"Samuel Bean was a native of Sutton, N. H., and was a member of a large family, the descendants of which are widely scattered over the United States and Canada. He came North first, as far as Derby Line, where he stopped for a short time, but not liking there, came back as far as Glover sometime during the year 1798. He had acquaintances here, and decided he would stop, being favorably impressed with the place. He bought a lot of land,and commenced improvements. He was then only 19 years of age. He made his home in the family of James Vance until his marriage, which took place October 1, 1799. [His] grandmother's maiden name was Charlotte Phelps; her birthplace, Litchfield, Connecticut; her mother died when she was very young, and she came to New Haven, Vt., to live with her cousin, Andrew Moore,and moved to Glover with them. They settled on the old Parker farm, building a log house in the field on the east side of the road. And here grandfather and grandmother were married. They moved into the log house which he had built, and here the first years of their married life were spent. Their hardships were many; though I doubt whether they seemed so severe to them, as they do to us, as we look back upon them. The dense forests, no roads, no stores, being obliged to make all of their own cloth; often living several miles from neighbors,and many miles from any shop or mill, were but few of the many inconveniences that they suffered. Sometimes the crops were cut short, and then there were no well-filled granaries or over-stocked markets to fall back upon, but all were driven to extreme want.
In 1816, when there was a snow storm the 8th, 9th and 10th of June, the growing crops and leaves on the trees were killed, and even the birds died by hundreds. Grandfather's family then numbered eight children, and we can only imagine what straits they were in until another season's harvest came. Framed houses and barns soon took the place of those first built, schools and school buildings improved, stoves took the places of fireplaces and the inverted kettles (for the first stove in their school-house was a potash kettle turned bottom upwards, with a hole cut in the top for a chimney, and the side for the door.
About the year 1835, he built another set of buildings one half mile to the east of the old homestead, (giving up this place to one of his sons, Amos P.) which he intended for the home of his old age. In 1837, Jan. 15th, grandmother died. Grandfather was married again the following autumn to Mrs. Laura Spaulding Percival, widow of Ashur Percival. She had a large family of children, consisting of two sons and six daughters, of whom five are still living. O. V. Percival, a much respected townsman is her oldest son. Solon resides in Coventry; Orpha, the oldest daughter, now Mrs. Newcomb, lives in the state of New York ; Susanna, Mrs. Butler, and Lodema, now Mrs. R. M. Kimball, live in Somerville, Mass.; Finette, the wife of Dr. Isaac Kimball, died while in the South during the late civil war, two other daughters died many years ago. Grandfather lived but a few years after this marriage, dying April 8, 1843, aged 64 years, a victim of that terrible epidemic, erysipelas. He was one of the first board of selectmen in town, and served often as lister and justice. He was 1st lieutenant in the first military-Co. formed in Glover. A staunch democrat, and a firm believer in the final salvation of all men. He always carried a pleasant face, had a jovial word for all, and was known by the familiar name of "Uncle Sam." He had 11 children, all living at the time of his death. Their names were Cromwell, Samuel, Charlotte, Amos, Phebe, Eldad, Evelyn, Freeman, Nathan, John and Phebe.
His second wife lived with her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Kimball, during the last years of her life, and died Aug. 14th, 1871." (Sketch on the Bean Family by Eliza M. (Bean) Dwinell, published in the Orleans County Monitor, 11 April 1887)
As noted above, Samuel and Charlotte (Phelps) Bean had one more child not listed here - Cromwell Phelps Bean, born 6 Jun 1800 in Glover, VT, died 26 Dec 1864 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI. He had an accident as a young man, which resulted in the amputation of one leg. He taught school in Glover, VT for many years, then Saratoga, NY; Dubuque, Iowa and Prairie Du Chien, WI. He lived with his brother Evlin and family, first in New York and then in Wisconsin, and then with his brother John. He did not marry.
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When Samuel Bean III was born on 17 August 1775, in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Bean Jr, was 27 and his mother, Dorothy Ann Wells, was 24. He married Charlotte Phelps on 1 October 1798, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 April 1843, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
In 1816, when there was a snow storm the 8th, 9th and 10th of June, the growing crops and leaves on the trees were killed, and even the birds died by hundreds. Grandfather's family then numbered eight children, and we can only imagine what straits they were in until another season's harvest came. Framed houses and barns soon took the place of those first built, schools and school buildings improved, stoves took the places of fireplaces and the inverted kettles (for the first stove in their school-house was a potash kettle turned bottom upwards, with a hole cut in the top for a chimney, and the side for the door.
