Jacob Skiles Beeson (1820 - 1888)

Born 5 May 1820 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 31 Jul 1888 at age 68 in North Union, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Biography

Jacob Skiles Beeson was born 5 May 1820 in Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania and died 31 July 1888 in North Union, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.^[1] Jacob was the son of Henry Hedges Beeson and Ann Downer

Union Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 7 August 1820
Henry Hedges and Ann Downer Beeson household consisted of: 1 male under 10, Jacob Skiles (born in May), 1 male 26-44, Henry (32), 1 female 16-25, 1 female 26-44, Anne (28), 1 free colored male under 14, 1 person engaged in commerce. ^[2]

Union Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1830
Henry Hedges and Ann Downer Beeson household consisted of: 1 male under 5, Monroe (2), John (2), Jonathan (4), 3 males 5-9, Jacob (9), 1 make 20-29 1 male 40-49, Henry (42), 1 female under 5, Druscilla, 1 female 5-9, Elizabeth (7), 1 female 10-14, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 30-39, Anne (38), 1 female 50-59.^[3]

Union Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 1840
Henry Hedges household consisted of: 2 males 5-9, William (5), Henry (7), 1 male 10-14, Monroe (12), 2 males 15-19, Jonathan (15), Jacob (19), 1 male 50-59, Henry (52), 1 female under 5, Frances (2), 1 female 5-9, Druscilla (9), 1 female 15-19, Elizabeth (17). ^[4]

Union Borough, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 12 October 1850
Henry Beeson (61), farmer, and his wife Anne (50), with real estate valued at $10000, in household with their children, Jacob (28), farmer, Jonathan (25), farmer, Monroe (23), coachmaker, Clarke (32), cabinetmaker, Henry (17), Elizabeth (22), Drusilla (19), and Frances A (14). Frances and Henry attended school within the census year and all in household were born in Pennsylvania. ^[5]

North Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 26 June 1860, Uniontown Post Office
Henry H Beeson (72), farmer, and his wife, Ann (69), owned real estate valued at $16000 and personal property valued at $2500, in household with their children, Jacob (39), day laborer with $200 personal property, Eliz (37), Jonathan (35), Monroe (33) with $200 personal property, Henry (23), Augusta (18), Wm Bine (15), attended school within the census year. All in household were born in Pennsylvania.^[6]

North Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 11 August 1870
Jacob Beeson (49), farmer, owned real estate valued at $9000 and personal property valued at $4547, in household with his siblings, Johnathan (47), farmer with $9000 in real estate and $4547 in personal property, Monroe (43), farmer with $9000 in real estate and $4547 in personal property, Elizabeth (48), with farmer with $5000 in real estate, and Jennie (17), attended school within the census year. Also in household, Andrew Patterson (24), domestic servant. All in household were born in Pennsylvania, except Andrew, born in West Virginia.^[7]

North Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 9 June 1880
Jacob S Beeson (60), farmer, suffered from asthma, and his wife, Mary A (20) with their son William, 7 months old and born in October, 1879, and also in household, boarders and farm workers, William Davis (30) and James Bierer (17), lived on neighboring farm in 1870. All in household were born in Pennsylvania. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Jacob S Beeson, Find a Grave Memorial ID 62726757 citing Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA, maintained by PhilKel (contributor 47125592)
2. ↑ 1820 United States Census, 1820 Pennsylvania > Fayette > Union > image 3 of 12; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ 1830 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Union > image 4 of 51; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ 1840 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Union Township > image 1 of 59; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ 1850 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > Union > image 124 of 126; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ 1860 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > North Union Township > image 41 of 44; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ 1870 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > North Union > image 23 of 44; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ 1880 United States Census Pennsylvania > Fayette > North Union > ED 48 > image 14 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)

Research Notes

1830 Census may have been an error with the enumerator, there were 4 boys under the age of 10 and there may have been other family members in the household. Also, 1840 Census showed no female head of household. By 1870 Census, the estate was divided among adult children

• Information entered by John Beeson on 25 January 2014 into wrong profile. Information transferred to a new profile by Jeanne Howell on 22 October 2018.

This profile was updated as a result of the feature in the Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, in an attempt to connect the Hall and Hull families of Fayette County.