Person:James Beard (19)

1880 United States Federal Census Name: Daniel C. Beard Home in 1880: Queens, New York City-Greater, New York Age: 29 Estimated birth year: abt 1851 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to head-of-household: Son Father's name: James H. Father's birthplace: New York Mother's name: Mary C. Mother's birthplace: Ohio James H. Beard 69 (parent) Mary C. Beard 64 (parent) Harry Beard 38 Daniel C. Beard 29 *** Lina Beard 25 Adelia Beard 23 Elizabeth Hayes 22 Delia Donnelly 23

From the History of New York State Biographies, Part 57 by Dr. James Sullivan, http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/his/bio/pt57.html:

James Henry Beard was a famous painter, and was the only man admitted to the National Academy of Design without having first served as an associate member. He painted the portraits of the leading men of his day and generation, including "Zach" Taylor, William Henry Harrison (1), Henry Clay, General Custer, General Sherman, and, as he often said" "Every prominent person from Erie to the 'Balize,'" the latter meaning the mouth of the Mississippi river. He was best known in New York as a painter of animals. He was a great wit and storyteller. The grandfather of Daniel C. Beard was the first man to sail a brig on Lake Erie. On his initial trip he took with him his bride, Harriet Wolcott, of Hartford, Connecticut, granddaughter of Governor Wolcott, of that State, and she had the honor of being the first white woman to set foot in what is now the city of Chicago.

1. ↑ United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
2.   Reis, Jim, Pieces of the Past www.rootsweb.com/~kycampbe/bigmac.htm.
3.   Dr. James Sullivan, The History of New York State Biographies, Part 57 www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/his/bio/p
   pp. 315-316.