BEADLE, William R. - Putnam

WILLIAM R. BEADLE, farmer, Mill Creek Township, was born in this county April 23, 1840, a son of Samuel and Sarah Beadle, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Tennessee. The Beadle family descended from three brothers who came from England, probably before the Revolutionary war. One of these brothers was William's great grandfather. His father went with his parents to Chenango County, New York, when four years of age, where he was reared to manhood. He removed to Putnam County about 1838, and entered 155 acres of land from the Government, in Mill creek Township, location on the farm now owned by our subject, which was then a wilderness. He first built a log cabin and then began the work of clearing the land. He raised pork and delivered it for 1 1/4 cents a pound. In 1839 he married Sarah C. Jones. Three of their ten children are now living -- Maria E., wife of J. R. Hopkins, of Sedgwick County, Kansas, Lovisa and William R. The deceased are -- John W., Louisa, Frances E., Marett, Margaret J., Candiz and Lucretia. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was very active in promoting the welfare of the church. In politics he was a Democrat. He died May 28, 1887, in the eightieth year of his age. His life was one of usefulness and well-doing, and in his death Putnam County lost one of its best and most intelligent citizens. His wife survives him and is living in Kansas. William R. Beadle has been reared and educated in this county. He was married April 3, 1862, to Merinda Hurst, daughter of Jackson Hurst, a pioneer of Jefferson Township. To this union ten children have been born -- Samuel, Hester, Charles, Laura, Ida, James, Ernest, Effie and Roxie M.,; John is deceased. Mr. Beadle owns 154 45/100 acres of land in Mill Creek Township, and it is all in good state of cultivation. In February, 1865, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Indiana Infantry, as a private, and was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He was in the service about three months, was taken sick at Nashville, and discharged in May, 1865, and returned home. He is a member of the Regular Baptist church, and has served as clerk two years. He is a Democrat in politics, and has served as school director, supervisor and assessor of Mill Creek Township two terms. He has also been justice of the peace.