James Beardsley was born in 1829. He is the son of Dr. Havilah and Rachel (Calhoun) Beardsley. He passed away in 1902.
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He lived on the "Old Beardsley Homestead" at Elkhart, and was active in the affairs of the place, and gave Island Park to the city. [Holt]
James Rufus Beardsley (1829-1902) worked with his father Havilah in several of his manufacturing enterprises. He was president, and later a director of the First National Bank of Elkhart, owned a paper mill and was a partner in a flour mill and a starch factory. He was secretary of the Elkhart Hydraulic Company which had built a dam on the Elkhart River. Along with other investors, he helped bring the first streetcars to Elkhart in the 1880s. Active in politics, James served two years in the Indiana State Senate, and was elected Elkhart's second mayor in 1876. [Ruthmere.org][3]
The company which operated the flour and paper mills was Beardsley & Davenport, situated on the northern bank of the St. Joseph and worked by the waters of the Christiana Creek.
Sources
Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. James Beardsley is Holt Record #1109, Pg. 415.
Domesday Book, scrapbook kept by Laura Lutz (Ray) Morrison and Susan Ray (Morrison) Otte, Pg. 33.
1850 US Census: Concord, Elkhart County, IN, 9 Aug 1850[4]
1860 US Census: Concord, Elkhart County, IN, 7 Jul 1860, Pg. 145[5]
1870 US Census: Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN, 10 Aug 1870, Pg. 113
Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: Shelby County, J. Rufus Beardsley & Susan M. Ray, 25 Dec 1873
1880 US Census: Elkhart, Elkhart County, IN, 7 Jun 1880, Enumeration District 42, Pg. 22[6]
1900 US Census:Concord, Elkhart County, IN, 12 Jun 1900, Enumeration District 6, Sheet 13 B
Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920: J. R. Beardsley
Find A Grave: Memorial #93743412; J. R. BeardsleyGrace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart IN
Footnotes
↑ This profile created by Katherine (Alvis) Patterson through the import of Shortened files.ged on 30 December 2010. Added information from Beardsley family researcher Nick Dann, 9 Aug 2015.
↑ Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: 144; Page: 31A
↑ Eighth Census of the United States, NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.; Page: 150; FHL microfilm: 803256
↑ Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.; Roll: 275; Page: 486B; Enumeration District: 042, FHL microfilm 1254275
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