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Descendants of Henry Beemer

Generation No. 2


2. ELIAS2 BEEMER (HENRY1)1 was born 19 August 1806 in Beemerville, Sussex County, New Jersey1, and died 29 March 18961. He married (1) CAROLINE BAKER, daughter of JOSEPH BAKER. She was born February 1809, and died 11 July 1841. He married (2) PHOEBE ALBRIGHT1 Abt. 1840, daughter of JOHN ALBRIGHT and CATHERINE HOOPER. She was born 17 February 1825 in Barton, New York1, and died 17 February 19011.

Notes for ELIAS BEEMER:
Elias Beemer was born in Sussex County, New Jersey on August 19, 1806 and died March 29, 1896 on the homestead farm. He was twice married, first, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Joseph Baker of Newton. She was born in February 1809 and died July 11, 1841. His second wife was Miss Phoebe, daughter of John and Catherine (Hooper) Albright of Abington. She was born February 17, 1825 and died February 17, 1901. Soon after his second marriage, Mr. Beemer built a saw mill on his farm, and for about fifteen years engaged in lumbering.
Mr. Beemer had seven children by his second wife, namely: (1) Allen D. born Dec. 19, 1842, and married Miss Belle Ackerly. He was a soldier in the Rebellion, enlisting in Aug. 1861 in Company K, 11th Pennsylvania Calvary, and served until the close of the war. About 1870, he went west, locating in Cumming County, Neb. Here he started the new town of Beemer, Nebraska. He was twice elected sheriff of the county. He died in April 1909, while warden of the Nebraska state pennitentiary. (2) Jennie, born April 14, 1845, and married O.D. Hollister of Avoca. (3) George W. (4) Horace D., born Aug 29, 1849, and about 1875 went to Wyoming where he married. He is a director of the First National Bank of Laramie City, Wyoming. (5) Ella, born July 4, 1853, married W.H. Hollister, a brother of O.D. Hollister. He is a coal operator and a merchant in Avoca. (6) Samuel W., born November 18, 1855, and is a storekeeper at the Hillside Home. (7) Oakley, born Aug 15, 1855, and married Miss Etta Smith. They are living in Clark's Summit.

Taken from: History and Directory of Newton and Ransom Townships by J.B. Stephens.

More About ELIAS BEEMER:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

More About CAROLINE BAKER:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

More About PHOEBE ALBRIGHT:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
     
Children of ELIAS BEEMER and PHOEBE ALBRIGHT are:
8. i.   ALLEN D.3 BEEMER, b. 19 December 1842, near Scranton, PA; d. 28 March 1909, Lincoln, NE.
  ii.   MARY JANE BEEMER1, b. 14 April 1846, Pennsylvania1; d. 19381; m. ORVILLE DUANE HOLLISTER, 1909, Avoca, Pennsylvania.
9. iii.   GEORGE W. BEEMER, b. 14 April 1848, Sussex County, New Jersey; d. 14 May 1934.
  iv.   HORACE D. BEEMER1, b. 29 August 18491; d. 15 April 1919, Laramie, Wyoming1.
  Notes for HORACE D. BEEMER:
About 1875 Horace went to Wyoming where he married. He was Director of the First National Bank of Laramie City, Wyoming.

  More About HORACE D. BEEMER:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
  v.   FLORA ELLA BEEMER1, b. 4 July 18521; d. 19441; m. WILLIAM H. HOLLISTER.
  Notes for WILLIAM H. HOLLISTER:
W.H. Hollister was a coal operator and a merchant in Avoca.

  vi.   SAMUEL W. BEEMER1, b. 18 November 1855, Newton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania1; d. 16 February 19251; m. MARY JANE THOMAS.
  Notes for SAMUEL W. BEEMER:
Storekeeper at the Hillside Home.