About the year 1835, he built another set of buildings one half mile to the east of the old homestead, (giving up this place to one of his sons, Amos P.) which he intended for the home of his old age. In 1837, Jan. 15th, grandmother died. Grandfather was married again the following autumn to Mrs. Laura Spaulding Percival, widow of Ashur Percival. She had a large family of children, consisting of two sons and six daughters, of whom five are still living. O. V. Percival, a much respected townsman is her oldest son. Solon resides in Coventry; Orpha, the oldest daughter, now Mrs. Newcomb, lives in the state of New York ; Susanna, Mrs. Butler, and Lodema, now Mrs. R. M. Kimball, live in Somerville, Mass.; Finette, the wife of Dr. Isaac Kimball, died while in the South during the late civil war, two other daughters died many years ago. Grandfather lived but a few years after this marriage, dying April 8, 1843, aged 64 years, a victim of that terrible epidemic, erysipelas. He was one of the first board of selectmen in town, and served often as lister and justice. He was 1st lieutenant in the first military-Co. formed in Glover. A staunch democrat, and a firm believer in the final salvation of all men. He always carried a pleasant face, had a jovial word for all, and was known by the familiar name of "Uncle Sam." He had 11 children, all living at the time of his death. Their names were Cromwell, Samuel, Charlotte, Amos, Phebe, Eldad, Evelyn, Freeman, Nathan, John and Phebe.
His second wife lived with her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Kimball, during the last years of her life, and died Aug. 14th, 1871." (Sketch on the Bean Family by Eliza M. (Bean) Dwinell, published in the Orleans County Monitor, 11 April 1887)
As noted above, Samuel and Charlotte (Phelps) Bean had one more child not listed here - Cromwell Phelps Bean, born 6 Jun 1800 in Glover, VT, died 26 Dec 1864 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI. He had an accident as a young man, which resulted in the amputation of one leg. He taught school in Glover, VT for many years, then Saratoga, NY; Dubuque, Iowa and Prairie Du Chien, WI. He lived with his brother Evlin and family, first in New York and then in Wisconsin, and then with his brother John. He did not marry.
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When Samuel Bean III was born on 17 August 1775, in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Bean Jr, was 27 and his mother, Dorothy Ann Wells, was 24. He married Charlotte Phelps on 1 October 1798, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 April 1843, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
"Samuel Bean was a native of Sutton, N. H., and was a member of a large family, the descendants of which are widely scattered over the United States and Canada. He came North first, as far as Derby Line, where he stopped for a short time, but not liking there, came back as far as Glover sometime during the year 1798. He had acquaintances here, and decided he would stop, being favorably impressed with the place. He bought a lot of land,and commenced improvements. He was then only 19 years of age. He made his home in the family of James Vance until his marriage, which took place October 1, 1799. [His] grandmother's maiden name was Charlotte Phelps; her birthplace, Litchfield, Connecticut; her mother died when she was very young, and she came to New Haven, Vt., to live with her cousin, Andrew Moore,and moved to Glover with them. They settled on the old Parker farm, building a log house in the field on the east side of the road. And here grandfather and grandmother were married. They moved into the log house which he had built, and here the first years of their married life were spent. Their hardships were many; though I doubt whether they seemed so severe to them, as they do to us, as we look back upon them. The dense forests, no roads, no stores, being obliged to make all of their own cloth; often living several miles from neighbors,and many miles from any shop or mill, were but few of the many inconveniences that they suffered. Sometimes the crops were cut short, and then there were no well-filled granaries or over-stocked markets to fall back upon, but all were driven to extreme want.
In 1816, when there was a snow storm the 8th, 9th and 10th of June, the growing crops and leaves on the trees were killed, and even the birds died by hundreds. Grandfather's family then numbered eight children, and we can only imagine what straits they were in until another season's harvest came. Framed houses and barns soon took the place of those first built, schools and school buildings improved, stoves took the places of fireplaces and the inverted kettles (for the first stove in their school-house was a potash kettle turned bottom upwards, with a hole cut in the top for a chimney, and the side for the door.
