Thomas BEAN was born in Kentucky, August 4, 1827, and is a son of
Thomas and Elizabeth (MARTIN) BEAN, both natives of Tennessee.
The
father owned a farm in Kentucky, and followed farming until his death,
in 1827. He remained at home until he was twenty-three years old,
having had during his home life about three months' education all told.
His mother sold the farm in Kentucky and removed to Illinois by
wagon,
crossing the Ohio River at New Liberty Landing, and purchased land in
Johnson County in December, 1850. She lived there until 1860,
when she
sold her land and resided with her children until her death in 1866.
When the war came on, Thomas BEAN enlisted at Mt. Pisgah, Johnson
County, as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twentieth Illinois
Infantry, and served until March 5, 1863, when he was honorably
discharged on account of physical disability. He was in poor
health all
the time he was in the service. Returning home he rented his
mother's
farm and lived there about one year, and then rented another farm in
the same county. In 1880 and 1882, he purchased land on sections
2 and
35, Cache Township, and now has as good a farm as there is in the
township, upon which the house and other buildings are also first
class. He was married January 22, 1851, to Martha J.BRYANT, who
died
December 27, 1852. September 24, 1854, he was married the second
time,
to Naomi JONES, who was born in Kentucky on the 20th of July, 1833. Mr.
and Mrs. BEAN have seven children, viz: Martha J., Thomas M., William
Findley, Mary Ann, Arna T., Carlos C., and Sarah C., who is engaged in
teaching school in her home district. Mr. and Mrs. BEAN are
members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of the Grand Army
Post at Belknap, and of the Republican party.
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