  More About SAMUEL W. BEEMER:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

  Notes for MARY JANE THOMAS:
Nickname "Jennie".

  vii.   OAKLEY BEEMER1, b. 15 August 1858, Newton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania1; d. 19371; m. ETTA SMITH.
  More About OAKLEY BEEMER:
Burial: Beemer Cemetery, Newton Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania



3. ALEXANDER2 BEEMER (HENRY1)1 was born 18 January 1809 in Sussex County, New Jersey1, and died 8 December 1895 in Lee County, Illinois1. He married ARSENETH WILSEY 23 May 1835 in Newton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. She was born 1810, and died 1895.

Notes for ALEXANDER BEEMER:
One of the First Trustees of the Newton Methodist Evangelical Church.

More About ALEXANDER BEEMER:
Burial: Fisk Cemetery, Compton, Lee County, Illinois

Notes for ARSENETH WILSEY:
Came to Illinois in 1849.
     
Child of ALEXANDER BEEMER and ARSENETH WILSEY is:
10. i.   JUDSON3 BEEMER.


4. JESSE2 BEEMER (HENRY1)1 was born 28 March 1814 in Sussex County, N.J., and died 5 July 1886 in Wyoming TWP, Lee Co., Ill. He married (1) RACHEL OSTERHOUT, daughter of H. OSTERHOUT and R.. She died 5 June 1838. He married (2) HANNAH JANE VAN AUKEN 14 October 1838 in Lackawanna County, Pa, daughter of JOHN VAN AUKEN and RACHEL ROSENKRANS. She was born 8 June 1821 in Walpack, Sussex Co., N.J., and died 2 May 1892 in Compton, Lee Co., Ill..

Notes for JESSE BEEMER:
Jesse moved on to Illinois in 1847.

One of the first Trustees of the Newton Methodist Evangelical Church.

After marrying Hannah Jane Van Auken d/o John Westbrook and Rachel (Rosenkrans) Van Auken on 14 October, 1838, Jesse bought a farm on Buttermilk Flats, on th Susquehanna River where he built a log home. Jesse farmed here until 1847 at which time he and his family migrated to Wyoming Township, Lee County, Illinois. The following spring, Jesse bought 148.14 acres east of Beemerville Church. Jesse donated a northwest corner of his land for a school where most of the Beemer children attended. Jesse had nine children after settling in Lee County to go with the other sic children.
Jesse died on July 5, 1886 as a result of pneumonia, his lungs already weakened by asthma. His tombstone reads: Jesse Beemer, Died July 5, 1886 Aged 72yrs 3ms 7ds.

More About JESSE BEEMER:
Burial: Ellsworth Cemetery, Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois

Notes for HANNAH JANE VAN AUKEN:
      Hannah Jane Van Auken was born in Sussex County, New Jersey, June 8, 1821. Her father John W. Van Auken, was a native of the same state as herself; her father being a farmer, and passing his years in Sussex County.
      Hannah spent her girlhood in her native state and when a young woman accompanied her parents to Pennsylvania. She was carefully instructed in the duties of the household, and remained an inmate of the home of her parents until she was called upon to preside over one of her own, her marriage with Jesse Beemer taking place in 1838.
      Mrs. Beemer was the mother of fourteen children, all of whom married but one; Alpheus, Rachel, Everett, Millard, Mary, Lydia, Ida, John, George, Roseella, Sarah, Emma, Lorella, and Charles.

More About HANNAH JANE VAN AUKEN:
Baptised: 31 March 1822, Walpack Church, Sussex County, New Jersey
Burial: Ellsworth Cemetery, Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois
     
Child of JESSE BEEMER and RACHEL OSTERHOUT is:
  i.   INFANT3 BEEMER, d. 14 June 1838.
     
