Bean, Elizabeth Baum, 1834-1916
Biography
Elizabeth Baum Bean (1834-1916) was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Relief Society president and mother.
Elizabeth Baum Bean was born January 27, 1834 to Agnes Nancy Harris and Jacob Baum in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. As a child, her family converted to the Church and headed west in 1847. Elizabeth drove two yoke of oxen to Salt Lake City. She married George Washington Bean in Provo, Utah on January 6, 1853 in Provo, Utah, and they had ten children. She was the Relief Society president in Sevier for over twenty years. Elizabeth died on May 6, 1916 in Ephraim, Utah.
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Newspapers.com, via WWW, November 18, 2020 (family converted and migrated West in 1847; drove two yoke of oxen to SLC, UT; had ten children; Relief Society president over twenty years)Find a Grave, via WWW, November 18, 2020 (Elizabeth Baum Bean; b. Jan. 27, 1834 to Agnes Nancy Harris and Jacob Baum in Downingtown, PA; m. George Washington Bean Jan. 6, 1853 in Provo, UT; d. May 6, 1916 in Ephraim, UT)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Biographical sketches of the children of George Washington Bean
Typewritten biographies of George Washington Bean and his children. The items were edited by Merrill D. Beal. The members of the Bean family were Mormons who lived mostly in Utah.