James was the son of John and Sarah Beard. He married Hannah Long in Fairfield County, Ohio on March 19, 1812. They had two daughters: Sebella and Sarah. Hannah died in 1844 and James remarried Margaret Ellis in Miami County, Indiana on June 18, 1846. They had two children: John Wesley and Elizabeth Ann.
"When the sale of canal lands was held at Peru on October 5, 1840, there was a flood of immigrants to the Wabash valley. Many of the newcomers were unable to purchase lands to their liking in the canal strip, but they entered government land and became residents, of the county. Among those who settled in Butler township in this year were John and Isaac Litzenberger, James Beard, Moses Falk, Samuel Robertson and the Hahns—Benjamin, John and David. As stated above, Isaac Litzenberger bought the farm of Martin Wilhelm, and John located upon the land where the village of Peoria was afterward laid out. Moses Falk established a trading house at that point and for a few years carried on a thriving business with the Indians."
"It is thought that Frank Litzenberger, a son of Isaac and Sarah Litzenberger, was the first white child born in Butler township. He was born in 1841, and the same year the first marriage in the township was solemnized, when Nancy White became the wife of James Wilhelm. Joel Davis, Joseph Votaw and Job Morris erected the first frame dwellings in the township and the first orchard was planted by Jonah Sullivan, who obtained his trees from the nursery of Matthias Moyer, in Richland township. The first religious services were held at the home of James Beard by Rev. Mr. Beloit, a Methodist minister, in 1841."
Excerpts from "History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1" by Arthur Lawrence Bodurtha; Lewis Publishing, 1914 — Miami County, Indiana; Pages 115 and 117
James was the son of John and Sarah Beard. He married Hannah Long in Fairfield County, Ohio on March 19, 1812. They had two daughters: Sebella and Sarah. Hannah died in 1844 and James remarried Margaret Ellis in Miami County, Indiana on June 18, 1846. They had two children: John Wesley and Elizabeth Ann.
"When the sale of canal lands was held at Peru on October 5, 1840, there was a flood of immigrants to the Wabash valley. Many of the newcomers were unable to purchase lands to their liking in the canal strip, but they entered government land and became residents, of the county. Among those who settled in Butler township in this year were John and Isaac Litzenberger, James Beard, Moses Falk, Samuel Robertson and the Hahns—Benjamin, John and David. As stated above, Isaac Litzenberger bought the farm of Martin Wilhelm, and John located upon the land where the village of Peoria was afterward laid out. Moses Falk established a trading house at that point and for a few years carried on a thriving business with the Indians."
"It is thought that Frank Litzenberger, a son of Isaac and Sarah Litzenberger, was the first white child born in Butler township. He was born in 1841, and the same year the first marriage in the township was solemnized, when Nancy White became the wife of James Wilhelm. Joel Davis, Joseph Votaw and Job Morris erected the first frame dwellings in the township and the first orchard was planted by Jonah Sullivan, who obtained his trees from the nursery of Matthias Moyer, in Richland township. The first religious services were held at the home of James Beard by Rev. Mr. Beloit, a Methodist minister, in 1841."
Excerpts from "History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests, Volume 1" by Arthur Lawrence Bodurtha; Lewis Publishing, 1914 — Miami County, Indiana; Pages 115 and 117
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