Orestes Utah Bean, 63, playwright, whose drama, "Corianton," attracted worldwide attention 30 years ago, died at his home in Hollywood Monday night following a long illness of a heart ailment.
Based on the Book of Mormon, the mystical "Corianton" was first produced here in the old Salt Lake theater in 1902. Later it was successfully produced in New York city.
Mr. Bean also was known in the world of science for his discoveries in the field of smokeless burners, nonasphyctous gas and machinery for the extraction of gold from slag.
He was born in Provo, November 8, 1873, a son of George W. and Elizabeth Baum Bean. Receiving his early education in the Richfield public schools, he attended the Brigham
Young university at Provo, where he later became an assistant professor.
Most of his later life was spent in New York City, but he lived in Salt Lake City for a brief period and married Eddavene Houtz here in 1930. He had lived in Hollywood
the past four years.
Surviving are his widow and the following brothers and sisters: George T. Bean, Richfield; Willard W. Bean, Palmyra, N. Y.; Jesse F. Bean and Mrs. Flora B. Home, Salt
Lake City; Virginius and Burton Bean, Los Angeles; Mrs. Melissa Clark, Mrs. Mulinda Seal and Mrs. Emily Bell, all of Richfield; Mrs. Vilate B. Johnson, Salt Lake City,
and Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p. m. with burial in the same city.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune January 20, 1937
Orestes Utah Bean, 63, playwright, whose drama, "Corianton," attracted worldwide attention 30 years ago, died at his home in Hollywood Monday night following a long illness of a heart ailment.
Based on the Book of Mormon, the mystical "Corianton" was first produced here in the old Salt Lake theater in 1902. Later it was successfully produced in New York city.
Mr. Bean also was known in the world of science for his discoveries in the field of smokeless burners, nonasphyctous gas and machinery for the extraction of gold from slag.
He was born in Provo, November 8, 1873, a son of George W. and Elizabeth Baum Bean. Receiving his early education in the Richfield public schools, he attended the Brigham
Young university at Provo, where he later became an assistant professor.
Most of his later life was spent in New York City, but he lived in Salt Lake City for a brief period and married Eddavene Houtz here in 1930. He had lived in Hollywood
the past four years.
Surviving are his widow and the following brothers and sisters: George T. Bean, Richfield; Willard W. Bean, Palmyra, N. Y.; Jesse F. Bean and Mrs. Flora B. Home, Salt
Lake City; Virginius and Burton Bean, Los Angeles; Mrs. Melissa Clark, Mrs. Mulinda Seal and Mrs. Emily Bell, all of Richfield; Mrs. Vilate B. Johnson, Salt Lake City,
and Mrs. Nellie Taylor, Lava Hot Springs, Idaho.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p. m. with burial in the same city.
Published in the Salt Lake Tribune January 20, 1937
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Elizabeth Agnes Bean Peterson
1854–1927
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George Teancum Bean
1856–1940
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Epaminondas "Pam" Bean
1859–1934
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Ann Alida Bean Von Nordeck
1861–1914
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Marquis Lafayette Bean
1865–1910
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Willard Washington Bean
1868–1949
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Flora Diana Bean Horne
1871–1951
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Junius Bean
1878–1878
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Melinda Bean Beal
1858–1942
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William James Bean
1858–1919
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Mary Geneva Bean Collings
1859–1882
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Leo Albert Bean
1861–1904
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Lola Montez Bean Farnsworth
1862–1927
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Nancy Vilate Bean Johnson
1864–1947
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Eliza Isabel Bean
1865–1869
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Sarah Ella Bean Thurber
1865–1926
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Charles Lewis Bean
1867–1936
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Chloe Diantha Bean Eversoll
1867–1897
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Emily Bean Bell
1869–1963
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Melissa Bean Clark
1870–1949
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Virginius Bean
1872–1949
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Edith Jane Bean Eversoll
1874–1904
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Isaac Wall "Ike" Bean
1876–1952
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Jesse Fuller Bean
1879–1943
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Taylor Jay Bean
1881–1928
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Cornelia "Nell" Bean Taylor
1884–1957
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