"... The son of Isaac W. Beeson and Mary Branson, Benjamin B. Beeson was born
in Wayne County, Indiana in 1843. He married Olinda Lamb on October 14,
1865. Together they had four children, Isaac F., Mary L., Edward O., and
Frederick L., the last two boys being twins. Benjamin took on much of the same
jobs his father had. He always listed himself as a farmer for the census.
However, he also worked as a store proprietor and a charter member of several
agricultural and religious societies. Additionally, Benjamin B. Beeson was
publisher of the Enterprise, a Prohibitionist newspaper of Richmond, Indiana
during the years 1891-1897. Benjamin Beeson died on January 2, 1902. ..."