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 OHN W. BEAVERS, deceased. The history of this late and highly respected resident of Humbolt Township, is in its main points as follows: He was born in Hampshire County, Va., in 1814, and was the eldest of a family of eight children. He was educated in the common schools of his native county, and during his youth followed boating on the Potomac River, which he continued until 1836, and for two years thereafter occupied himself in teaming. He migrated west-ward in 1838, locating first at Bourbon, Douglas County, this State, where he resided two years, andthen returned to the Old Dominion to fulfill the pledge which he had made to his betrothed wife, Miss Mary A. Madden. This lady was the daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Price) Madden, natives of Virginia, and the mother a sister of Gen. Sterling Price. After his marriage Mr. Beavers located with his young wife two miles from Cumberland, Md., on the Virginia side of the Potomac River, where he followed farming two years, and whence he removed to another farm in that vicinity, where he remained six years. He came West in 1852, settling at once in Humbolt Township, where he purchased 160 acres of wild land, and entered industriously upon its improvement and cultivation. Four years later he crossed the Mississippi into Washington County, Iowa, where, however, he remained but a short time, and returning to Humbolt Township, purchased 200 acres on section 35, where in due time he engaged extensively in farming and stock-raising, and where he established a comfortable home and spent his last days. His death occurred on the 13th of April, 1875, and he is remembered as a citizen who identified himself with the best interests of his adopted county, doing all in his power to further the welfare of the people around him. He was the second Supervisor representing the township on the County Board and served as Road Commissioner many years. In politics he was a stanch Democrat. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Beavers, six in number, were named respectively, Samuel M., John B., Richard R., George W., Marcellus S. and Mary E. These are all living with the exception of George W. |
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