Historical records matching John Reed Bean of Avondale
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About John Reed Bean of Avondale
Mr. Bean was a school teacher
He outlived his siblings.
When his brother Edwin Jackson BEan died in 1947, Jhn is mentioned as still living in Iaeger.
There are a charming sequence of three photos attached to the children of John Reed Bean and Sarah Collins.These were in the collection of Major U.S. Army Agnes Rudberg
See newspaper photo of him in his 80s
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64761264/john-reed-bean
farmer (per: http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3503643&Type=Birth )
~• an interesting cultural convergence here: His wife Sarah Collins descends from the originally Swiss Reiff line that has first settled in Montgomery County PA. John Reed Bean is also of this line > on his father's side.
In 1886, John married the 14 yr-old Sarah Collins. John's father Jesse was alive and would soon be writing letters back to his brother Edwin Adams Bean. In these, Jesse often mentioned his many WV children. (See documents attached to Jesse Weber Bean's profile)
residence in 1900
near his brother "Jackson and his father Jesse in:
~• his brother is on the same page and his father is on the next.
- 1900 United States Federal Census
- West Virginia
- McDowell
- Sandy River
- District 0075
Last surviving sibling, son of Jesse and Nancy Jane Reed
Here are al the Beans of McDowell in 1950. There were 23
https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62308/?name=_Bean&count...
photo of the McDowell County Seat in 1915
location in McDowell County WV
Ring's Branch
~• the name of which, I assume, was later changed to Betsey's Branch
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John Reed Bean of Avondale's Timeline
1863 |
June 26, 1863
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McDowell County, WV, United States
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1890 |
October 1890
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West Virginia, United States
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1892 |
December 1892
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Avondale, McDowell County, WV, United States
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1895 |
January 5, 1895
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Bear Town, McDowell, WV, United States
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1896 |
December 31, 1896
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West Virginia, United States
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