About the year 1835, he built another set of buildings one half mile to the east of the old homestead, (giving up this place to one of his sons, Amos P.) which he intended for the home of his old age. In 1837, Jan. 15th, grandmother died. Grandfather was married again the following autumn to Mrs. Laura Spaulding Percival, widow of Ashur Percival. She had a large family of children, consisting of two sons and six daughters, of whom five are still living. O. V. Percival, a much respected townsman is her oldest son. Solon resides in Coventry; Orpha, the oldest daughter, now Mrs. Newcomb, lives in the state of New York ; Susanna, Mrs. Butler, and Lodema, now Mrs. R. M. Kimball, live in Somerville, Mass.; Finette, the wife of Dr. Isaac Kimball, died while in the South during the late civil war, two other daughters died many years ago. Grandfather lived but a few years after this marriage, dying April 8, 1843, aged 64 years, a victim of that terrible epidemic, erysipelas. He was one of the first board of selectmen in town, and served often as lister and justice. He was 1st lieutenant in the first military-Co. formed in Glover. A staunch democrat, and a firm believer in the final salvation of all men. He always carried a pleasant face, had a jovial word for all, and was known by the familiar name of "Uncle Sam." He had 11 children, all living at the time of his death. Their names were Cromwell, Samuel, Charlotte, Amos, Phebe, Eldad, Evelyn, Freeman, Nathan, John and Phebe.
His second wife lived with her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Kimball, during the last years of her life, and died Aug. 14th, 1871." (Sketch on the Bean Family by Eliza M. (Bean) Dwinell, published in the Orleans County Monitor, 11 April 1887)
As noted above, Samuel and Charlotte (Phelps) Bean had one more child not listed here - Cromwell Phelps Bean, born 6 Jun 1800 in Glover, VT, died 26 Dec 1864 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI. He had an accident as a young man, which resulted in the amputation of one leg. He taught school in Glover, VT for many years, then Saratoga, NY; Dubuque, Iowa and Prairie Du Chien, WI. He lived with his brother Evlin and family, first in New York and then in Wisconsin, and then with his brother John. He did not marry.
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When Samuel Bean III was born on 17 August 1775, in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Bean Jr, was 27 and his mother, Dorothy Ann Wells, was 24. He married Charlotte Phelps on 1 October 1798, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 April 1843, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
In 1816, when there was a snow storm the 8th, 9th and 10th of June, the growing crops and leaves on the trees were killed, and even the birds died by hundreds. Grandfather's family then numbered eight children, and we can only imagine what straits they were in until another season's harvest came. Framed houses and barns soon took the place of those first built, schools and school buildings improved, stoves took the places of fireplaces and the inverted kettles (for the first stove in their school-house was a potash kettle turned bottom upwards, with a hole cut in the top for a chimney, and the side for the door.
About the year 1835, he built another set of buildings one half mile to the east of the old homestead, (giving up this place to one of his sons, Amos P.) which he intended for the home of his old age. In 1837, Jan. 15th, grandmother died. Grandfather was married again the following autumn to Mrs. Laura Spaulding Percival, widow of Ashur Percival. She had a large family of children, consisting of two sons and six daughters, of whom five are still living. O. V. Percival, a much respected townsman is her oldest son. Solon resides in Coventry; Orpha, the oldest daughter, now Mrs. Newcomb, lives in the state of New York ; Susanna, Mrs. Butler, and Lodema, now Mrs. R. M. Kimball, live in Somerville, Mass.; Finette, the wife of Dr. Isaac Kimball, died while in the South during the late civil war, two other daughters died many years ago. Grandfather lived but a few years after this marriage, dying April 8, 1843, aged 64 years, a victim of that terrible epidemic, erysipelas. He was one of the first board of selectmen in town, and served often as lister and justice. He was 1st lieutenant in the first military-Co. formed in Glover. A staunch democrat, and a firm believer in the final salvation of all men. He always carried a pleasant face, had a jovial word for all, and was known by the familiar name of "Uncle Sam." He had 11 children, all living at the time of his death. Their names were Cromwell, Samuel, Charlotte, Amos, Phebe, Eldad, Evelyn, Freeman, Nathan, John and Phebe.
His second wife lived with her daughter, Mrs. R. M. Kimball, during the last years of her life, and died Aug. 14th, 1871." (Sketch on the Bean Family by Eliza M. (Bean) Dwinell, published in the Orleans County Monitor, 11 April 1887)
As noted above, Samuel and Charlotte (Phelps) Bean had one more child not listed here - Cromwell Phelps Bean, born 6 Jun 1800 in Glover, VT, died 26 Dec 1864 in Prairie Du Chien, Crawford Co., WI. He had an accident as a young man, which resulted in the amputation of one leg. He taught school in Glover, VT for many years, then Saratoga, NY; Dubuque, Iowa and Prairie Du Chien, WI. He lived with his brother Evlin and family, first in New York and then in Wisconsin, and then with his brother John. He did not marry.
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When Samuel Bean III was born on 17 August 1775, in Sutton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Bean Jr, was 27 and his mother, Dorothy Ann Wells, was 24. He married Charlotte Phelps on 1 October 1798, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 8 April 1843, in Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Westlook Cemetery, Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
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