John Warren Bean (1828 - 1889)

Born 26 Feb 1828 in Fisher, Hardy County, West Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Ann Bean — married 27 Mar 1856 in Hardy County, West Virginia

Died 17 Nov 1889 at age 61 in Hardy County, West Virginia

Biography

John Warren Bean is the son of Robert Bean and Sarah Ann (Buckley) Starkey Bean of Hardy County, West Virginia.

Although much of West Virginia had Union sympathies during the Civil War, Hardy County, in the extreme southern part of the state was strongly confederate. John Warren served in the Confederate Army during the civil war.

On March 27, 1856, in Hardy County, West Virgninia, John married his third cousin Elizabeth Ann Bean, daughter of Joseph Bean and Chloe Ann (Masters) Bean and had the following children:

• Ezekiel Moses Bean, born June 8, 1858;
• Joseph Michael Bean, born April 25, 1860;
• Abner Ashby Bean, born June 4, 1864;
• David Edward Bean, born September 11, 1866;
• Chloe Ann Virginia Bean, born August 8, 1868;
• Samuel Belle Bean, born July 26, 1870;
• Vinora W. Bean, born March 6, 1872.

Elizabeth Ann died on December 13, 1878 and after her death, John married Harriet _____ and had another four children by this marriage:

• Charles Albert Bean, born 1886;
• Rene Bean,
• George William Bean
• ______? Bean.

John and Elizabeth are buried in the Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery, in the Bean Settlement, Hardy County, West Virginia.

Sources

• Clan MacBean in North America, Volume II, Fifth Edition, Revised 1993, by Joseph S. Bean, page 508, 514
• Find A Grave Memorial# 35511911