Lloyd James Bean born 27 September 1900 in Provo, Utah County, Utah, the sixth of ten children to Marcellus Bean and Johanna Caroline Edman. He spent his young years in Provo. Then when he was almost 14 years of age, his family moved to Teton, Idaho in 1914. He finished eighth grade in Teton. His parents always wanted him to go to high school, but he said that they were very poor. He went right to work helping on the farm: threshing grain and hauling hay, working with sheep and anything he could do to help. He was a hard worker all his life.
When Lloyd was 19 or 20 he started dating, and met Millie Birch at a community dance in St. Anthony, Idaho. After dating her for three years, he asked her to marry him. Millie told Lloyd that he would have to ask her father. He asked David Birch and didn't know whether Millie's dad would throw his pitch fork at Lloyd and order him off the place. But Lloyd said, "Happily for me he did give his consent." Then they dated for another year before they were married, trying to earn some extra money so they could get married. Quoting from his own history, Lloyd said, "I earned about sixty cents an hour. That was good money, then. I sent it to St. Anthony to a bank. In 1923, the bank went broke and I lost all the money I had worked through the summer to earn. It was about 400-500 dollars, but it was a lot of money to us then." They decided to go ahead and get married. They travelled by train to Salt Lake City, Utah and were married on 12 September 1923 in the L.D.S. Temple. Millie was the sixth of nine children born to David Birch and Nancy Eldredge Garn. Lloyd and Millie had eight children: Wanda (b. 15 June 1924), Arlene (b. 20 August 1925), Karma (b. 22 November 1928), Ruth (b. 20 January 1931) with twin, Ralph (b. 20 January 1931), Karen (b. 17 November 1935), Linda (b. 6 March 1939) and Paul (b. 30 Nov. 1943).
After they were married Lloyd worked until the next spring (1924) for the railroad in Pocatello. Then they moved to a farm near St. Anthony and farmed with Millie's brother, Ernest. They lived with them for about a year then moved to the dryfarm of 160 acres that was 30 miles east of Chester, Idaho and also about the same distance from Ashton. He farmed there for 15 years. He said, "We had to hand shovel the wheat out into the bob-sleigh in the winter when we sold it. It was hauled over to the railroad track at France Siding about 3 miles from our farm. We got about $1.60 a bushel for good grain. One year during the depression we sold it for 16 cents a bushel. We hand shoveled again the grain from the bob-sleigh into the boxcar and then shoveled it to the back of the boxcar." He also told how it was at that time: "These first years on the dry farm we lived on the milk from three cows and eggs from our few chickens. The bare necessities which we did not grow or produce we got from Johnson's Store at Squirrel, Idaho. We had our own meat." He said that their trips to St. Anthony were made by team (horse) and buggy. They had a small garden because they had to carry water to it. He said that they had no electricity, running water, inside plumbing, telephones and not even radios at first.
During the winter of 1946, Lloyd and Millie bought a farm near Jameston, Idaho and moved their family there. They remodeled the home and built on a bedroom and also making a bigger living room. It proved to be a good farm. He milked 10 to 15 cows(by hand)while the children were growing up, besides caring for the 110 acres.
On 18 February 1951 Lloyd was asked to be bishop of the Jameston Ward. He was released 29 July 1956. Then 1 January 1958 he and Millie were asked to work in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple, and they served for 17 years. They served an L.D.S. mission to the Western States Mission from 11 April 1966 to 1968. His wife, Millie developed a brain tumor and died 13 April 1978. Lloyd lived to be 88 years old and died 25 November 1988.
When Lloyd was 19 or 20 he started dating, and met Millie Birch at a community dance in St. Anthony, Idaho. After dating her for three years, he asked her to marry him. Millie told Lloyd that he would have to ask her father. He asked David Birch and didn't know whether Millie's dad would throw his pitch fork at Lloyd and order him off the place. But Lloyd said, "Happily for me he did give his consent." Then they dated for another year before they were married, trying to earn some extra money so they could get married. Quoting from his own history, Lloyd said, "I earned about sixty cents an hour. That was good money, then. I sent it to St. Anthony to a bank. In 1923, the bank went broke and I lost all the money I had worked through the summer to earn. It was about 400-500 dollars, but it was a lot of money to us then." They decided to go ahead and get married. They travelled by train to Salt Lake City, Utah and were married on 12 September 1923 in the L.D.S. Temple. Millie was the sixth of nine children born to David Birch and Nancy Eldredge Garn. Lloyd and Millie had eight children: Wanda (b. 15 June 1924), Arlene (b. 20 August 1925), Karma (b. 22 November 1928), Ruth (b. 20 January 1931) with twin, Ralph (b. 20 January 1931), Karen (b. 17 November 1935), Linda (b. 6 March 1939) and Paul (b. 30 Nov. 1943).
