- Date
- 2014-02-01
- Kind
- Death
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communitycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The March 2014 Beaver Beacon reports that Joseph Harrell Dillingham died February 1, 2014, after a short illness. The memorial describes his years working on Beaver Island and his role in starting the Beaver Island Telephone Company.
Evidence limits
This record follows the newspaper’s memorial notice and does not independently verify the biographical details.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, March 2014, "In Memory: Joseph Harrell Dillingham."Reports that Joe Dillingham died February 1 after a short illness and describes his Beaver Island work, including starting the Beaver Island Telephone Company. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The held March issue scan confirms the memorial notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-03_Beaver-Beacon
- The forum linked a funeral-home obituary and identified Dillingham in community memory as Beaver Island's first telephone operator; the held Beaver Beacon memorial remains stronger for the island telephone-company history.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 07 · t007182
Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Joseph Harrell Dillingham dies on February 1, 2014”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-joseph-harrell-dillingham-death-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 2014, "In Memory: Joseph Harrell Dillingham." (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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