I AM LOOKING FOR ANY INFORMATION ON CHARLES BENJAMIN BEARD OR ANY OF HIS DESENDENTS. IF ANYONE HAS ANY PLEASE LET ME HEAR FROM YOU AND I WILL SHARE WHAT INFO. I MIGHT HAVE THAT YOU DON'T. ... WILLIAM F BEARD BORN 1827 MARRIED MARY LOVEJOY BASSET IN 1854. SHE WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND OHOI DEC16,1836. SHE DIED MARCH 11,1922. THEY HAD 5 CHILDREN. THEY WHERE ALICE, ABBIE, OSCAR,EDGAR,& CHARLES. WILLIAM F AND MARY LOVEJOY(BASSEt)BEARD CAME WILSON CO. IN JUNE 1874 FROM SUBLETTE,LEE COUNTY, ILLINOIS WITH THEIR TWO DAUGHTER AND THREE SONS,TAKING A CLAIM SIX AND ONE HALF MILES SOUTHEWEST OF FREDONIA KANSAS. ONE YEAR AFTER COMING TO KANSAS THE FATHER DIED AND THE MOTHER ENDURED THE PRIVATION OF A NEW COUNTRY AND ASSUMED THE BURDRE OF REARING THE FAMILY ALONE. SHE PASSED AWAY MARCH 11,1922
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