U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bean, Gabriel (1837-1912) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 392 GABRIEL BEAN is the son of Henry Bean, who immigrated to this County from Hampshire County. The father was a millwright and a miller, and built and operated the first mill at what is now known as Beans Mills. Mr. Bean married Ladassa Burr, daughter of Eldridge Burr, Jr., and to this union were born eleven children, Iona, wife of Willis Loudin; Biddy, wife of Dow Bosley, Adda, wife of Frank Kutt; Maud, wife of Thomas E. Cunningham, Minnie, wife of David McCann, and (the unmarried), Effie, Flossie, Charles, William, Cleveland and Benjamin. Mr. Bean was a soldier in the Civil War, being a private in the Upshur Battery, Company E, Light Artillery. He served throughout the war and is now a pensioner. He has been a faithful, loyal member of the U. B. Church at Indian Camp for thirty years, and class leader. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Register of Deaths, Upshur County, WV (Pages 218-219, Line No. 1912) FULL-NAME: Gabriel Bean DEATH-DATE: May 21, 1912 at age 75y-1m-24d DEATH-PLACE: Meade District MARITAL-STATUS: Married CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Kidney trouble INFORMANT: C. C. Page, Physician (wife of Gabriel Bean) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #2234 FULL-NAME: Zadessie J. Bean BIRTH-DATE: February 17, 1846 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 13, 1929 DEATH-PLACE: French Creek, R.2, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed FATHER: Elbrige Burr (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Nancy Jack (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Influenza / Frailities of age INFORMANT: W. O. Newcomb (of French Creek, R2, W.Va. BURIAL: Indian Camp Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double tombstone in Indian Camp Cemetery, French Creek, Upshur County, WV Ladassa J. (Feb. 17, 1846 -- Jan 13, 1929) wife of Gabriel BEAN (Mar. 25, 1837 -- May 21, 1912) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------