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Samuel S. Beem

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Birth	:	1 Jun 1861 Winterset, Madison County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	7 Sep 1929 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2719002, -95.8255997
Plot	:	section 12, lot # 516, grave # 1
Description	:	the birth place in the biographical sketch and in the obituary disagree ************************************************************************************** SAMUEL S. BEEM Samuel S. Beem, an enterprising farmer, who now resides on section 35, of Union Township, has been a resident of Harrison County since 1885. He came in the spring of that year, and paid cash rent for land in Union Township, for two years, giving a share the third year, at the end of which time he bought the land he now occupies. This farm consists of eighty acres, which was under cultivation, at the time he bought; and the price... Read More	the birth place in the biographical sketch and in the obituary disagree ************************************************************************************ SAMUEL S. BEEM Samuel S. Beem, an enterprising farmer, who now resides on section 35, of Union Township, has been a resident of Harrison County since 1885. He came in the spring of that year, and paid cash rent for land in Union Township, for two years, giving a share the third year, at the end of which time he bought the land he now occupies. This farm consists of eighty acres, which was under cultivation, at the time he bought; and the price paid was $25 per acre. Mr. Beem is a son of the "Hawkeye State" born in Madison County, Iowa, June 1, 1861, which was the first year of the great Civil War, and his posterity can date their father's birth from that event in American history, should all family records be destroyed. Our subject is the son of Michael and Margaret Beem, natives of Jackson County, Ind., who reared a family of eleven children, of whom our subject was the sixth child. The children were as follows -- Erasmus N., Elizabeth A., William P., deceased; John L., Louis C., Samuel S., Jefferson L., William W., George P., Arnetta B. and Margaret E. The parents with their entire family moved to Kansas, in the autumn of 1878. Our subject remained at home until eighteen years of age, and then returned from Kansas to his native State (from which it is hard to wean a man) and commenced working out by the month, on a farm. He worked for others for two years, and then rented land in Pottawattamie County, for three years, after which he came to Harrison County. March 6, 1887, Mr. Beem took to himself a wife, in the person of Annie M. Kemmish, daughter of Peter C. and Susan Kemmish, who had seven children, of whom our subject's wife was the second. The children were Charles W., Annie M., James F., Nathan A., Curtis O., George H., deceased and Sada B. The Kemmish family were natives of England. Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children -- Charles W., born May 15, 1888 and Marvin S., September 29, 1890. Politically, our subject is identified with the People's party. Mr. Beem is a self-made man, and now while surrounded with the comforts of home, with his intelligent family around him, he can relate to his children, how that when he left "Bleeding Kansas," he had but $2 in his pocket and was compelled to walk and beat his way on the railroad back to Iowa, arriving at Council Bluffs with twenty-five cents in his pocket. source of biographical sketch: "History of Harrison County, Iowa", 1891, pages 381 - 382 ********************************************************************************** SAMUEL S. BEEM DIES ------------------------------------------------------------ Old Resident of County Moved Here From Neola. Samuel S. Beem, 68, died at his home, 220 North Sixth street, Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. of heart disease. At the Been-Belford funeral home, where the body was removed. It was announced that funeral services will be held at the residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial In Walnut Hill cemetery. Mr. Beem is survived by the widow, two sons, C. W. Beem, of this city and Marvin Beem of Omaha, and one daughter, Mrs. Andrew Lawsen of Council Bluffs. There are nine children. Samuel S. Beem to this city in 1912, when he retired from farming, in which he had engaged near Neola since he became of age. He was born in Indiana and came to Pottawattamie county when he was 8 years old. source of obituary: Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), September 11, 1930, page 5, columns 6 & 7 ************************************************************************************ Funeral services for Samuel F. Beem were held Thursday at the residence, 220 North Sixth street, at 2 p. m., Rev. John E. Rees of the Westminster Presbyterian church officiating. Pallbearers were James Hickey, Frank P. Eckrich, James McCabe, Grant Sweeney, J. N. Cochran and W. H.. Marshall. Burial took place in Walnut hill cemetery. source of post funeral article (including incorrect middle initial): Council Bluffs Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Iowa), September 15, 1930, page 7, column 4

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Samuel S. Beem death on 7 Sep 1929 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 41.2719002
Longitude: -95.8255997

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Coordinate: 41.2719002, -95.8255997

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