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Cyrus Beede

Birth	:	28 Nov 1828 Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA
Death	:	27 Jan 1908 Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3058014, -92.6333008
Description	:	Cyrus Beede biography from Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887 CYRUS BEEDE, Secretary of the Iowa Life and Endowment Association, and residing at Oskaloosa, was born in Carroll County, N. H., Nov. 28,1828. He is the son of Stephen and Caroline (Dame) Beede, of the Society of Friends, his parents and grandparents on both sides having belonged to the same society. The Beede family were of English and Scotch descent, and residents of this country for several generations. Our subject was educated in a common school, which was supplemented by an academical course in what was called the... Read More	Cyrus Beede biography from Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887 CYRUS BEEDE, Secretary of the Iowa Life and Endowment Association, and residing at Oskaloosa, was born in Carroll County, N. H., Nov. 28,1828. He is the son of Stephen and Caroline (Dame) Beede, of the Society of Friends, his parents and grandparents on both sides having belonged to the same society. The Beede family were of English and Scotch descent, and residents of this country for several generations. Our subject was educated in a common school, which was supplemented by an academical course in what was called the Friends' Boarding School, of Providence, R. I. His early life was passed on the farm in his native State, and on arriving at the age of maturity, and having received a good education, he engaged in the duties of a pedagogue, which he followed in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Iowa. In 1852 he came to Iowa, and purchased a farm one mile north of Oskaloosa, which property he still owns. Returning to New England he engaged in the manufacture of oil carpet for a time, and then in 1856, went to Minneapolis, Minn., where he embarked in banking and real estate, and was thus occupied until 1860. In the spring of that year he came back to Oskaloosa, and has made this his home until the present time. Mr. Beede was the first Cashier of the First National Bank of Oskaloosa, and was one of the incorporators of the same. In 1870 he engaged in the service of the Government as Chief Clerk of the Central Indian Superintendency, with headquarters at Lawrence, Kansas being in the Indian Department and the jurisdiction of the Superintendent for whom he was working embracing the Indians of Kansas and Indian Territory. He acted in the capacity of clerk until 1876, when he became agent of the Government, having jurisdiction over the Osage Indians, and held that position until July, 1878. In 1883 Mr. Beede was appointed Special Indian Agent, and visited all the agencies in Washington Territory, and many in Oregon, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Dakota Territories, and also in Florida. He terminated his service with the Government July 20, 1886, receiving a statement of full and final settlement. Mr. Beede was one of the very few Indian agents whose accounts at the time of final settlement were in such a condition as to warrant the Government in settling according to their figures. They were absolutely correct. He was regarded by those high in authority as one of the most efficient Indian agents in the service. His superior knowledge and skill in Indian affairs and accounts have been frequently called in requisition by Indian agents in making settlements with the Government. Jan. 1, 1886, Mr. Beede accepted his appointment as Secretary of the Iowa Life Endowment Association, and has continued to hold that position until the present time. He was married near Oskaloosa, in Quaker style, July 8, 1858, to Miss Martha Pickrell, daughter of William F. and Mary Pickrell, of the Society of Friends. One child, Mary C., has been born of their union. She is the wife of R. W. Clayton, and they reside in Omaha, Neb.; they have one daughter, Mattie H. Mr. Beede was President of the City Council of Minneapolis in 1860, and has also been a member of the City Council of Oskaloosa. He is one of the leading members of the Friends' Church, in Iowa, is a man of large experience, a close observer, and possessed of very much more than ordinary ability. Portrait & Biographical Album of Mahaska Co., Iowa, 1887

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Cyrus Beede's memorial is located at: Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, USA.
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Cyrus Beede death on 27 Jan 1908 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.3058014
Longitude: -92.6333008

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Spouse

Martha Pickrell Beede

(1837 - 1924)

Children

Mary Caroline Beede Clayton

(1859 - 1927)

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