Some years before his death he sold his farm and afterward made his home with his children. He was very fond of out-door life and spent much of his time in his latter days in fishing. From early life he was a member of the Baptist church. He was a good man and was respected by all who knew him.
He died at the residence of his son Franklin, Feb. 17, 1875, aged eighty-two years. His widow died at the residence of her daughter Harriet, Oct. 8, 1881. Of their children, Franklin is in Otsego Township; Charles B. is in Huron County, Ohio; Jane is the wife of Annaniah Gifford, of Scott Township; Phoebe was married three times and when she died was the wife of Samuel Langley; Herman is in Toledo, Ohio; Luman of this township; Mary is deceased, and was the wife of H. Foster, of Gilead, Mich.; Harrison lives in Charlotte, Mich.; Henry lives in Angola; Harriet is the wife of Henry Hanna, of Scott Township; Albert is in Iowa.
History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885
pages 813-814.
Some years before his death he sold his farm and afterward made his home with his children. He was very fond of out-door life and spent much of his time in his latter days in fishing. From early life he was a member of the Baptist church. He was a good man and was respected by all who knew him.
He died at the residence of his son Franklin, Feb. 17, 1875, aged eighty-two years. His widow died at the residence of her daughter Harriet, Oct. 8, 1881. Of their children, Franklin is in Otsego Township; Charles B. is in Huron County, Ohio; Jane is the wife of Annaniah Gifford, of Scott Township; Phoebe was married three times and when she died was the wife of Samuel Langley; Herman is in Toledo, Ohio; Luman of this township; Mary is deceased, and was the wife of H. Foster, of Gilead, Mich.; Harrison lives in Charlotte, Mich.; Henry lives in Angola; Harriet is the wife of Henry Hanna, of Scott Township; Albert is in Iowa.
History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885
pages 813-814.
Gravesite Details
Elijah Beard's headstone is to the right of his wife's, It has been knocked over, and is worn and unreadable.
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