James Beard (1818 - 1898)

Born 4 Mar 1818 in Brown, Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Emily (Higgins) Beard — married 8 Jan 1844 in Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 4 May 1898 at age 80 in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, USA

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Biography

Buried May 1898. Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, USA.

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Occupation: farmer. labourer.

Census: 1850 Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA. Note: Beard, James, head, 32, Ohio, labourer. Beard, Mary E., wife, 28, Ohio. Beard, Harriett E., daughter, 9, Ohio. Beard, A.G., son, 4, Ohio. Beard, Samantha J., daughter, 2, Ohio. Beard, Elizabeth, ?, 57, Virginia. Higgins, James, f.i.l., widower, 53, Virginia, labourer. 3 (living next door to parents). 1860 Hillsboro, Highland, Ohio, USA. Note: Beard, James, head, 42, Ohio, day labourer. Beard, Mary, wife, 40, Ohio. Beard, Harriette, daughter, 18, Ohio. Beard, Asa, son, 13, Ohio. Beard, Samantha, daughter, 13, Ohio. Beard, Nancy, daughter, 10, Ohio. Beard, Zilphia, daughter, 8, Ohio. Beard, Wilson, son, 5, Ohio. Beard, Mary, daughter, 8 months, Ohio. 1870 Henderson, Knox, Illinois, USA. Note: Beard, James, head, 52, Ohio, farmhand. Beard, Mary, wife, 46, Ohio. Beard, Wilson, son, 15, Ohio. Beard, Mary, daughter, 12, Ohio. Beard, George, son, 8, Ohio. 1880 Jackson, Montgomery, Iowa, USA. Note: Beard, James, head, 62, Ohio, farming. Beard, Mary E., wife, 59, Ohio, housekeeping. Beard, Benjamin, son, 29, Ohio, farm labourer. Beard, Mary, daughter, 20, Ohio, domestic servant. Beard, George E., son, 17, Ohio, farm labourer. 1895 Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, USA. Note: Beard, James, 77.

Event: co. H., 12th Ohio Cav., corpl., g.a.r. Military 1863 Ohio, USA. Note: fought for the Union.

File Format: JPG. Beard, James. Note: his daughters (unknown who is who). Scrapbook: Y. PHOTO

Sources

• family tree

• "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVQG-XQS : 12 December 2014), James Beard, 04 May 1898; citing Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, reference p6; FHL microfilm 1,481,703.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV27-7Z4Z : 13 December 2015), James Beard, 1898; Burial, Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States of America, Villisca Cemetery; citing record ID 61992201, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.