Tenth Generation8325. Arthur Samuel BEEDE1276 was born on 20 September 1858 in Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa.1285 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Makee Township, Allamakee, Iowa. Census Place: Allamakee Co. Poor Farm, Makee, Allamakee, Iowa Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace Wm. H. SMITH Self M M W 63 NY He died on 15 April 1935 at the age of 76 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.1285 Arthur was buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.1919 Mr. Beede was born on a farm in Allamakee county, Iowa, in 1858. His father, John C. Beede, is of American stock, born and raised near Moosehead Lake, and was by trade a shoemaker. At the time the family located in Iowa, they were the fifth family to settle in Allamakee cuonty, which was then practically a wilderness. Our subject is the eldest of a family of eight children, and he lived at home assisting his father in breaking up the new land and getting it in shape to raise crops. At the age of twenty-two he came west but did not settle permanently, and in 1880 he went back to Iowa, locating in Osceola county, where he worked on a farm for a year and a half. He went north then, landing in Chamberlain, South Dakota, and drifted around in that part of the country for about two years. In 1884 he struck Valentine, Nebraska, going all over this part of the state, and then traveled on to Kansas where he picked corn for a living during the fall and winter months. In 1885 he came to Sheridan county, his first location being on a pre-emption two miles east of Rushville. This he soon afterward sold, and took a homestead in this locality. In 1897 he purchased his present home, comprising three hundred and twenty acres, of which he farms about one hundred acres, raising enough hay and grain on the balance to keep his stock. He has thirty head of cattle and twelve horses. During the poor years he farmed at a loss, and when he came to figure up after giong through many discouraging times, found that he was two thousand dollars in debt. He was about ready to quit then, but his wife was determined to stay and try to make this up, so they went to work again with a will and as times became better he was able to grow good crops, and things began to look brighter. He is now free from all debt, is the owner of a fine farm; well improved with good buildings and all fences, and is classed among the substantial citizens of this locality. He has gained all this by dint of perseverance and hard work, as he had very little money to start with, and was obliged to do all kinds of rough work, such as freighting, teaming, etc., in order to make a living for his family in the early days. Mr. Beede was married in 1886 to Miss Mary E. Hughes, a native of Allamakee county, Iowa. Her father and her mother were both born and raised in Ireland and came to this country as a young married couple. They located in Iowa, where they remained until their children grew up. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Beede, who are named as follows: John, Roy, Nellie, Elizabeth, Angie, Thomas, William and Clarence, all born and raised in this locality. The family occupy a pleasant home, and is highly respected in the community. Mr. Beede was raised a Republican, voted the Greenback ticket in his younger days, and now his sympathies are with the Independent party. He keeps abreast of the times in all public matters, but has never had any time to devote to taking an active part in politics. -source: Compendium of History Reminiscence and Biography of Western Nebraska Containing a History of the State of Nebraska. Chicago: Alden Publishing, 1909; pg. 874-875 Arthur Samuel BEEDE and Mary Ellen HUGHES were married on 15 March 1886.1919 Mary Ellen HUGHES, daughter of Peter HUGHES and Ellen CONNOR, was born on 10 November 1862 in Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa.1919 She died on 18 January 1922 at the age of 59 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.1919 She was buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon.1919 Arthur Samuel BEEDE-9037 and Mary Ellen HUGHES-20173 had the following children:
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