From HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, INDIANA, 1885, pg. 814:
Luman H. Beard, son of Elijah and Lucy (Horn) Beard, was born in Niagra County, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834. He remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a common school education. He was Married Nov. 21, 1858, to Jane W. Rummel, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born Feb. 12, 1835, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Rummel. Oct. 28, 1861, Mr. Beard enlisted in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry; participated in the battle of Fort Donnelson. He was in the hospital the greater part of the time doing duty when able. In 1863 he was transferred to the invalid corps, and in 1863-'4 was on duty in Evansville, Ind. He was discharged in October, 1864, and after his return home bought eighty acres of land on section 34, his present home, which he has improved and now has one of the best farms in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been born six children- Talma died in infancy; Henry R. was married in 1884 to Ida May Noragon; Charles L. died Feb. 9, 1884, aged twenty years; Benjamin F., David A. and Minnie J. are at home. They with their son Benjamin F. are members of the Christian church. Charles was also a member of the church and a very estimable young man. Mr. Beard is an upright, honorable, citizen, and one of the leading farmers of the townshhip. He is a member of Baron Steuben Post No. 387, G.A.R., of which he is Quartermaster.
(Courtesy of Susan McMahon's Rootsweb tree.)
Luman H. Beard, son of Elijah and Lucy (Horn) Beard, was born in Niagra County, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834. He remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a common school education. He was Married Nov. 21, 1858, to Jane W. Rummel, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born Feb. 12, 1835, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Rummel. Oct. 28, 1861, Mr. Beard enlisted in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry; participated in the battle of Fort Donnelson. He was in the hospital the greater part of the time doing duty when able. In 1863 he was transferred to the invalid corps, and in 1863-'4 was on duty in Evansville, Ind. He was discharged in October, 1864, and after his return home bought eighty acres of land on section 34, his present home, which he has improved and now has one of the best farms in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been born six children- Talma died in infancy; Henry R. was married in 1884 to Ida May Noragon; Charles L. died Feb. 9, 1884, aged twenty years; Benjamin F., David A. and Minnie J. are at home. They with their son Benjamin F. are members of the Christian church. Charles was also a member of the church and a very estimable young man. Mr. Beard is an upright, honorable, citizen, and one of the leading farmers of the townshhip. He is a member of Baron Steuben Post No. 387, G.A.R., of which he is Quartermaster.
(Courtesy of Susan McMahon's Rootsweb tree.)
From HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, INDIANA, 1885, pg. 814:
Luman H. Beard, son of Elijah and Lucy (Horn) Beard, was born in Niagra County, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834. He remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a common school education. He was Married Nov. 21, 1858, to Jane W. Rummel, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born Feb. 12, 1835, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Rummel. Oct. 28, 1861, Mr. Beard enlisted in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry; participated in the battle of Fort Donnelson. He was in the hospital the greater part of the time doing duty when able. In 1863 he was transferred to the invalid corps, and in 1863-'4 was on duty in Evansville, Ind. He was discharged in October, 1864, and after his return home bought eighty acres of land on section 34, his present home, which he has improved and now has one of the best farms in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been born six children- Talma died in infancy; Henry R. was married in 1884 to Ida May Noragon; Charles L. died Feb. 9, 1884, aged twenty years; Benjamin F., David A. and Minnie J. are at home. They with their son Benjamin F. are members of the Christian church. Charles was also a member of the church and a very estimable young man. Mr. Beard is an upright, honorable, citizen, and one of the leading farmers of the townshhip. He is a member of Baron Steuben Post No. 387, G.A.R., of which he is Quartermaster.
(Courtesy of Susan McMahon's Rootsweb tree.)
Luman H. Beard, son of Elijah and Lucy (Horn) Beard, was born in Niagra County, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1834. He remained with his parents till manhood, receiving a common school education. He was Married Nov. 21, 1858, to Jane W. Rummel, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, born Feb. 12, 1835, a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Rummel. Oct. 28, 1861, Mr. Beard enlisted in Company K, Sixty-eighth Ohio Infantry; participated in the battle of Fort Donnelson. He was in the hospital the greater part of the time doing duty when able. In 1863 he was transferred to the invalid corps, and in 1863-'4 was on duty in Evansville, Ind. He was discharged in October, 1864, and after his return home bought eighty acres of land on section 34, his present home, which he has improved and now has one of the best farms in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Beard have been born six children- Talma died in infancy; Henry R. was married in 1884 to Ida May Noragon; Charles L. died Feb. 9, 1884, aged twenty years; Benjamin F., David A. and Minnie J. are at home. They with their son Benjamin F. are members of the Christian church. Charles was also a member of the church and a very estimable young man. Mr. Beard is an upright, honorable, citizen, and one of the leading farmers of the townshhip. He is a member of Baron Steuben Post No. 387, G.A.R., of which he is Quartermaster.
(Courtesy of Susan McMahon's Rootsweb tree.)
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