After they were married Lloyd worked until the next spring (1924) for the railroad in Pocatello. Then they moved to a farm near St. Anthony and farmed with Millie's brother, Ernest. They lived with them for about a year then moved to the dryfarm of 160 acres that was 30 miles east of Chester, Idaho and also about the same distance from Ashton. He farmed there for 15 years. He said, "We had to hand shovel the wheat out into the bob-sleigh in the winter when we sold it. It was hauled over to the railroad track at France Siding about 3 miles from our farm. We got about $1.60 a bushel for good grain. One year during the depression we sold it for 16 cents a bushel. We hand shoveled again the grain from the bob-sleigh into the boxcar and then shoveled it to the back of the boxcar." He also told how it was at that time: "These first years on the dry farm we lived on the milk from three cows and eggs from our few chickens. The bare necessities which we did not grow or produce we got from Johnson's Store at Squirrel, Idaho. We had our own meat." He said that their trips to St. Anthony were made by team (horse) and buggy. They had a small garden because they had to carry water to it. He said that they had no electricity, running water, inside plumbing, telephones and not even radios at first.
During the winter of 1946, Lloyd and Millie bought a farm near Jameston, Idaho and moved their family there. They remodeled the home and built on a bedroom and also making a bigger living room. It proved to be a good farm. He milked 10 to 15 cows(by hand)while the children were growing up, besides caring for the 110 acres.
On 18 February 1951 Lloyd was asked to be bishop of the Jameston Ward. He was released 29 July 1956. Then 1 January 1958 he and Millie were asked to work in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple, and they served for 17 years. They served an L.D.S. mission to the Western States Mission from 11 April 1966 to 1968. His wife, Millie developed a brain tumor and died 13 April 1978. Lloyd lived to be 88 years old and died 25 November 1988.
Lloyd James Bean born 27 September 1900 in Provo, Utah County, Utah, the sixth of ten children to Marcellus Bean and Johanna Caroline Edman. He spent his young years in Provo. Then when he was almost 14 years of age, his family moved to Teton, Idaho in 1914. He finished eighth grade in Teton. His parents always wanted him to go to high school, but he said that they were very poor. He went right to work helping on the farm: threshing grain and hauling hay, working with sheep and anything he could do to help. He was a hard worker all his life.
When Lloyd was 19 or 20 he started dating, and met Millie Birch at a community dance in St. Anthony, Idaho. After dating her for three years, he asked her to marry him. Millie told Lloyd that he would have to ask her father. He asked David Birch and didn't know whether Millie's dad would throw his pitch fork at Lloyd and order him off the place. But Lloyd said, "Happily for me he did give his consent." Then they dated for another year before they were married, trying to earn some extra money so they could get married. Quoting from his own history, Lloyd said, "I earned about sixty cents an hour. That was good money, then. I sent it to St. Anthony to a bank. In 1923, the bank went broke and I lost all the money I had worked through the summer to earn. It was about 400-500 dollars, but it was a lot of money to us then." They decided to go ahead and get married. They travelled by train to Salt Lake City, Utah and were married on 12 September 1923 in the L.D.S. Temple. Millie was the sixth of nine children born to David Birch and Nancy Eldredge Garn. Lloyd and Millie had eight children: Wanda (b. 15 June 1924), Arlene (b. 20 August 1925), Karma (b. 22 November 1928), Ruth (b. 20 January 1931) with twin, Ralph (b. 20 January 1931), Karen (b. 17 November 1935), Linda (b. 6 March 1939) and Paul (b. 30 Nov. 1943).
