James lived in Secton 3 of Jennings Township and entered two claims for land in Section 4 of Jennings in 1837 (NW/NW/S4/T11N/R4W and NE/NW/S4/T11N/R4W). They lived in Jennings through at least 1850.

James and Lydia divorced on 1 January 1856 in Owen County. The same year, James remarried to Jincey STEVENS on 4 June in Owen County. After Jincey died, James again remarried to Mary (PALMER) MAZE on 26 June 1881 in Owen County.

James BEAMAN died on 6 April 1906 in Owen County, Indiana two weeks before his 94th birthday.

In February 1837, Elizabeth's father deeded his claim in Jackson (SE/SW/S5/T11N/R4W), Owen County, Indiana to her husband.

Elizabeth J. (BEAMAN) HELM died 18 January 1902 in Douglas County, Illinois. She was 88 years old.

Lucinda was born 10 August 1817 in Franklin County, Kentucky to George and Nancy (WEST/SCOTT) ROGERS.

Samuel entered a claim for 40 acres in Morgan Township (NE/NE/S16/T11N/R4W) but never received a patent. The following year he married Lucinda on 6 July 1837 in Owen County, Indiana. In February 1840, Sam's father deeded his 40-acre claim in Jennings Township (NE/SE/S9/T11N/R4W) to them but Samuel acquired and sold six parcels of land in Owens County between 1837 and 1847. In 1850, Sam Jr. reported owning 20 improved and 60 unimproved acres in Jennings valued at $400. He owned a horse, a milk cow, 12 sheep, and 20 swine.

Lucinda B. (ROGERS) BEAMAN died 15 September 1872 and is buried in Cataract Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Cataract, Owen County, Indiana.

After Lucinda's death, Samuel remarried to Tamer (STEVENS) HICKS, the widow of Allen HICKS. They had no children.

Samuel BEAMAN died 4 September 1907 and is buried next to Lucinda.

1B24A.	Elizabeth BEAMAN	Abt 1835
1B24B.	James BEAMAN	Abt 1838
1B24C.	Samuel R. BEAMAN	Nov 1839	1920	(80)
1B24D.	Rachel BEAMAN	Abt 1841
1B24E.	Lucy BEAMAN	Abt 1843
1B24F.	Britton BEAMAN	Abt 1845
1B24G.	Lambert BEAMAN	Abt 1849
1B24H.	William G. BEAMAN	16 May 1851
1B24I.	Winnie H. BEAMAN	1859
1B24J.	Allan Charles BEAMAN	Abt 1862

Alvin deeded a piece of land on the edge of Jackson (NW/NW/S9/T11N/R4W) to his cousin, Eli, in January 1849.

Alvin BEAMAN died in 1888 in Owen County at about the age of 69.

Samuel acquired 40 acres on the edge of Jackson Township (SW/SW/S9/T11N/R4W), Owen County, in September 1836.

On 22 January 1843, Eli was ordained as a deacon in the "Little Flock Baptist Church" which was formed the year before, mostly by BEAMANs.

Eli acquired another piece of land on the edge of Jackson (NW/NW/S9/T11N/R4W) from his cousin, Alvin, in January 1849.

Note: Eli appears to correlate with accounts of the prominent Baptist minister, "Levi." Levi, however, does not appear in any official records.

The family left Owen County by 1854 and moved to Decatur County, Iowa. In 1856 they lived in Long Creek Township next to his brothers, sisters, and mother. By 1860 they lived in Union Township, Warren County, Iowa and by 1870 relocated to Doyle Township, Clarke County, Iowa. Between the two moves, Ezekiel died in 1865 in either Warren or Clarke County.

After Ezekiel's death, Mary remarried to Robert COMBS after 1870. She probably died in 1892 in Clarke County.

He moved with his father to Owen County, Indiana in 1823 or 1824.

Bryant bought 80 acres of land in Morgan Township, near Atkinsville, in January 1848 from his step-father, Noah RANDALL. Noah originally bought the land in 1846 from Willis and Nancy REYNOLDS. In October 1848, Bryant sold half the land (SE/NE/S21/T11N/R4W) to his younger brother, Samuel.

Bryant, many of his brothers and sisters, and his mother, moved to Decatur County, Iowa where they settled in Long Creek Township by 1856, but by 1860, he, his sister Catherine and her family, resettled in Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa. Bryant and Dicy moved to Morgan Township, Harrison County, Iowa by 1864 and on to Raglan Township, Harrison County by 1870.

Samuel bought half of an 80-acre parcel of land in Morgan Township (SE/NE/S21/T11N/R4W), near Atkinsville, from his brother, Bryant, in October 1848. Samuel sold the parcel in March 1852 to Abraham COFFMAN.

In the 1850 census, William Casbell BEAMAN was living with Samuel. William's relation is unknown, but in the 1856 and 1860 censuses, William lived with Samuel's sister, Catherine.

By 1854, Samuel, many of his brothers and sisters, and his mother, moved to Decatur County, Iowa where he applied for a patent on land in Long Creek Township in February 1854.

Samuel continued on to Missouri where he applied for his Civil War pension in 1890.

Jehu died in 1878 and afterward Mary Ann moved to be with her family in Harrison County, Iowa and remarried there to James NAPIER in 1882.

Patsy, many of her brothers and sisters, and her mother, moved to Decatur County, Iowa where they settled in Long Creek Township by 1856. By 1870, the BARGERs followed Catherine's brother, Bryant, to Harrison County, Iowa and settled in Morgan Township.

Catherine, her mother and step-father, and many of her brothers and sisters moved to Decatur County, Iowa where they settled in Long Creek Township by 1856. Catherine's mother and step-father lived with her at this time along with William Casbell BEAMAN. It is still unknown how William relates to the family, but there is a likelihood he is an illegitimate son of Catherine's or one of her sisters.

The CLINKENBEARDs and Catherine's mother, step-father, and William Casbell moved to Otter Township, Warren County, Iowa by 1860 where her brother, Bryant lived nearby. By 1870, Catherine's family and mother followed Bryant to Raglan Township, Harrison County, Iowa.

Briant acquired property on Doomas Creek, Montgomery County, North Carolina. All present day BEAMANs in Montgomery County descend from Briant.

Catharine, her mother-in-law, and her sister-in-law, Rachel, were charter members of the "Little Flock Baptist Church" which was later formally organized as the New Union Baptist Church in November 1842.

Zachariah and Catharine later joined the Vernal Baptist Church in Monroe County, Indiana in November 1849. By 1870, the family moved to Warren County, Iowa.

Catherine died before 1858 in Iowa. Zachariah died on 24 September 1880 in Warren County. He is buried in Sandyville, Warren County.

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