Frances Estill Beauchamp

Frances Estill Beauchamp (, Estill; June 27, 1860 – April 11, 1923) was an American temperance activist, social reformer, and lecturer. In 1886, Beauchamp took active responsibilities of leadership in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), being elected local president at Lexington, Kentucky and also state secretary. In 1896, she was elected state president of the WCTU. Beauchamp attended every national convention of the order since 1887. In 1894, she was elected one of the two national WCTU secretaries, and while state president, she was a vice president of the National Union. She served as Kentucky state chair of the Prohibition Party, becoming secretary of the National committee in 1911.

Early life and education Frances (nickname, "Fannie") Estill was born in Madison County, Kentucky, June 27, 1860, in the home of her paternal ancestor, General Samuel Estill, and was of the fifth generation born on the old farm which was taken up from the Commonwealth of Virginia by his progenitors. She was of Quaker ancestry. Her parents were James W. and Nancy (Scott) Estill. The father was engaged in stock raising on a large scale in the old Paint Lick community of Garrard County. In 1880, he moved to Lexington, and for several years, was associated in business with his son-in-law, J. H. Beauchamp, on Versailles Pike near Lexington.

Frances Beauchamp died at the home of Mrs. Richard R. Wellington, at Geneva, New York, April 11, 1923. Burial was at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky.