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a member of the Texas state legislature; and

of probate for four years;

served four years in the state senate. In 1903-11 he was a representative from Texas to the fifty-eighth, fifty-ninth, sixtieth and sixty-first congresses as a democrat. Beall, John. Yates, adventurer, was born about 1833 in Virginia. He entered the confederate army at the outbreak of the civil war; and was commissioned acting paymaster in the navy. He was captured by the federals; tried and found guilty of being a spy; and was executed Feb. 25, 1865. Beall, Mrs. Mary Stevens, historian, author, was born in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1895 she has been secretary of the Columbia historical society of Washington, D.C. She is the author of The Military and Private Sec-

tial elector in 1856.

Washington; and

retaries of George

Eve's Stratagem. Beall, Reazin, soldier, congressman, was born Aug. 10, 1770, in Pennsylvania. He was appointed ensign in the United States army in 1792; and was an officer under General Anthony Wayne in his campaign against the Indians. In 1812 he was made brigadier-general Ohio volunteers; and in 1813-15 was a representative from Ohio to congress. He died Feb. 20, 1843, in Wooster, Ohio. Beall, Samuel, Woolton, lawyer, was bom Sept. 1807, in Montgomery, Md. In 1846 he was elected to the constitutional convention from the county of Marquette; and was prominent in the organization of the state government. Again in 1847-48 he served similarly in the convention then assembled; and in 1850-53 was lieutenant-governor of the state. He then became Indian agent; and was among the first to take chiefs of tribes under his care to Washington. In 1859 he led a party to Pike's Peak; and while on this expedition with others located the city of Denver. This place immediately started into rapid growth ; and during the following winter Mr. Beall was sent to Washington to obtain a charter for the city. He resided in Denver until 1861, when he returned to Wisconsin. At the beginning of the civil war he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the eighteenth regiment Wisconsin; and he was in the various engagements from Shiloh to Vicksburg. Having been severely wounded, he was then transferred to the invalid corps. Shortly after the war he settled at Helena, and was shot during an altercation. He died Sept. 26, 1868, in Helena, Mont. Beall, William Dent, soldier, was born in 1775 in Maryland. He was a major in the revolutionary army and was distinguished for his services both at Long Island and at Camden, S.C. In 1799 he was appointed major; '

,

enth, thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth and forty-first congresses as a republican. He died

Lenawee county, Mich. Beaman, George William, naval officer, was born May 7, 1837, in Rutland, Va. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in the third

in

regiment of Missouri United States reserve corps. He entered naval service as assisin tant paymaster; 1866 was promoted to paymaster ; and in 189

became pay inspector.

A Christ-

mas



and was presiden-

In 1861-71 he was a representative from Michigan to the thirty-sev-

In 1899 he

was

pro-

moteu to pay director; and the same year was retired with the rank of rear admiral. During the civil war he was attached to the South Atlantic blockading squaaron; and with the East and West gulf blockading squadron. In 1893-96 he was fleet paymaster of the North Atlantic station; and in 1896-99 of the navy yard at Boston, Mass. Bean, Benning M., state senator, congressman, was born in 1782 in New Hampshire. He occupied a seat in the state legislature for five years; and was president of the state senate in 1832. He was a state councilor in 1829. In 1833-37 he was a representative from New Hampshire to the twenty-third and twenty-fourth congresses. He died Feb. 9,

1866, in Moultonborough, N.H.

Bean, Curtis C, lawyer, congressman, was born Jan. 4, 1828, in Tamworth, N.H. He was appointed attorney-general for the eleventh judicial circuit of Tennessee; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1866-67. He was a member of the upper house in the Arizona territorial assembly in 1879. In 1885-87 he was territorial delegate from Arizona to the forty-ninth congress. He died about 1907 in Prescott, Ariz.

Bean, Irving M., soldier, banker, was born April 27, 1838, in Essex county, N.Y. He attained the rank of provost marshal in the civil war. In 1863 he was elected president of the Forest City bank; and in 1867 became president of the Northwestern Iron company. Bean, Mary P. educator, was bom about 1818. She opened a seminary for young ladies, which for twenty-four years was one of the most prominent in New York City. She

New York

and

died in

ward

Bean, Robert Sharp, lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 28, 1854, in Yambill county, Oregon. He was admitted to the bar in 1878; and in 1883-90 was circuit judge. Since 1890 he has been associate justice of the supreme court of Oregon; and in 1894-96 was chief

in 1810 became a colonel. He was aftersheriff of Prince George county, Md. He died Sept. 24, 1829, in Prince George county,

Md. Beaman, Fernando C, lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 28, 1814, in Chester, Vt. For six years he was prosecuting attorney for Lenawee county, Mich. was judge

justice.

City.