James Madison Beam (1816 - 1870)

Born 28 Feb 1816 in New Jersey

Husband of Sarah Jane Riker — married 31 Mar 1838 in Reformed Dutch Church at Pompton Plains

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1870 at age 54 in New York City, New York

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Biography

James Madison Beam was born on February 28, 1816 in New Jersey.

His occupations included a "sawyer in a steam mill" according to the 1860 Federal Census (Roll ???, page 115, line 1) and a "carman" according to the 1870 Federal Census (Roll 983, page 56, line 39). The 1870 Federal Census includes facts as of June 1, 1870, 28 days before his death. The information was probably provided after his death by his widow.

The 1869 New York City Directory lists a James M. Beam living at 33 Gansevoort. His occupation was "carman."

He married Sarah Jane Riker in the Reformed Dutch Church at Pompton Plains on March 31, 1838.^[1]

They had seven children:

Philip Beam

Nelson Beam

George Washington Beam

Morris E. Beam

Mary Ella Beam

William Wallace Beam

Ida Beam

James Madison Beam died on June 29, 1870 in New York City. Burial was in Bayview Cemetery, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Sources

• WikiTree profile Beam-207 created through the import of Tuckmantel Family Tree-1.ged on Aug 31, 2011 by Brian Tuckmantel. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.

• Source: S2160316382 Repository: #R2148092743 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=8888865&pid=210

• Repository: R2148092743 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

1. ↑ Milillo, Kim, Email query on Wednesday, March 29, 2000. It indicates that it is possible the marriage of James M. Beam and Sarah J. Riker took place at the Reformed Dutch Church at Pompton Plains on 31 March 1838. Also gives the date the marriage was registered in Passaic County, NJ (May 7, 1839), and where they were each living at the time of the marriage.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Beam-253 created through the import of cz1254_67155820735zf10x84z954.ged on Nov 27, 2012 by Bryan Rowe. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Bryan and others.

• Thank you to Harold Templeton for creating Beam-336 on 27 Sep 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Harold and others.