of Jasper County, Iowa · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Joseph Bean 1816 – 1896
Joseph Bean⚭ Diantha Cross
childrenJulius E. Bean · Charles Bean · Alonzo S. Bean · Harvey C. Bean · Harry Lincoln Bean · Frank E. Bean · Eugene Bean
Their story
What the record says
Native of Belfast, Maine.
Came to Ohio in 1848, farmed.
Emigrated to Jasper County, Iowa in 1868, purchasing a 200-acre farm in Palo Alto Township.
Held minor township offices, loyal Republican.
Died April 1896 at age 80 (birth year approximate).
Family of seven children, all boys, five living at time of writing.
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