1. "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFLZ-WTR : 3 March 2016), Hiram C. Beard and Sarah Frances Sears, 04 Oct 1855; citing Kendall, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,403,534.
2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4B-PBW : 30 December 2015), Hiram C Beard, 1860.
3. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M67P-F87 : 17 October 2014), Hiram Baird, Illinois, United States; citing p. 43, family 330, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,714.
4. "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4N5-22M : 15 November 2014), Hiram C Beard, Polk, Taylor, Iowa; citing p. 7, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,020,186.
5. "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XVH8-G6P : 12 December 2014), Hiram Chafee Beard, Jan 1899; citing Ross Township, Taylor, Ia, reference p10; FHL microfilm 1,035,149.
6. "Find a Grave, database with images," (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Beard&GSfn=hiram&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=35620653&df=all& :accessed 10 Jul 2017.)
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