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CHIEF BOATSWAINS
MATE CHARLES ANDREW BEAUSTON was born on July 31, 1886 in Detroit, Michigan
to John Beauston and his wife, the former Amelia Griffin. He joined the United States
Navy as a young man, and was aboard the USS Louisiana (BB-19) in
1907 when that ship, as part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great
White Fleet, sailed around the world. Chief Beauston retired from the
Navy around 1923, then went into the United States Naval Reserve. The
April 1930 Census shows Charles Beauston and his wife, the former Rose
Griffin, living in Jersey City, New Jersey and working as a bank guard.
Later that year, when the 1931 Camden City Directory was compiled, he
was living at 155 Eutaw Avenue in Camden and was working as a bank guard
in Philadelphia. He later settled in Waterford Township
NJ. He remained a member of the United States Naval Reserve. Charles
Beauston was called back to service in December 1941, just after
Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was taken ill while on active duty, and
was discharged in June of 1942. Chief Beauston died in December of 1942.
His death was reported in the December 17, 1942 edition of the Camden
Courier-Post. Survived by his wife Rose, he was buried at New Camden
Cemetery in Camden NJ on December 19, 1942. Mrs. Beauston later
moved back to Camden, and was living at 3300 River Avenue in Cramer Hill
when the 1947 City Directory was compiled. |
