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Submitted: 8/25/10 • Approved: 7/14/18 • Last Updated: 7/17/18 • R365792-G365792-S3
Richard
Company H 15 Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
December 16, 1837 - July 3, 1916
*Obituary (News Article)
1911 Arkansas Confederate Census
BEAN, Richard Henderson, of Cane Hill, Arkansas, was born December 16, 1837 at Cane Hill, Washington County, Arkansas, the son of Mark Bean, born at Bean Station, Grainger County, East Tennessee, who moved to Arkansas in 1824. He was the son of Jesse and Mitchell Bean who lived in East Tennessee. Mr. R.H. Bean’s mothers’ maiden name was Nancy Parks, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth (Johnson) Parks who lived at Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Subject further stated that Jesse Bean was the son of William Bean, founder of Beans Station, Tennessee. R.H. Bean was educated at Cane Hill College and law school at Lebanon, Tennessee. He was a lawyer, a Democrat and a Mason for fifty years. He had four years military service –in State – under Captain P.W. Buchanan, Jo Shelby’s Command, composed one-half Arkansas and one-half Missouri troops. In May 1866, he married Mary Lacy, the daughter of Thomas Henderson Lacy and his wife Mary McClellan, who lived at Cane Hill, Arkansas. Mary McClellan was the daughter of Mathew McClellan, who served in the War of 1812, Tennessee Command, Battle of Horse Shoe. Mathew McClellan was the son of John McClellan and his wife, Mary Wallace, who lived in East Tennessee, Alabama and came to Arkansas prior to 1840. Their children were: Mrs. Betty Harrod, Westville, Oklahoma; Mrs. Ola Johnson, Cane Hill, Arkansas; William and John Bean, Cane Hill, Arkansas; Mrs. Mary Jackson, Montoya, New Mexico; Mrs. Nannie Pharr, Cane Hill, Arkansas and Mrs. Ruth Thomason, Montoya, New Mexico.
Mary
January 19, 1842 - June 13, 1908
*Obituary
Gravette News
Friday, June 19, 1908
BEAN, Mary Louise LACY – Mrs. Dr. L.T. Jackson was called last week to her home at Cane Hill in Washington County by the death of her mother, Mrs. R.H. Bean. Mrs. Bean’s death had not been expected but a few hours and came as a big shock to the bereaved family and friends. She was 66 years of age and spent fifty-two years in the service of the Master. She leaves a large family and a host of friends to mourn her demise. Her life history may be told in five words – “She went about doing good.” A Son. The News speaks the sentiment of the public in extending Mrs. Jackson and other relatives deep sympathy.
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