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Beadle, John Hanson

journalist, author, was born March 14, 1840, in Parke county, Ind. He was educated at the university of Michigan, and served as a Union soldier during the civil war. He traveled extensively in America and Europe, and for many years was editorial writer for the American Press association. He was the author of Life in Utah; The Undeveloped West; Western Wilds; and other works. He died Jan. 15, 1897, in Rockville, Ind.

BEADLE, WILLIAM HENRY HARRI- SON, soldier, legislator, educator, college president, was born Jan. 1, 1838, in Parke county, Ind. He graduated from the university of Michigan in 1861. He served during the civil war from first lieutenant to brevet brigadier-general United States volunteers. He was a member of the legislature of Dakota territory; and served as superintendent of public instruction during 1819-85. He is the founder of the school system of the territory and state; and his most distinguished and enduring service was in securing the constitutional protection to the school lands and school funds of the state. He is the author of the provisions on education in the state constitution, and the upbuilder of the State Normal school of Madison, S. D., of which he has been president since 1889.

BEAKMAN, DANIEL FREDERICK, soldier, was born about 1760 in New Jersey. He was the last surviving soldier of the revolution on the pension list.

In 1778 he was enrolled in the militia, and then served in the war. His married life extended over eighty-five years, and his wife reached the age of one hundred and five. In 1867 congress passed a special act giving him a pension of $500 during the remainder of his life. He died April 5, 1869, in Sandusky, N. Y.