Wayne County Biographies



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Thomas Beeson

Thomas Beeson, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Randolph County, N. C., a son of Isaac K. and Rebecca (Lamb) Beeson, natives of the same county, of English origin. When a child his parents removed to Guilford County, N. C., and in 1845 he came with his parents to Park County, Ind., where his father died three years later. He then lived with his mother in Henry County till about 1863, when he came to Wayne County, and was married April 5, 1863, to Deborah A., daughter of James and Mary (Roe) Strode, natives of Kentucky, who were among the early settlers of Wayne County. They first lived several years in Jefferson Township, and about 1830 removed to the Strode homestead, where they spent the rest of their lives, and where our subject has resided since his marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Beeson were the parents of two children — Sarah A. and Mary E. Mrs. Beeson died Jan. 22, 1883. She belonged to the United Brethren church. Mr. Beeson was reared in the Society of Friends, but when twenty-three years of age joined the Christian church in Blue River Township, Henry Co., Ind.

Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2