One source says he is buried in the Jewett-12 Corners Cemetery in Madison ME so there is discrepancy. The picture of his gravestone is from Bingham so perhaps there are two.
His gravestone says his last name is spelled BEANE. The added "e" on the end of Bean for some of his children is a known family change. Why it was changed is not clear but it supposedly was a point of argument.
"Cephas - a Syriac surname given by Christ to Simon (John 1:42), meaning rock. The Greeks translated it by Petros, and the Latins by Petrus."
One source says he is buried in the Jewett-12 Corners Cemetery in Madison ME so there is discrepancy. The picture of his gravestone is from Bingham so perhaps there are two.
His gravestone says his last name is spelled BEANE. The added "e" on the end of Bean for some of his children is a known family change. Why it was changed is not clear but it supposedly was a point of argument.
"Cephas - a Syriac surname given by Christ to Simon (John 1:42), meaning rock. The Greeks translated it by Petros, and the Latins by Petrus."
Family Members
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Joel P "Joseph" Bean
1857–1926
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Willard Calderwood Bean
1859–1922
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Ellora Bella Bean
1864–1886
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James Leslie Beane
1865–1934
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Ebenezer Dean Bean
1866–1955
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Susan Jones Bean Boulware
1868–1954
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Rosamond Bean
1872 – unknown
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Ada G Bean
1876–1894
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Perley Josiah Beane
1878–1926
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Elizabeth Marion "Lizzie" Bean Grant
1880–1957
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G Augustus Bean
1882–1893
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Walter Steward Beane
1885–1954
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Flora B Bean
unknown–1885
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