MY BRANCHES OF THE WHOLE TREE:Information about JAMES MILES BEAMS
JAMES MILES BEAMS (b. 13 Feb 1835, d. 13 Oct 1911)
Notes for JAMES MILES BEAMS:
CENSUS1860 BRADY TWP, CLEARFIELD CO, PA
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1880 VERMELION TWP, NEMAHA CO, KS
1900 SOLDIER TWP, JACKSON CO, KS
1910 ROCK CREEK TWP, WABUNSEE CO, KS
1920 NOT LISTED
IN THE 1910 CENSUS, JAMES AND MARY ARE LIVING WITH HER DAUGHTER CORA AND HER FAMILY
CENSUS1860PENNCLEARFIELD CO, BRADY TWP
MILES BEAMS25 YEARS OLDFARMER500 PERSONAL WEALTH
MARY BEAMS21 YEARS OLD
ALSO IN HOME
SOPHIA SILER (HER SISTER) AGE 20
ONE HOUSE DOWN IS JOSEPH SEILER AGE 47 WHICH PROBABLY IS AN UNCLE OR SOMEONE ELSE RELATED TO MARY.JOSEPH IS LIVING THERE WITH HIS FAMILY AND HE IS ALSO A FARMER. HE IS 47***************************************************************************************************I
IN THE EARLY CENSUSES HE IS KNOWN AS MILES SO HE PROBABLY WENT BY HIS MIDDLE NAME.
IN THE 1850 CENSUS MILES IS LIVING NEXT DOOR TO A FAMILY NAMED SEYLER AND LOW AND BEHOLD HE MARRIED MARY A SEYLER WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR ON THE NEXT FARM.
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IN MARCH 1, 1885 KANSAS CENSUS NEMAHA CO, RED VERMILLION TWP
J M BEAMS IS 49 YEARS OLD
MARY IS 46
SL ( LEWIS S) IS 21
CORA A IS 18
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1885 CENSUS HAS JAMES MILES WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR.HE ENLISTED IN IOWA WAS WITH COMPANY K , REGIMENT # 3, AND WAS IN THE CALVERY-VOLS (PROBABLY CALVERY VOLUNTEERS.
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IN THE 1900 CENSUS JAMES IS 64, IT SAYS HE WAS BORN FEB 1834 IN PA, AND THEY HAVE BEEN MARRIED 40 YEARS, THEY COULD READ AND WRITE.
MARY IS 62 IT SAYS HE WAS BORN OCT 1837.SHE HAD 8 CHILDREN, BUT ONLY THREE OF THEM WERE ALIVE, SHE COULD READ AND WRITE, BORN PA
LEWIS S IS 36 YEARS OLF BORN IN DEC 1863, HE IS A FARMER AND CAN READ AND WRITE, BORN PA
CORA IS 22 YEARS OLD, BORN IN OCTOBER 1877, SHE WAS BORN IN KS AND CAN READ AND WRITE
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APRIL 23, 1910 FEDERAL CENSUS WABAUNSEE CO, ROCK CREEK, DIST 141
JAMES IS 73, MARY IS 72, THEY HAVE NOW BEEN MARRIED 50 YEARS,THEY CAN BOTH READ AND WRITE
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More About JAMES MILES BEAMS and MARY SEYLER:
Marriage: 19 May 1859, CLEARFIELD CO, PA.3
Children of JAMES MILES BEAMS and MARY SEYLER are:
- +NETTIE BEAMS, b. 30 Sep 1860, CLEARFIELD CO, PA, d. 10 May 1936, NEAR GITTNER, NEBRASKA.
- LEWIS S. BEAMS, b. 13 Dec 1863, BRADY TWP, CLEARFIELD CO, PA, d. 05 Apr 1949, CHALK MOUND NEAR BUSHONG, LYON CO, KS.
- +CORA ALICE BEAMS, b. 26 Oct 1876, AMERICA CITY, KANSAS, d. 23 Jun 1961, EMPORIA, LYON CO, KANSAS.