WILLIAM L BEESON, farmer, P. O. Jeffersonville, was born April 2, 1821, in Greene County, Ind, son of Richard Beeson, of North Carolina, who was born November 4, 1797, and moved to Greene County, Ind., in 1821, and died March 17, 1872. He was married to Hannah Cosklin, of Orange County, Ind., who died in 1864, leaving eight children, viz.:
Our subject was educated in Orange County, Ind., in a pioneer schoolhouse, and came to Wayne County, Ill., in the fall of 1842. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and was County Judge of Wayne County, Ill., for eight years; Justice of the Peace for about thirty years; Supervisor for four or five terms; Collector for two years, and Commissioner of Highways for three or four years.
He was married, December 31, 1843, in Wayne County, Ill., Elizabeth M. Wammock, daughter of James and Elizabeth Wammock, of Wayne County, Ill., by whom he has has nine children, seven living --
Mr. Beeson owns 320 acreas of land, and is engaged in farming, and stock raising. Politics, Democrat.
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