 Oct 1949, age 62. John Anson Beebe. Death Date: 16 Oct 1949. Age: 62 years. Indexed Birth Date: 1887. Father: Hoel S Beebe. Mother: Clara A Morrill.