James J Bean (1790 - 1845)

Born 1790 in York, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Woods) Bean — married 24 Dec 1816 in West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1845 at about age 55 in Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant James J. Bean was born in 1790, in York county, Pennsylvania, a son of James Bean, an immigrant from Ireland, and his wife, Jane (Carmichael) Bean. James was a member of the 135th Pennsylvania Militia and served in the War of 1812^[1] with his brother, John, who was badly wounded by a bullet in the hip from which he always suffered. After the war, they both returned to their farms south east of Greenville, Pennsylvania. James married Jane Woods, born in January, 1791. Both were of the Presbyterian faith. They became the parents of ten children, all born on the farm in Greenville:

Cassandra Bean, born August 24, 1818, died March 22, 1899, married Seth Speir

Laird Bean, born circa 1821, married Melinda Woods, his cousin, born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, the daughter of James Woods and Jane (Bean) Woods. They moved to Norton county, Kansas.

Lester Bean, born circa 1825, died September 19, 1833, in Greenville

Erastus Bean, died in Page county, Iowa, married Amelia Blair

Adeline Bean, married David Follett. After Adeline's death, David married her sister Emily

Rebecca Bean, died July 13, 1845

Maria Bean, born 1830, died September 23, 1841

Teressa Bean, married Oscar Bothwick

Emily Bean, married David Follett, widower of her sister Adeline

Elmira Susan Bean

James J. Bean died August 7, 1845, in Greenville, Pennsylvania, and was buried in the Old Salem Cemetery, later known as Bigler Cemetery. ^[2]

Researcher's Notes

Children's names are not in birth order, and were taken from The Clan Bean in North America, Volume II, Fifth Edition, Revised 1993, by Joseph S. Bean, page 776

After the American Revolution, James and most of his extended family moved to York County, Pennsylvania and remained there until after The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, when they all moved again to Hannahtown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the Ligonier Valley. In the spring of 1800, they again moved, in mass, and this time settled where many of the family still lived in 1975 [at the time of the research by Mrs. Arvilla Bean Hill of Erie, Pennsylvania, now deceased.]

War of 1812: Col A. Christy, Commander} Drafted 1 Jan 1814, discharged at Erie, PA 11 Feb 1814 . (needs source)

After James' death, his daughter (Maria Theresa) received a Land Warrant in Page (then Pottawattamie County) IA. The conditions of the grant specified 'minor children' of veterans of the war. At that time, only Maria Teresa qualified. This land became the home of Maria Theresa and her husband Oscar Borthwick. Later it passed to the family of his daughter (Rosemma), then John W. Kenagy and his son, John W. Jr.

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Dept of Military Affairs; Graves Registration; 8 May 1936
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42566454/james-j.-bean

• History of Mercer County; Bates, S.P., (Chicago): p. 299
• Hugh A Radford III

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Bean-1258 created through the import of Kenagy_2012-10-28.ged on Oct 28, 2012 by David Kenagy.