Benjamin B Bean Sr (abt. 1807 - 1887)

Born about 1807 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1887 at about age 80 in Burrows, Carroll County, Indiana

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Biography

Benjamin was born 30 Aug 1807. He was the son of John Bean and Christina Zeitter. He passed away 20 Mar 1887.

Benjamin B. Been, Sr. is the son of John Bean and Catherine Zeiderin Bean. In 1829, Benjamin married Catherine Wharton Bean.

Benjamin first came to Indiana in 1842, by horseback, the saddle and bridle being given to him by his brother-in-law, Alexander Scott. (His sister Christina's husband.) He came by what was known in later years as The Mohawk Country, which lay a few miles east of the village of Burrows Station, on the Wabash Rail Road, which was built in 1856.

This trail he took led to the headwaters of what is known as Little Rock Creek. Where the Creek joins the Wabash River, there is a large rock, known as Ford Rock. There were no bridges to cross the river, and early settlers were told that if the rock could be seen, it was safe to ford the river, and not otherwise.

Benjamin purchased land at the government Land Office in Crawfordsville, Indiana, which was about sixty miles away. After gaining title to the land, at a dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, he had only seventy-five cents left in cash for his return trip to Ohio.

Early in the year of 1843, Benjamin brought his family by Ox Wagon, one yoke of oxen and one horse, and other articles which would be most useful to them in their settlement in Caroll County. Benjamin and his sons cleared timber, and built roads. Some of the sons used the name Bean and some used the name Been, and so the names of the children are shown as Bean-Been.

Children of Benjamin and Catherine are:

John Bean, born February 25, 1830, died young;

William Bean-Been, born April 26, 1832;

Mary Jane Bean, born September 16, 1834, died young;

Sarah Ann Bean-Been, born January 11, 1837;

Jacob W Bean-Been, born April 22, 1838;

Benjamin B Bean, born August 13, 1841, died young

Louisa Catherine Bean-Been, born December 13, 1842;

Joseph W Bean-Been, born August 6, 1848;

John W. Bean-Been, born October 2, 1848;

Martha Hanna Bean-Been, born December 24, 1852;

Mary Nancy Bean-Been, born March 27, 1855;

Benjamin and Catherine are buried in the Brown Church Cemetery, in Rockfield, Carroll County, Indiana. The name on the headstone is spelled Been.

A photograph of Benjamin is available on his Find A Grave Memorial Page: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=28366942

Sources

• History of Portage County

*Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 November 2019), memorial page for Benjamin B Been, Sr (30 Aug 1807–20 Mar 1887), Find A Grave Memorial no. 28366942, citing Brown Church Cemetery, Rockfield, Carroll County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by aylaeh (contributor 48094782) .

• Clan MacBean of North America, Volume II, Fifth Edition, Revised, 1993, page 843-858
• Find A Grave Memorial# 28366942