Joseph Henry Beshel was born on 12 May 1883 at Iowa.^1,2

     Joseph married Hilda Anderson, daughter of August Andersson and Adeline Marthina Cristensen.³

     Due to a need for men to serve during World War I, the United States instituted a draft. The first registration was for men between the ages of 21 and 31. As a result, this first registration included men born between June 5, 1886 and June 5, 1896. As World War I continued to escalate, the United States instituted a second draft registration. The second registration was for men who had turned 21 since June 5, 1917, so it added men born between June 5, 1896 and June 5, 1897. Two months later, a supplemental registration was held on August 24, 1918 for men who had become 21 years of age since June 5, 1918, adding the names of men who were born between June 5, 1897 and August 24, 1897. With no end in sight for World War I, the United States instituted it's third and final registration. It included all men who were between the ages of 18 and 21, and 31 to 45 years of age. This added younger men than the previous registrations, those who were born between September 12, 1897 and September 12, 1900; and added an older group of men, born between September 12, 1873 and September 12, 1888. Joseph filled out a draft card for World War I on 12 September 1918 (at age 35), while living at Libertyville, Lake, Illinois. He was employed as farmer for a canning company and described as height, tall and medium build with blue eyes and brown hair..⁴

     Joseph died on 17 July 1920, at Fremont, Lake, Illinois, at age 37,⁵ and was buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Liberty, Lake, Illinois.¹

     Pearl Beshel, daughter of Joseph Henry Beshel and Hilda Anderson, was born circa 1912 at Waukegan, Wake, Illinois.²

     Major Benjamin Thomas Biggs was born on 1 October 1821 at Cecil, Maryland.²

     Benjamin was

U.S. Congressman, Delaware Governor. He attended the Methodist Pennington Seminary and during the Mexican-American War, he served as a Major in the Delaware Militia. After the war, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a director of the Kent & Queen Annes Railroad. Entering politics he was a member of the Delaware Constitutional Convention in 1853 and elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses, serving (1869-73). In 1886, he was elected as a Democratic the 38th Governor of Delaware, serving until 1891. While he was in office, a valued-policy insurance law was constituted, a state hospital for the insane was initiated and the office of superintendent of schools was increased from two to three. After his term, he retired from public service and returned to agricultural interests until his death at age 72.²

     Benjamin married Mary Scott Beekman, daughter of Abraham Christopher Beekman and Elizabeth Houghton, on 18 May 1853, at Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.^3,1

     Benjamin died on 25 December 1893, at Middletown, New Castle, Delaware, at age 72,² and was buried at Bethel Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Cecil, Maryland.²

     Sewell married Caroline Beekman, daughter of Abraham Christopher Beekman and Elizabeth Houghton, on 1 May 1854.¹

     Robert, married Clara L. Tyndall at age 19, daughter of Clarence Tyndall and Ella F. Skidmore, on 14 July 1916.¹