If you are a male, have the surname "Bean" and are from this line please contact Thomas Bean, Administrator, Bean DNA Project [email protected] or Justine Bradford, genealogist Clan MacBean of North America, [email protected]
As a young man of 21, John moved in a covered wagon with his parents, Walter and Elizabeth McGalliard Bean, to Illinois. As the story goes, "the wagon train lost it's way in a blinding snowstorm in the mountains of TN. Walter, driver of the lead wagon, dropped the reins and let the horses pick their way through to safety".
Walter, Elizabeth and 9 children crossed over from TN into IL at Shawneetown abt 1825. The family moved on into Jefferson Co. and settled in Casner Twp.
After helping to get the family settled, John returned to Franklin Co., TN to his sweetheart Elizabeth Awalt. She was the daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Michael Awalt and Eva Speck Awalt. Elizabeth and John married abt. 1829 in Franklin Co., TN and had their first child born TN:
Michael Marion Bean b. TN
Eva Louisa Bean b. IL
Gooly Matilda Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Mary Margaret Bean b. TN
John Russell Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Solomon George Bean b. TN
Jane E. Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. AR
John and Elizabeth moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR about 1842 and had their last child born there.
Thomas Jefferson Bean
The 1850 Census Johnson Co., AR Spadra twp; Enu. 2 Dec 1850; hh #162-169 shows John Been 46 b. NC, Elizabeth 52 b. NC, Louisa E. 17 b. IL, John R. 14 b. TN, Solomon G. 13 b. TN, Jane E. 10 b. AR, Thomas J 7 b. AR. His oldest son Michael Marion Bean (this census taker spelled their name Been) was living next door with his new wife Emeline, he 21 she 17 both b. TN.
In 1860 Johnson Co AR Spadra twp; Enu. 13 Jul 1860; hh #1091-1092 John Bean 56 b. NC, Elizabeth 60 b. NC, and Thomas 15 b. AR. His son Solomon George Bean was living next door with his family and wife Arri Ann Mabry Bean. Also his sister, Gooley Bean Sanders lived up from him with her husband Moses Sanders.
In 1861 John was in Gallatin Co., IL visiting relatives. He could have traveled with his son John R. and his wife Analiza Jane Smith Bean and their children. (For more on this family see Elizabeth Martin Smith ) John's father Walter Bean and brothers Asbury and General Francis Marion Bean were living there at that time. We do not know the circumstances, but John Bean died sometime in 1861. He had made it known that he wanted to be buried in the land he loved, back in Johnson Co., AR where his children were living. His body was moved back to Clarksville and he was buried at Mt. Vernon Cem., named after the town of Mt. Vernon in Jefferson Co., IL.
As a young man of 21, John moved in a covered wagon with his parents, Walter and Elizabeth McGalliard Bean, to Illinois. As the story goes, "the wagon train lost it's way in a blinding snowstorm in the mountains of TN. Walter, driver of the lead wagon, dropped the reins and let the horses pick their way through to safety".
Walter, Elizabeth and 9 children crossed over from TN into IL at Shawneetown abt 1825. The family moved on into Jefferson Co. and settled in Casner Twp.
After helping to get the family settled, John returned to Franklin Co., TN to his sweetheart Elizabeth Awalt. She was the daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Michael Awalt and Eva Speck Awalt. Elizabeth and John married abt. 1829 in Franklin Co., TN and had their first child born TN:
Michael Marion Bean b. TN
Eva Louisa Bean b. IL
Gooly Matilda Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Mary Margaret Bean b. TN
John Russell Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Solomon George Bean b. TN
Jane E. Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. AR
John and Elizabeth moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR about 1842 and had their last child born there.
Thomas Jefferson Bean
The 1850 Census Johnson Co., AR Spadra twp; Enu. 2 Dec 1850; hh #162-169 shows John Been 46 b. NC, Elizabeth 52 b. NC, Louisa E. 17 b. IL, John R. 14 b. TN, Solomon G. 13 b. TN, Jane E. 10 b. AR, Thomas J 7 b. AR. His oldest son Michael Marion Bean (this census taker spelled their name Been) was living next door with his new wife Emeline, he 21 she 17 both b. TN.
In 1860 Johnson Co AR Spadra twp; Enu. 13 Jul 1860; hh #1091-1092 John Bean 56 b. NC, Elizabeth 60 b. NC, and Thomas 15 b. AR. His son Solomon George Bean was living next door with his family and wife Arri Ann Mabry Bean. Also his sister, Gooley Bean Sanders lived up from him with her husband Moses Sanders.
In 1861 John was in Gallatin Co., IL visiting relatives. He could have traveled with his son John R. and his wife Analiza Jane Smith Bean and their children. (For more on this family see Elizabeth Martin Smith ) John's father Walter Bean and brothers Asbury and General Francis Marion Bean were living there at that time. We do not know the circumstances, but John Bean died sometime in 1861. He had made it known that he wanted to be buried in the land he loved, back in Johnson Co., AR where his children were living. His body was moved back to Clarksville and he was buried at Mt. Vernon Cem., named after the town of Mt. Vernon in Jefferson Co., IL.
