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Yale College 73
1907, and Lieutenant Colonel and Inspector General 1912, m Federal
service on Mexican border as Major, 6th Division, Umted States Army,
June-December, 1916, and Colonel, 22d Engmeers, New York National
Guard, December, 1916-January, 1917; continued as Colonel, 22d
Engmeers, when unit was federalized as I02d Engmeers August 5, 1917,
promoted Bngadier General June 26, 1918, stationed at Camp Wadsworth August, 1917-March, 1918, overseas May-August, 1918, and
took part m defense of Popennghe Line, stationed at Camp Lewis
August 20, 1918, until discharge January 3, 1919, commanding officer
13th Division, August 20-September 11,1918, and 25th Infantry Bngade,
13th Division, September 11, 1918-January 3, 1919, Bngadier General,
U.S Reserve Corps, 1919 until retirement 1935 (commanding general
77th Division 1929-35), his decorations mclude Distinguished Service
Medal, Legion d'Honneur (France), Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order
of the Crown of Belgium (knight commander), New York State
Conspicuous Service Medal, Mexican Border Service Medal, Ypres
Medal, and Victory Medal, president Society of American Military
Engmeers 1927, trustee Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale
1895-1924, associate member Amencan Society of Mechanical Engineers, member French Institute in the Umted States, New York Yacht
Club (rear commodore 1903-05, commodore 1906-08), Adantic,
Larchmont, Eastern, Royal Thames, and Seawanhaka-Connthian Yacht
clubs, Saratoga Association, and St Thomas' Church (Episcopal),
New York City
Marned August 3, 1896, in New York City, Grace Graham, daughter
of Richard Thornton and Melhssa Clementine (Johnston) Wdson
Chddren Cornelius, Jr, and Grace, the wife of Robert Livingston
Stevens, Jr (Princeton ex-28, Lieutenant, U S Naval Reserve)
Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried m Moravian Cemetery,
New Dorp, Staten Island Survived by wife, chddren, two grandchddren, and two sisters, Gertrude Vanderbdt Whitney (died Apnl 18,
1942) and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi of Washington, D C
William Mossgrove Beard, B.A. 1896.
Born March 8, 1876, tn St Louis, Mo
Died October 28, 1941, in Glen Ridge, NJ
Father, Oliver Thomas Beard of Poughkeepsie, N Y , teacher,
author, lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel 48th New York Regiment m Civd
War, son of Wdham and Mary (Johnston) Beard of Brooklyn, N Y
Mother, Elizabeth (Mossgrove) Beard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Mossgrove of Steubenville, Ohio Yale relatives mclude*
| Title | Yb 65, Obituary Records of Graduates of Yale University Deceased During the Years 1940-1945 |
| Creator | Yale University |
| Place of Publication | New Haven, Connecticut (Conn.) |
| Date | 1940-1945 |
| Call Number | Yb 65 |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Yale University -- Biography |
| Type | Periodical |
| Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036259 |
| Repository | Manuscripts and Archives |
| Repository URL | http://www.library.yale.edu/mssa |
| Series | Bulletin of Yale University |
| Title | Page 73 |
| Transcript | Yale College 73 1907, and Lieutenant Colonel and Inspector General 1912, m Federal service on Mexican border as Major, 6th Division, Umted States Army, June-December, 1916, and Colonel, 22d Engmeers, New York National Guard, December, 1916-January, 1917; continued as Colonel, 22d Engmeers, when unit was federalized as I02d Engmeers August 5, 1917, promoted Bngadier General June 26, 1918, stationed at Camp Wadsworth August, 1917-March, 1918, overseas May-August, 1918, and took part m defense of Popennghe Line, stationed at Camp Lewis August 20, 1918, until discharge January 3, 1919, commanding officer 13th Division, August 20-September 11,1918, and 25th Infantry Bngade, 13th Division, September 11, 1918-January 3, 1919, Bngadier General, U.S Reserve Corps, 1919 until retirement 1935 (commanding general 77th Division 1929-35), his decorations mclude Distinguished Service Medal, Legion d'Honneur (France), Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order of the Crown of Belgium (knight commander), New York State Conspicuous Service Medal, Mexican Border Service Medal, Ypres Medal, and Victory Medal, president Society of American Military Engmeers 1927, trustee Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale 1895-1924, associate member Amencan Society of Mechanical Engineers, member French Institute in the Umted States, New York Yacht Club (rear commodore 1903-05, commodore 1906-08), Adantic, Larchmont, Eastern, Royal Thames, and Seawanhaka-Connthian Yacht clubs, Saratoga Association, and St Thomas' Church (Episcopal), New York City Marned August 3, 1896, in New York City, Grace Graham, daughter of Richard Thornton and Melhssa Clementine (Johnston) Wdson Chddren Cornelius, Jr, and Grace, the wife of Robert Livingston Stevens, Jr (Princeton ex-28, Lieutenant, U S Naval Reserve) Death due to cerebral thrombosis Buried m Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island Survived by wife, chddren, two grandchddren, and two sisters, Gertrude Vanderbdt Whitney (died Apnl 18, 1942) and Countess Laszlo Szechenyi of Washington, D C William Mossgrove Beard, B.A. 1896. Born March 8, 1876, tn St Louis, Mo Died October 28, 1941, in Glen Ridge, NJ Father, Oliver Thomas Beard of Poughkeepsie, N Y , teacher, author, lawyer, Lieutenant Colonel 48th New York Regiment m Civd War, son of Wdham and Mary (Johnston) Beard of Brooklyn, N Y Mother, Elizabeth (Mossgrove) Beard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Johnson) Mossgrove of Steubenville, Ohio Yale relatives mclude* |
