Richard Henderson Bean (1799 - 1859)

Born 3 Jun 1799 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Denton) Bean — married about 1830 in Washington County, Arkansas

Husband of Mary Jane (Parks) Bean — married 17 Apr 1845 in Washington County, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 15 May 1859 at age 59 in LaGrange, Texas

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Biography

Richard Henderson Bean is the son of Captain Jesse Bean and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Bean. Richard moved from Franklin County, Tennessee to Batesville, Arkansas, in 1818. He moved from there to Crawford County, Arkansas and lived most of his life in Canehill. On November 22, 1857, he moved his church membership from The Presbyterian Church of Cane Hill to LaGrange, Texas, where he moved because of failing health, thinking the climate of Texas would help.

Richard married Elizabeth Denton, daughter of John Denton and Jane (French) Denton. Children of Richard and Elizabeth are:

• Charles Bean, born circa 1831 (taken from Census) at Bean Station, Tennessee, married on January 16, 1853, in Barstow County, Georgia to Frances Turner

• Mark B. Bean, born June 13, 1835, in Washington County, Arkansas, died May 8, 1865, in Lampasas, Texas, married Isabella Victoria Hulling. When Mark died, Isabella married his younger brother, Tilford.

• William Denton Bean, (middle name from his mother's maiden name) born November 8, 1837, in Canehill, Washington County, Arkansas, died May 10, 1889, in Lampasas, Texas, married Julia Stillwell

• Tilford Bean, (named for his maternal uncle) born March 1, 1839, in Canehill, AR, died january 24, 1918, in Lampasas, Texas, married Isabella Victoria (Huling) Bean, in 1866

Elizabeth (Denton) Bean died circa 1840, near Mulberry, Crawford County, Arkansas, leaving Richard with four boys under ten years of age to raise.

In 1842, Richard married Muriel Rebecca Smith. She died in childbirth on October 7, 1843, in Little Mulberry, Arkansas. The baby, born that day, survived:

• Nancy Bean, born October 7, 1843, married 1) William H. Buchannan and 2) Thomas H. Bucannan and 3) Mr. Goodpasture, the father-in-law of her daughter, "Willie (Buchanan) Goodpasture.

On April 17, 1845, in Washington County, Arkansas, Richard, now the father of five motherless children, married Mary Jane Parks, daughter of Robert Parks and Elizabeth (Johnson) Parks. Children of Richard and Mary Jane are:

• Robert Perry Bean, born January 15, 1843, in Canehill, Arkansas, died January 20, 1916, in Roswell, New Mexico, married 1) Elizabeth Ann Dorothy Jones, and 2) Mary Harper Gillett

• Martha Ann Bean, born 1848, in Canehill, lived in Roswell, N.M. married May 4, 1867, in Texas to J.W. Hubbard

• Sarah Elizabeth Bean, born 1850, married December 21, 1870 to William J. Crawford

• Mary Thomas Bean, died 1966, in Tulsa, married D.J. McInnish

• Dr. James Lewis Bean, married three times, but had no children

• Celia Parks Bean, married November 24, 1875, to John B. Perry

Sources

• Clan MacBean in North America, Volume II, Fifth Edition, Revised 1993, by Joseph S. Bean, page 371