Person:Menoah Beamer (1)

Biography

GRAYSON COUNTY, VA - BIOGRAPHIES - Menoah Beamer Source: History of Lafayette County, MO Publication Info: St Louis, Missouri Historical Company, 1881 page 668, 689 City of Lexington BEAMER, MENOAH (p668) was born in Grayson county, Va., June 7th, 1818, where he spent his early life until he was twenty-one years old; he then moved to Missouri in 1839, and first settled in Caldwell county, returning to Virginia in 1840 he remained one year, when he returned to Lafayette county; in 1849 he went to California and remained two years. At the breaking out of the (p689) war he enlisted in August, '61, in Capt. Taylor's company and served about one year; he then got transferred in 1862 to King's battery, and served about one year in that. He now owns about eleven hundred acres of land, making a specialty of breeding fine trotting stock. During the fall of '81 he took about $1800 in premiums on horses alone at the county fairs, showing nine horses; he also breeds fine- blooded stock, having a fine herd of short-horns. He was married March 28th, 1843, to Miss MaryOwens, a daughter of Robert Owens, of Saline County; she dying Nov. 24th, 1873, leaving seven children, he was again married December 18th, 1874, to Miss S. L. Heutcherson, a native of Va.; by this marriage they have three children: Paschal, Samuel C. and Hattie I. 1880 Census Lafayette County, Missouri Source: FHL Film 1254698 National Archives Film T9-0698 Page 368C Relation Sex Age Birthplace Menoah BEAMER Self M 61 VA VA VA Lelia BEAMER Wife F 35 VA VA VA Rebeca BEAMER Dau F 11 MO VA MO Paschal BEAMER Son M 3 MO VA VA Samuel BEAMER Son M 2 MO VA VA Hattie BEAMER Dau F 1 MO VA VA Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ainsworth <mains@@cox-internet.com>