John Hall Bean (1837 - abt. 1918)

Born 14 Jan 1837 in Mooresburg, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

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Died about 23 May 1918 at about age 81 in Loving, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

John Hall Bean was born January 14, 1837, in Mooresburg, Hawkins county, Tennessee, the son of John D Calvin Bean and Alice (Setser) Bean. John enlisted in the Union Army on June 19, 1862 and was discharged June 5, 1865. John served in Company H. 1st Regular Tennessee Calvary. He was in action at the battle of Cumberland Gap, wounded in the neck at the battle of Mossy Creek on December 29, 1863 and had a fractured elbow at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, in September 1863.

On August 15, 1865, in Hawkins county, John married Sarah Leah (Brooks) Williams, daughter of William Brooks and the widow of Eli Williams. Sarah was born July 10, 1839, in Hawkins county, and had three children by her first husband, who John raised to adulthood. Those children are:

1. Cornelius Williams, born 1835, in Hawkins county, Tennessee
2. Robert Williams, born 1858, in Hawkins county, Tennessee
3. Lafetette Williams, born 1859, in Hawkins county, Tennessee

Children of John and Sarah are:

1. Thomas Jefferson Bean, born January 8, 1867, in Hawkins county, Tennessee, died November 5, 1937, married Cora Geneva Adams, in 1891
2. James Monroe Bean, born November 5, 1869, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, died April 19, 1949 married Rebecca Nettle Lou Bull, on April 18, 1897

Sarah died on February 26, 1870, in Fayetteville, Arkansas and was buried in the Mount Zion Cemetery. On July 25, 1875, in Cleburn, Texas, John married, secondly, Mary Ann Martin. Children of John and Mary Ann are:

1. Henry Burley Bean, born November 4, 1879, in Cleburne, Texas, married Martha Tyler
2. Mary Virginia Bean, born March 13, 1883, in Cleburn, Texas, married Henry Plummer
3. John Hall Bean died May 23, 1918, in Loving, LeFlore county, Oklahoma, and is buried in the Loving cemetery, in Hontubby. ^[1]

Researcher's Notes

This bio is from Clan MacBean in North America, Volume III, Second Edition, Revised 1995, by Joseph S. Bean, page 700-701. There is another extensive biography on his Find A Grave memorial, as well as photographs of John and of some of his family members.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113296871