Bean, John

Born: 1795-04-30 Pennsylvania

Died: 1873-05-10

Flourished: 1831-1860 Adams County, Illinois

Bean settled in Adams County, Illinois, as early as 1831, and established himself as a farmer. In 1860, he owned $800 worth of real estate and $200 worth of personal property.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Adams County, Illinois (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1892), 226; Gravestone, Fall Creek Methodist Protestant Cemetery, Fall Creek, IL; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Adams County, IL, 164.