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Individual Record for: James Bean (male)

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!NAME:James Bean

!BIO: Benjamin F. Been - source information from, A Bean/Been Scrapbook of The Clan MacBean H istory & The Genealogy of The Descendants of William & Naomi Bates Bean as compiled by Fran k E. Been., 5500 Navilleton Road, Floyd's Knobs, Indiana 47119 - Uncle Ben was born 6 Oct 188 6 in Sebastian County, Arkansas. He married Myrtle Butler in Steiger, Oklahoma where he live d for a short time. They had one son before they were divorced. Uncle Ben never remarrie d & lived out most of his life at Bean Hill with his parents. He spent the last years of hi s life in the Redbud Nursing Home in Greenwood Arkansas. He was an avid St Louis Cardinal Ba seball fan. Before going to France in WW I, he trained with the 38th Inf Div at Camp Shelb y Miss. In fact he was in Co M 152nd Inf., the same unit of the Indiana NG that I enlisted i n in 1947.

!BIO: 7864 John Solomon Bean 6 (Fam. 4366, pg. 1086, Vol. I, ) (John Been 6 John R. Bean 5 Jo hn Bean 4, Walter Bean 3, William Bean 2, William Bean 1, from Scotland to America 1767) He w as a brother to Tennessee (Been) Raburn of Fam. 8755. b. 10-18-1858, Clarksville, Ark., d. 10 -13-1949, Greenwood, Ark., ? bur, in Valley View Cem., Greenwood, m. 3-4-1877, Greenwood, Ark ., Margaret Talbott, b. 10-14-1859, Waldron, Ark., d. 6-1-1956, Hackett, Ark., bur. with Joh n in Valley View Cem., Greenwood, d/o David & Suzanna (__?__) Talbott. The dates shown her e come from the Family Bible and copied for this report by Mrs. Velma Goforth of Greenwood, A rk. John & Margaret had 14 chrildren prob. most b. at Greenwood, Ark. tho this is not certai n. After they were m. they farmed 80 acres of land near old stump springs on Backbone Mounta in, and soon purchased land adjoining. They built a pioneer-type log cabin and moved in befo re there was a fireplace. Margaret cooked "Camp-out style" for two weeks until the fireplac e was finished. Their 70th Wedding Anniversary was a great event in their community, and wa s celebrated by the schools of Greenwood and the county. Their home was 7 miles S.E. of Gree nwood and is known today as Been Hill. Adjoining their place was Been Ridge, owned by Rufu s LeRoy Been. The folks of Been Hill and Been Ridge were life long neighbors tho they did no t know of their family relationship. (See Fam. #(4787) This book tells the relationship. T he spelling of the name [Bean ot Been] was changed because of a Clerical error in some lega l papers so rather than have a correction made, they just adopted the new spelling. He d . 2 years after their 70th wedding celebration.
- Eliza Jane Been, b. 1-7-1879, m. Joseph Owen.
- David Edward Been, b. 10-9-1880, d. 2- -1930, m. Lucy Owens.
- Joel Been, b. 2-7-1882, d. 1946, burried Valley View Cemetery, m. Rheta Burnett.
- Mary Ellen Been, b. 6-20-1884.
+ Benjamin F. Been, b. 10-6-1886, m. 9-18-1910, Stegler, Oklahoma Myrtel Buther, b. ____ Seba stian Co., Ark. He was living in the Pink Bud Rest Home in Greenwood, Ark., on 9-29-1971 an d in 1974 he was still there.
--------- - James Been, b. ____ Quinton, Okla.
+Luther E. Been, b. 8-14-1888, Greenwood, Ark........................(8765)
- Effie Ann Been b. 7-14-1890, living Roswell, New Mexico in 1974, m. Jesse Huff.
- Thomas W. Been, b. 2-19-1892.
+ Jesse A. Been, b. 10-8-1892, Greenwood, Ark., d. 2-25-1974, Waco, Texas, and preceeded hi m in death. Among their children were: - Ward Been, b.____, lv. Waco, Texas.
--------- - Wentzell Been, b____, lv. Indiana, Penn.
--------- - Elizaabeth Been, b____, m. Williamson, lv. Bryan, Tex.
- Lou Nettie Been, b. 4-3-1895.
- Wm. Perry Been, b. 8-10-1896, d. 4- -1936, m. Maud Cantrell.
+ Minnie Been, b. 8-11-1989, m. 12-13-1915, Greenwood, Arkansas Albert Ulmer, she was livin g in Greenwood, Arkansas in 1974. - Ray Ulmer, b. 9-28-1918, Greenwood, Arkansas.
--------- - Guy Ulmer, b. 5-18-1920, Greenwood, Arkansas.
--------- - Alverne Ulmer, b. 6-18-1926, Greenwood, Arkansas.
+ Maggie Velma Been, b. 11-11-1900, m. 2-14-1918, Greenwood, Arkansas Elvin Goforth, b. 10-8- 1896, Greenwood, Arkansas d. 1-5-1968, Hackett, Arkansas burried Jenny Lind Cemetery, Jenny L ind, Arkansas. Baptist, living now Greenwood, Arkansas. - John H. Goforth, b. 3-13-1920, Gree nwood, Arkansas
--------- - Doris Lee Goforth, b. 1-17-1922, Greenwood, Arkansas.
--------- - Marvin Goforth, b. 9-20-1926, Greenwood, Arkansas.
- John Solomon Been, b. 1-16-1904, living Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1974. Source Informatio n found in the book, THE CLAN MACBEAN IN NORTH AMERICA, by Bernie & Carol Bean, Volume II, Pa ge, 792.

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