Children of JESSE BEEMER and HANNAH VAN AUKEN are:
11. ii.   ALPHEUS HENRY3 BEEMER, b. 29 August 1839, Falls Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; d. 7 October 1921, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska.
12. iii.   GEORGE WASHINGTON BEEMER, b. 22 December 1840, Falls Township (Now Newton Township) Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; d. 11 March 1876.
13. iv.   RACHEL MARY BEEMER, b. 30 April 1842, Falls Township (Now Newton Township) Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; d. 7 March 1924, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa.
14. v.   ROSEILLA BEEMER, b. 18 June 1843, Falls Township (Now Newton Township) Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; d. 16 June 1883, Lee County, Illinois.
  vi.   SARAH BEEMER, b. 9 March 1845, Falls Township (Now Newton Township) Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; d. 14 January 1876, Lee County, Illinois; m. JAMES T. CLEMONS, 25 December 1860; b. 1838; d. 1917.
  More About SARAH BEEMER:
Burial: Melugins Cemetery, Lee County, Illinois

  Notes for JAMES T. CLEMONS:
Went by the name Taylor.

  More About JAMES T. CLEMONS:
Burial: Melugins Cemetery, Lee County, Illinois
15. vii.   EVERETT ROSENKRANS BEEMER, b. 27 August 1846, Falls Township (Now Newton Township) Luzerne County, Pennsylvania; d. 13 September 1913, Ladora, Iowa County, Iowa.
  viii.   MARY JANE BEEMER, b. 24 February 1849, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 5 February 1934; m. EMORY BRIGGS, 19 March 1870.
  More About MARY JANE BEEMER:
Burial: Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Cuming County, Nebraska
16. ix.   MILLARD FILLMORE BEEMER, b. 15 April 1851, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 4 April 1939, Garden Grove, California.
17. x.   LYDIA MARIE BEEMER, b. 14 February 1853, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 22 May 1939, Round Grove, Whiteside County, Illinois.
  xi.   JOHN HENRY BEEMER, b. 8 July 1854, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 1 June 1925, Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois; m. MARY CORNELIA RHOADS, 26 August 1875; b. 1854; d. 1919.
  More About JOHN HENRY BEEMER:
Burial: Erie Cemetery, Erie, Whiteside, Illinois
  xii.   EMALINE MARY BEEMER, b. 25 January 1856, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 16 November 1889, Culver, Ottawa County, Kansas; m. JOHN EVENS RIBBLE, 2 September 1875, Amboy, Lee County, Illinois.
  More About EMALINE MARY BEEMER:
Burial: Culver Union Cemetery, Culver, Kansas
  xiii.   IDA FRANCES BEEMER, b. 18 December 1858, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 22 March 1936, Strang, Fillmore County, Nebraska; m. (1) CHARLES B. RIBBLE, 4 May 1873; m. (2) CHARLES B. RIBBLE, 4 May 1873; b. 1855; d. 1943.
  More About IDA FRANCES BEEMER:
Burial: Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska
  xiv.   LORELLA BEEMER, b. 16 September 1860, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 16 January 1888, Burchard, Pawnee County, Nebraska; m. CHARLES JOHNSON, 24 December 1876; b. 7 November 1856; d. 29 August 1888, Burchard, Pawnee County, Nebraska.
  More About LORELLA BEEMER:
Burial: Ellsworth Cemetery, Compton, Lee County, Illinois

  More About CHARLES JOHNSON:
Burial: Burchard Cemetery, Pawnee County, Nebraska
  xv.   FLORA J. BEEMER, b. 7 November 1859, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 30 June 1861, Compton, Lee County, Illinois.
  More About FLORA J. BEEMER:
Burial: Fisk Cemetery, Compton, Lee County, Illinois
  xvi.   CHARLIE BEEMER, b. 26 March 1865, Compton, Lee County, Illinois; d. 7 November 1883, Compton, Lee County, Illinois.
  Notes for CHARLIE BEEMER:
Charlie died in a horse accident when he was eighteen years old.

  More About CHARLIE BEEMER:
Burial: Ellsworth Cemetery, Paw Paw, Lee County, Illinois


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