Fourteenth Generation

3591. James Henry Beard was born on 16 January 1839 in Huntington, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. He died on 17 April 1906 at the age of 67 in Shelton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. He was buried in Riverside Cmtry., Shelton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. JAMES HENRY BEARD, SHELTON
J.H. Beard was born in that portion of the town of Huntington known as the Long Hill District, January 16, 1839. He received a common school and academic education, being chiefly engaged during his minority upon his father's farm. Since becoming of age most of his time has been spent in manufacturing and mercantile pursuits in his native town, where he has always resided. He has dealt quite largely in real estate, has been engaged in the manufacture of fancy wood brackets, and during 1868 he erected and occupied as a grocery the first store in the village of Shelton. He has been honored by his native town with most of the positions of public trust within their power to bestow, having served them as constable, selectman, member of the board of relief, registrar of electors, town agent, justice of the peace, and town auditor, covering a period of about a quarter of a century. He represented the town in the general assembly in 1883, and is now a burgess of the Borough of Shelton. His religious connections are with the Congregational church of Birmingham, and his political affiliations are with the democratic party. He was married, October 6, 1868, to Miss Emily Elizabeth Hurd of Monroe, who died January 28, 1888, leaving one child, a daughter, Helen Willard Beard. He was married to his present wife, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Blue, of the city of Defiance, Ohio, September 9, 1889.
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Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of CT, 1891, Published by J.A. Spalding, Hartford, CT, Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1891

James Henry Beard and Emily Elizabeth Hurd were married on 6 October 1868 in Connecticut, USA. Emily Elizabeth Hurd was born on 11 July 1846 in Connecticut, USA. She died on 28 January 1888 at the age of 41 in Connecticut, USA. She was buried in Riverside Cmtry., Shelton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA.

James Henry Beard and Emily Elizabeth Hurd had the following children:

James Henry Beard and Margaret Elizabeth Blue were married on 9 September 1889 in Connecticut, USA. No children
Margaret Elizabeth Blue was born on 2 October 1863 in Ohio, USA. She died on 16 March 1927 at the age of 63 in Connecticut, USA. She was buried in Riverside Cmtry., Shelton, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA. Note: In 1910 Westport, Fairfield Co. CT, U.S. Fed Census, Margaret (age 48) is a patient in the Westport Sanitarium of the city of Defiance, Ohio.