If you are a male, have the surname "Bean" and are from this line please contact Thomas Bean, Administrator, Bean DNA Project [email protected] or Justine Bradford, genealogist Clan MacBean of North America, [email protected]
As a young man of 21, John moved in a covered wagon with his parents, Walter and Elizabeth McGalliard Bean, to Illinois. As the story goes, "the wagon train lost it's way in a blinding snowstorm in the mountains of TN. Walter, driver of the lead wagon, dropped the reins and let the horses pick their way through to safety".
Walter, Elizabeth and 9 children crossed over from TN into IL at Shawneetown abt 1825. The family moved on into Jefferson Co. and settled in Casner Twp.
After helping to get the family settled, John returned to Franklin Co., TN to his sweetheart Elizabeth Awalt. She was the daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Michael Awalt and Eva Speck Awalt. Elizabeth and John married abt. 1829 in Franklin Co., TN and had their first child born TN:
Michael Marion Bean b. TN
Eva Louisa Bean b. IL
Gooly Matilda Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Mary Margaret Bean b. TN
John Russell Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Solomon George Bean b. TN
Jane E. Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. AR
John and Elizabeth moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR about 1842 and had their last child born there.
Thomas Jefferson Bean
The 1850 Census Johnson Co., AR Spadra twp; Enu. 2 Dec 1850; hh #162-169 shows John Been 46 b. NC, Elizabeth 52 b. NC, Louisa E. 17 b. IL, John R. 14 b. TN, Solomon G. 13 b. TN, Jane E. 10 b. AR, Thomas J 7 b. AR. His oldest son Michael Marion Bean (this census taker spelled their name Been) was living next door with his new wife Emeline, he 21 she 17 both b. TN.
In 1860 Johnson Co AR Spadra twp; Enu. 13 Jul 1860; hh #1091-1092 John Bean 56 b. NC, Elizabeth 60 b. NC, and Thomas 15 b. AR. His son Solomon George Bean was living next door with his family and wife Arri Ann Mabry Bean. Also his sister, Gooley Bean Sanders lived up from him with her husband Moses Sanders.
In 1861 John was in Gallatin Co., IL visiting relatives. He could have traveled with his son John R. and his wife Analiza Jane Smith Bean and their children. (For more on this family see Elizabeth Martin Smith ) John's father Walter Bean and brothers Asbury and General Francis Marion Bean were living there at that time. We do not know the circumstances, but John Bean died sometime in 1861. He had made it known that he wanted to be buried in the land he loved, back in Johnson Co., AR where his children were living. His body was moved back to Clarksville and he was buried at Mt. Vernon Cem., named after the town of Mt. Vernon in Jefferson Co., IL.
As a young man of 21, John moved in a covered wagon with his parents, Walter and Elizabeth McGalliard Bean, to Illinois. As the story goes, "the wagon train lost it's way in a blinding snowstorm in the mountains of TN. Walter, driver of the lead wagon, dropped the reins and let the horses pick their way through to safety".
Walter, Elizabeth and 9 children crossed over from TN into IL at Shawneetown abt 1825. The family moved on into Jefferson Co. and settled in Casner Twp.
After helping to get the family settled, John returned to Franklin Co., TN to his sweetheart Elizabeth Awalt. She was the daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Michael Awalt and Eva Speck Awalt. Elizabeth and John married abt. 1829 in Franklin Co., TN and had their first child born TN:
Michael Marion Bean b. TN
Eva Louisa Bean b. IL
Gooly Matilda Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Mary Margaret Bean b. TN
John Russell Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. TN
Solomon George Bean b. TN
Jane E. Bean (Grave site Unknown) b. AR
John and Elizabeth moved to Clarksville, Johnson Co., AR about 1842 and had their last child born there.
Thomas Jefferson Bean
The 1850 Census Johnson Co., AR Spadra twp; Enu. 2 Dec 1850; hh #162-169 shows John Been 46 b. NC, Elizabeth 52 b. NC, Louisa E. 17 b. IL, John R. 14 b. TN, Solomon G. 13 b. TN, Jane E. 10 b. AR, Thomas J 7 b. AR. His oldest son Michael Marion Bean (this census taker spelled their name Been) was living next door with his new wife Emeline, he 21 she 17 both b. TN.
In 1860 Johnson Co AR Spadra twp; Enu. 13 Jul 1860; hh #1091-1092 John Bean 56 b. NC, Elizabeth 60 b. NC, and Thomas 15 b. AR. His son Solomon George Bean was living next door with his family and wife Arri Ann Mabry Bean. Also his sister, Gooley Bean Sanders lived up from him with her husband Moses Sanders.
In 1861 John was in Gallatin Co., IL visiting relatives. He could have traveled with his son John R. and his wife Analiza Jane Smith Bean and their children. (For more on this family see Elizabeth Martin Smith ) John's father Walter Bean and brothers Asbury and General Francis Marion Bean were living there at that time. We do not know the circumstances, but John Bean died sometime in 1861. He had made it known that he wanted to be buried in the land he loved, back in Johnson Co., AR where his children were living. His body was moved back to Clarksville and he was buried at Mt. Vernon Cem., named after the town of Mt. Vernon in Jefferson Co., IL.
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JOHN BEAN
DIED 1861
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