After they were married Lloyd worked until the next spring (1924) for the railroad in Pocatello. Then they moved to a farm near St. Anthony and farmed with Millie's brother, Ernest. They lived with them for about a year then moved to the dryfarm of 160 acres that was 30 miles east of Chester, Idaho and also about the same distance from Ashton. He farmed there for 15 years. He said, "We had to hand shovel the wheat out into the bob-sleigh in the winter when we sold it. It was hauled over to the railroad track at France Siding about 3 miles from our farm. We got about $1.60 a bushel for good grain. One year during the depression we sold it for 16 cents a bushel. We hand shoveled again the grain from the bob-sleigh into the boxcar and then shoveled it to the back of the boxcar." He also told how it was at that time: "These first years on the dry farm we lived on the milk from three cows and eggs from our few chickens. The bare necessities which we did not grow or produce we got from Johnson's Store at Squirrel, Idaho. We had our own meat." He said that their trips to St. Anthony were made by team (horse) and buggy. They had a small garden because they had to carry water to it. He said that they had no electricity, running water, inside plumbing, telephones and not even radios at first.
During the winter of 1946, Lloyd and Millie bought a farm near Jameston, Idaho and moved their family there. They remodeled the home and built on a bedroom and also making a bigger living room. It proved to be a good farm. He milked 10 to 15 cows(by hand)while the children were growing up, besides caring for the 110 acres.
On 18 February 1951 Lloyd was asked to be bishop of the Jameston Ward. He was released 29 July 1956. Then 1 January 1958 he and Millie were asked to work in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple, and they served for 17 years. They served an L.D.S. mission to the Western States Mission from 11 April 1966 to 1968. His wife, Millie developed a brain tumor and died 13 April 1978. Lloyd lived to be 88 years old and died 25 November 1988.
When Lloyd was 19 or 20 he started dating, and met Millie Birch at a community dance in St. Anthony, Idaho. After dating her for three years, he asked her to marry him. Millie told Lloyd that he would have to ask her father. He asked David Birch and didn't know whether Millie's dad would throw his pitch fork at Lloyd and order him off the place. But Lloyd said, "Happily for me he did give his consent." Then they dated for another year before they were married, trying to earn some extra money so they could get married. Quoting from his own history, Lloyd said, "I earned about sixty cents an hour. That was good money, then. I sent it to St. Anthony to a bank. In 1923, the bank went broke and I lost all the money I had worked through the summer to earn. It was about 400-500 dollars, but it was a lot of money to us then." They decided to go ahead and get married. They travelled by train to Salt Lake City, Utah and were married on 12 September 1923 in the L.D.S. Temple. Millie was the sixth of nine children born to David Birch and Nancy Eldredge Garn. Lloyd and Millie had eight children: Wanda (b. 15 June 1924), Arlene (b. 20 August 1925), Karma (b. 22 November 1928), Ruth (b. 20 January 1931) with twin, Ralph (b. 20 January 1931), Karen (b. 17 November 1935), Linda (b. 6 March 1939) and Paul (b. 30 Nov. 1943).
After they were married Lloyd worked until the next spring (1924) for the railroad in Pocatello. Then they moved to a farm near St. Anthony and farmed with Millie's brother, Ernest. They lived with them for about a year then moved to the dryfarm of 160 acres that was 30 miles east of Chester, Idaho and also about the same distance from Ashton. He farmed there for 15 years. He said, "We had to hand shovel the wheat out into the bob-sleigh in the winter when we sold it. It was hauled over to the railroad track at France Siding about 3 miles from our farm. We got about $1.60 a bushel for good grain. One year during the depression we sold it for 16 cents a bushel. We hand shoveled again the grain from the bob-sleigh into the boxcar and then shoveled it to the back of the boxcar." He also told how it was at that time: "These first years on the dry farm we lived on the milk from three cows and eggs from our few chickens. The bare necessities which we did not grow or produce we got from Johnson's Store at Squirrel, Idaho. We had our own meat." He said that their trips to St. Anthony were made by team (horse) and buggy. They had a small garden because they had to carry water to it. He said that they had no electricity, running water, inside plumbing, telephones and not even radios at first.
During the winter of 1946, Lloyd and Millie bought a farm near Jameston, Idaho and moved their family there. They remodeled the home and built on a bedroom and also making a bigger living room. It proved to be a good farm. He milked 10 to 15 cows(by hand)while the children were growing up, besides caring for the 110 acres.
On 18 February 1951 Lloyd was asked to be bishop of the Jameston Ward. He was released 29 July 1956. Then 1 January 1958 he and Millie were asked to work in the Idaho Falls L.D.S. Temple, and they served for 17 years. They served an L.D.S. mission to the Western States Mission from 11 April 1966 to 1968. His wife, Millie developed a brain tumor and died 13 April 1978. Lloyd lived to be 88 years old and died 25 November 1988.
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