Bevier, David W. (b. 13 AUG 1840, d. 7 DEC 1867)

Note: David enlisted in Tyrone, NY as Private in Co. B, 141st Infantry on 8/21/1862. Discharged as sergeant 7/13/1865 in Clinton, Iowa. No issue of this marriage. While crossing the Susquehanna River from Williamsport to Duboistown during a storm, David and Hetta were both drowned when their boat capsized.

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Note: He was listed as a farmer in Orange County, 66th District in 1863. He lived alone in Clinton, Illinois in the 3rd Ward in June 1870. He was listed as a accountant/clerk. The couple lived in Clinton, Iowa in1880. His occupation was clerk in a sawmill. Jennie Smith was a member of the DAR, whose records indicate her birth was in Illinois. Jennie is listed in the 1929 Clinton, Iowa City Directory as a widow living at 844 5th Ave. South.

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Note: He did not marry. Jacob S. Bevier enlisted 8/21/1862 at Orange, NY as Private in Co. B 141st Infantry. He was captured 2/24/1865 near Chesterfield Courthouse, SC. Paroled and mustered out at Elmira, NY 6/10/1865. His mother Hannah received a pension from the government later as a result of his service. He was in Tyrone Township, Schuyler County, New York and listed as a miller in the census of 1870.
His death was caused by his falling into the waterwheel at the mill at which he was working and he was crushed to death instantly being caught between the building and the waterwheel, a space of about eight inches.

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Note: In 1880, his family resided in 7th Ward, Williamsport, Pennsylvania and he was listed as a laborer. He lived at 954 West 3rd Street in Williamsport, Pennsylvania according to the city directory of 1890-1891, also lived there in 1900, 1910, 1920. He was elected Alderman several times in Williamsport.

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Note: Abram lived in Williamsport, 7th Ward in 1880. He lived alone in Bradford, He lived in McKean, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1900 with his second wife and her daughter, Lina Dickinson. His occupation was oil producer. He lived alone in Bradford County Pennsylvania in 1930 as a lodger.

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Note: They lived in Lycoming County, Armstrong Twp., Pennsylvania in 1910. Daniel worked in a tannery and owned his home free of mortgage. Hannah, Phoebe's mother lived with them.

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Note: He came to Clinton, Iowa in 1855, lived there several years and then returned to New York. He came back to Clinton in 1880. He ran a butcher shop in 1881 and was a local policeman in 1885. In 1887 he started employment with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. In 1880, he resided in Clinton, Iowa and was a store clerk. He was enumerated in 1900 & 1910 with his wife and two children in Ward 1, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. He was a railroad fireman. In the 1929 Clinton, Iowa City Directory, he and wife Stella resided at 1017 So. 5th. In the census of 1930, Frank was married to a Stella ......... and her daughter, Lenore Krentz, age 21, lived with them.

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Note: In 1836, he moved to Benton in Yates County, NY. There he built wagons and also learned the millwright trade. In 1838, he moved to Bradford, Steuben County where he worked in a sawmill and learned that trade. In 1856, he moved west to Fulton, Iowa. In 1880, the family resided in Clinton, Iowa and he was the proprietor of a sawmill. He was very successful in the lumber business. In the census of 1880, his given name was spelled Chancy.

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Note: In 1880, he resided in Clinton, Iowa and he was a lumber dealer, working with his father in the family sawmill. He was chief of the fire department in Clinton and a member of city council. He became rich in the business, lived in a mansion, and entertained lavishly dozens of guests at many parties.

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Note: In 1880, he resided in Clinton, Iowa and was "proprietor of sawmills."

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Source: (Name)
Titel: The Bevier Family - by Katherine Bevier
Auteur: Katherine Bevier
Publicatie: Tobias A. Wright Company - 1916
Media: Book

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