Amanuensis Monday - Eloise's Cradle Roll Certificate

CRADLE ROLL CERTIFICATE

This Certifies That

Dorrhy Eloisise Bean

Born Oct 22 1923

Was enrolled a member of the

CRADLE ROLL DEPARTMENT

of the Sourhern Methodist school

of Gap Mills W.Va.

Clara C. Rowan         O.C. Rowan

Date Jan 18 1924    E.A. Wilcher

Died Feb. 14 4a.m.

The above Cradle Roll certificate was for my Dad's sister, who died as an infant following contracting tuberculosis.

Here we see the Cradle Roll lists her in January, and someone added her death date and time just below that.

Tombstone Tuesday - Dorothy Eloise Bean

Eloise Bean

daughter of

J.M. & Ada Bean

Oct. 22, 1923

Feb. 14, 1925

Eloise was the sweet little daughter of John Monroe Bean and his [2nd] wife, Ada Burdette.

Born Dorothy Eloise Bean, this little one was born into a home already suffering the loss John's first wife [Blanche], to tuberculosis, and the death of one son, Samuel Maxwell Bean [died 16 Dec 1923] to whooping cough just shortly after her birth. Her older sister, Pauline, was ravaged with tuberculosis.

Pauline was enamored with her new baby sister, and the family did not appear to be aware that her closeness would indeed infect the child. Pauline was especially fond of cradling the baby and loving her she did so often. Pauline was 21 at the time of Eloise's birth.

When little Eloise contracted tuberculosis, one can only imagine the heartbreak of her mother, Ada, but also of rapidly failing sister, Pauline, who so loved the child.

Eloise died on Valentine's Day 1925. And Pauline lived but a short while longer, dying on 27 June that same year.

John Monroe Bean was my grandmother, and this little angel was my aunt.

Treasure Chest Thursday

Cradle Roll Certificate for

Dorothy Eloise Bean

b: 22 Oct 1923

d: 14 Feb 1925

Daughter of John Monroe Bean and Ada Burdette Bean

Wordless Wednesday - 18 November 2009

Dorothy Eloise Bean

1923-1925

Daughter of John Monroe and Ada (Burdette) Bean. Buried Carmel Cemetery, Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia.

Southern Methodist Sunday School Cradle Roll, Gap Mills, Monroe, West Virginia.

Tombstone Tuesday - November 10, 2009

Dorothy Eloise Bean

22 Oct. 1923 - 14 Feb. 1925

"Eloise" was the 11th child born to John Monroe Bean, Sr., and the 6th born to his second wife, Ada Burdette Bean.

John's first wife, Blanche Crosier Bean, had died in 1902, leaving him with 3 very small children; the youngest, Pauline, was exactly 3-months old when her mother died of "consumption" [tuberculosis]. The doctors had tried many "home remedies" to cure Blanche, including drinking large quantities of creosote in milk. [Today we know those "cures" probably hastened her demise.]

In 1907, John then married Ada Burdette. The couple was plagued with heartache!

Samuel Maxwell Bean was born to the couple on 27 April 1919. "Max" was a very young 4-years old when he developed whooping cough and died on 16 December 1923.

Young Pauline, who aspired to become a missionary, and who attended God's Bible College in Ohio, developed tuberculosis. While it did not affect her lungs, she developed a kind then known as "scrofula". Her body developed huge boil-like lesions all over it. She was racked in pain. Her college roommate also developed tuberculosis, but was sent west to a sanatorium, and survived. [She went on to have a large family, and lived until the 1980's.]

Pauline, loved her step-mother and the brothers and sisters her father and step-mother added to the family. But little Eloise was her favorite. She'd sit for hours and cuddle with the baby. She even took the wee one into her bed with her at night, to help care for her.

Of course, poor little Eloise contracted tuberculosis, from being so close to her big sister, Pauline. The baby died on February 14, 1925 [Valentine's Day].

Pauline lived only until June 25th of the same year, when she succumbed.

On 10 August 1929, Ada gave birth to a son, Jack. Ada, who had not received proper pre-natal care, developed toxemia during the pregnancy. She died 5-days after the birth of her son.

Ada, Max, Pauline, and Eloise are all buried in the Carmel Cemetery at Gap Mills, Monroe County, West Virginia.