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Bean, William – Beardsley, Alonzo
Bean, William
the first white settler west of the Alleghanies. He was a companion of Daniel Boone in his visit to Kentucky in 1760, and returned in 1768 and settled with his family on Boone's creek, a small tributary of the Watauga.
Beard, Andrew
inventor, was born in 1849 in Alabama. He went into millwrighting in Hardwicks; built his first mill there; and three years later succeeded in building four more. In 1889 he discovered the rotary engine.
Beard, Daniel Carter
artist, author, was born June 21, 1850, in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1878 he removed to New York as an illustrator, and there studied art. He is the author of American Boy's Handy Book; Moonlight; Six Feet of Romance; and American Boy's Book of Spirits. war.
Beard, Frank
artist, author, the third son of J. H. Beard, was an artist for Harper and Brothers during the civil He devotes himself particularly to character sketches, in the production of which he has attained remarkable facility. He lectures on various topics, accompanying himself with crayon sketches on the blackboard. He was for a time professor of the fine arts in Syracuse university. He has published The Blackboard and the Sunday School.
Beard, George Miller
physician, author, was born May 8, 1839, in Montville, Conn. He was a New York physician, and the author of American Nervous Diseases; Causes and Consequences; The Scientific Basis of Delusions; Clinical Researches in Electro-Surgery; Medical Uses of Electricity; Physiology of Mind- Reading; Stimulants and Narcotics; Psychology of the Salem Witchcraft and Its Practical Application in Our Own Time; and some works of lesser note. He died Jan. 23, 1883, in New York.
Beard, Henry
soldier, artist, the son of J. H. Beard, was born in 1841 in Ohio.
He was a captain in the thirtieth Missouri volunteers at twenty-one years of age. He painted genre subjects in oils and water-colors, and made the designs for many of Prang's publications. He died Nov. 19, 1889, in New York city, N. Y.
Beard, James Carter
lawyer, artist. He is a lawyer by profession, and has made spirited drawings of birds and animals, which are to be found in the best illustrated books and periodicals of the day.
Beard, John Shepard
lawyer, was born June 14, 1859, in Tallahassee, Fla.
He received his education in his native city and the university of the south. He has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Pensacola, Fla., where he has filled several public positions of honor.
Beard, William Henry
inventor, was born Oct. 12, 1839, in Richmond, Mass. The Beard hydraulic shield was used in the construction of the great railway tunnel under the St. Clair river at Port Huron and Sarnia, between the United States and Canada, as well as in excavating the underground railway tunnels in London and Glasgow, the Hudson river tunnel, and other similar works.
He is the designer of many other inventions.
Beard, William Holbrook
artist, was born April 13, 1825, in Painesville, Ohio. He studied art abroad, and he is widely known for his pictures of allegory and humor portrayed by animal and human creatures. He has written a textbook on art entitled Action in Art. Humor in Animals is another book published a few years ago, besides various magazine. articles. The Spirit of the Storm is considered his greatest work.
Beardsley, Alonzo
lawyer, manufacturer, was born July 11, 1820, in Venice, N. Y. He was elected secretary of the Oswego Starch factory, and continued in this position until 1858, when he became treasurer. In 1866 he entered the Cayuga Chief Manufacturing Co., and carried on the manufacture of the Cayuga Chief mower and reaper.